Holiday pet peeves

[Dmas]

Jobo’s in the pool, 5 days I’ve been here 3 floaters 🙄

[Bridge hibs]

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Jobo’s in the pool, 5 days I’ve been here 3 floaters 🙄

Adults only hotel ?

[Peanut Shaz]

3 days into a holiday in a small 23 bedroom adults only hotel in Croatia. Really quiet and peaceful, pleasantries at breakfast and around the pool then everyone just gets on quietly reading, sleeping, etc. 2 hours ago ‘Kat and Alfie’ arrive. Within 10 minutes a very large parasol which has been up permanently since we arrived because of the current heatwave has been put down, 2 large sunbeds moved which were under the parasols for that very reason. Other terrace furniture moved so they could get the beds where they wanted them and of course all with the loud London accent so everyone could hear. They stay for about 30 minutes, get up and leave, leaving everything behind in their wake. Hopefully they head to the beach tomorrow and the rest of the week.

[Dmas]

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Adults only hotel ?

3 kids to Hawl with me unfortunately

[Bridge hibs]

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3 kids to Hawl with me unfortunately

Ive been to an adult only hotel and Ive seen a **** and a used condom floating in the pool one morning, also went a cheapo to Club Mac in Majorca many years ago and there were ****ty nappies in and around the main pool 🤢

[Keith_M]

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Ive been to an adult only hotel and Ive seen a **** and a used condom floating in the pool one morning, also went a cheapo to Club Mac in Majorca many years ago and there were ****ty nappies in and around the main pool 🤢

Maybe SAGA holidays are not for you.

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Maybe SAGA holidays are not for you.

Nope I was on the SAGGY holiday

[Peanut Shaz]

Not a peeve just a nice story. Been having polite chat for a couple of days with a couple from Peterborough staying in the same hotel as us. Sitting tonight having a drink in the town and they stopped to say hi. Ended up having a couple of drinks with them and naturally the chat got round to football. He’s a Peterborough supporter. He asks us who we support and when we said Hibs both him and his wife immediately said “really, the Sunshine on Leith team”. Turns out they’ve watched the you tube videos of various renditions and said it’s iconic and their favourite football anthem. No connection to Edinburgh or Hibs at all but knew all about it.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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Not a peeve just a nice story. Been having polite chat for a couple of days with a couple from Peterborough staying in the same hotel as us. Sitting tonight having a drink in the town and they stopped to say hi. Ended up having a couple of drinks with them and naturally the chat got round to football. He’s a Peterborough supporter. He asks us who we support and when we said Hibs both him and his wife immediately said “really, the Sunshine on Leith team”. Turns out they’ve watched the you tube videos of various renditions and said it’s iconic and their favourite football anthem. No connection to Edinburgh or Hibs at all but knew all about it.

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[BILLYHIBS]

Mentioned by PB on another thread but the cost of flying from Edinburgh is getting more and more expensive and has never really come down since Lockdown

Well worth considering flying from Glasgow Newcastle or further afield as the savings especially with a young family can be considerable and help to reduce the cost of your holiday

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Spoons in Edinburgh Airport isn’t cheap 😀

[Fuzzywuzzy]

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Catching COVID on the plane on the way home

Know of a couple of people (recently and not connected) that caught a viral infection on their flight and ended up in a coma in intensive care at their destination.

[McD]

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Mentioned by PB on another thread but the cost of flying from Edinburgh is getting more and more expensive and has never really come down since Lockdown

Well worth considering flying from Glasgow Newcastle or further afield as the savings especially with a young family can be considerable and help to reduce the cost of your holiday

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Spoons in Edinburgh Airport isn’t cheap 😀

Might be a controversial opinion (and one of the few times you’ll hear me saying something positive about Glasgow), but I think Glasgow airport is better than Edinburgh airport. More food options, and I like the drive through during the night for early flights. Edinburgh feels so busy and too many people in such a small building

[Jones28]

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Might be a controversial opinion (and one of the few times you’ll hear me saying something positive about Glasgow), but I think Glasgow airport is better than Edinburgh airport. More food options, and I like the drive through during the night for early flights. Edinburgh feels so busy and too many people in such a small building

Agree with your assessment of Edinburgh.

I’ve used it a few times in the last year or so and it’s been so congested every time. Busy is fair enough, it’s an airport, but it’s overwhelmed.

[Pete70]

Does any flight ever take off on time from Edinburgh airport?

[BILLYHIBS]

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Know of a couple of people (recently and not connected) that caught a viral infection on their flight and ended up in a coma in intensive care at their destination.

Wow!

Shocking start to any holiday

Tested positive yesterday after the wife finally got the all clear

[easty]

Looking at flights to Tampa from Edinburgh, using Google Flights and it's offering me the option with BA - Edinburgh to Heathrow, get yourself and your luggage to Gatwick, Gatwick to Tampa.

Why would anyone want to do that?

[Moulin Yarns]

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Looking at flights to Tampa from Edinburgh, using Google Flights and it's offering me the option with BA - Edinburgh to Heathrow, get yourself and your luggage to Gatwick, Gatwick to Tampa.

Why would anyone want to do that?

That's the sort of thing that has made me decide not to bother renewing my passport. I'm 68 and the hassle of travelling just stresses us so much.

So much to see in the UK that we've not seen yet.

[Paulie Walnuts]

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Looking at flights to Tampa from Edinburgh, using Google Flights and it's offering me the option with BA - Edinburgh to Heathrow, get yourself and your luggage to Gatwick, Gatwick to Tampa.

Why would anyone want to do that?

If I was you I’d just fly to Orlando and if you’re renting a car then drive the hour and a half to Tampa. If you’re not then a bus won’t take much longer.

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

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Might be a controversial opinion (and one of the few times you’ll hear me saying something positive about Glasgow), but I think Glasgow airport is better than Edinburgh airport. More food options, and I like the drive through during the night for early flights. Edinburgh feels so busy and too many people in such a small building

It shouldn’t be controversial to tell the truth. Edinburgh airport is grim, I’d rather drive down to Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, anywhere really. Edinburgh airport is claustrophobic and very dear for the privilege.


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[Frazerbob]

Rude ****ers who don't wait until it gets to their row to disembark the plane and folk who get dressed standing at the conveyor belt in security. Move away and return the tray when you're finished. Basic common courtesy and etiquette!!!

[Pretty Boy]

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It shouldn’t be controversial to tell the truth. Edinburgh airport is grim, I’d rather drive down to Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, anywhere really. Edinburgh airport is claustrophobic and very dear for the privilege.


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If money and time were both no object then the best plan for Edinburgh Airport would be to tear the whole thing down and start again.

Logistically it can't handle the very biggest planes now, Glasgow has the only Scottish A380 flight for example. Not because of runway length but because of taxiways and other infrastructure being insufficient. That's probably not a huge issue as it can still comfortably handle the likes of the 777 (albeit using ALL the runway) and A350 so can service the long haul routes. Internally it's just a mess and every half baked refurbishment down the years has just made it more and more cramped. That section round where All Bar One is and I think gates 12-16 is just ridiculously unfit for purpose. It's so tight and there are often busy transatlantic services leaving from those gates so if there are multiple departures at similar times you have 6-700 people in an area that can comfortably accommodate about half that. The walkway between there and the main drag of the departures area is so tight as well.

I read someone recently saying that people and airlines would rather fly into Leuchars than Glasgow or Prestwick because it's east coast. Obviously an exaggeration for impact but the trajectory is one way, Edinburgh is our busiest airport and it's not slowing down. On the one hand you would hope that would provide the incentive and finance for Edinburgh to really push ahead and either build another terminal or massively revamp what they have. On the other they might be thinking they have no real competition as it is so why bother.

[easty]

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If I was you I’d just fly to Orlando and if you’re renting a car then drive the hour and a half to Tampa. If you’re not then a bus won’t take much longer.

I am renting a car, but we're staying in a place called Lakewood Ranch (my missus dad has a place that's empty there just now while he's doing contracting in Atlanta). It's south of Tampa and about an hour drive from airport, it's a 2 hour drive from Orlando. After the flights I'd rather have the shorter drive, especially with a 1 year old with us!

[Silky]

Ranger's fans abroad. Currently in Egypt and, after a couple of days, my son spotted an adult hun in full kit striding through the lobby. My lad was wearing a Hibs top and the look the guy gave him was like he'd pissed in his beer! Seen another one this morning resplendent in 2015 away top and orange shorts being obnoxious, and racist, beside the pools - just becuase he'd been told the Rangers Bruges friendly on Sunday won'tbe shown on the hotel telly! Can't escape them!

[stuart-farquhar]

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Ranger's fans abroad. Currently in Egypt and, after a couple of days, my son spotted an adult hun in full kit striding through the lobby. My lad was wearing a Hibs top and the look the guy gave him was like he'd pissed in his beer! Seen another one this morning resplendent in 2015 away top and orange shorts being obnoxious, and racist, beside the pools - just becuase he'd been told the Rangers Bruges friendly on Sunday won'tbe shown on the hotel telly! Can't escape them!

On a Carribbean cruise in March there was a three generation family all dressed in full match day kit. On other days training kit and so on. It's a bit odd tbh.

[pollution]

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If money and time were both no object then the best plan for Edinburgh Airport would be to tear the whole thing down and start again.

Logistically it can't handle the very biggest planes now, Glasgow has the only Scottish A380 flight for example. Not because of runway length but because of taxiways and other infrastructure being insufficient. That's probably not a huge issue as it can still comfortably handle the likes of the 777 (albeit using ALL the runway) and A350 so can service the long haul routes. Internally it's just a mess and every half baked refurbishment down the years has just made it more and more cramped. That section round where All Bar One is and I think gates 12-16 is just ridiculously unfit for purpose. It's so tight and there are often busy transatlantic services leaving from those gates so if there are multiple departures at similar times you have 6-700 people in an area that can comfortably accommodate about half that. The walkway between there and the main drag of the departures area is so tight as well.

I read someone recently saying that people and airlines would rather fly into Leuchars than Glasgow or Prestwick because it's east coast. Obviously an exaggeration for impact but the trajectory is one way, Edinburgh is our busiest airport and it's not slowing down. On the one hand you would hope that would provide the incentive and finance for Edinburgh to really push ahead and either build another terminal or massively revamp what they have. On the other they might be thinking they have no real competition as it is so why bother.

Your last sentence sums them up !

[Jones28]

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Jobo’s in the pool, 5 days I’ve been here 3 floaters 🙄

Where are you? Just so I know never to go 😂