British gran stunned to find her all-inclusive Corfu hotel ‘doesn’t serve English food’

One of the great things about travelling is soaking up new cultures, meeting people who are different, and tasting local delicacies.

But some Brits prefer a taste of home, no matter where they roam.

Susan Edwards, 69, went on what she hoped would be a dream all-inclusive holiday at the Lido Corfu Sun Hotel.

But that dream quickly turned sour when she realised that the Greek resort – 1,600 miles away from England – didn’t serve any English food.

To add to her woes, the all-inclusive drinks on offer only included wine, lager, ouzo or brandy, meaning she had to pay extra for her Bacardi and coke.

Susan, from Westerhope, Newcastle, says that she could not eat a lot of what was on offer due to her ulcerative colitis – a condition that is not caused by diet, but can be helped by avoiding certain foods.

She flew to the hotel in May with her daughter and three cousins at a cost of around £750 each. However, she said conditions were horrendous from the minute they arrived.

They only offered chips on one of the nights.

She said: ‘On a morning you could have toast, a hard-boiled egg, or something in sauce.

‘We got chips one day. One day out of the whole lot. There was fish, sardines and rice – I was sick to death of looking at rice.

‘There was pasta and salads, none of this was [labelled]. One night there was a Greek night and they had kebabs, I couldn’t eat that. It’s the worst holiday I’ve ever been on.’

As if the food fiasco wasn’t enough, Susan took umbrage with the amount she ended up paying.

By the time she paid the £750 package price, plus €70 tourist tax, plus another £450 for extra food and drinks, she could have been sunning herself in Jamaica — at least according to Susan.

Susan said: ‘I could have been to the Caribbean on that.’

To be fair to Susan, the hotel’s TripAdvisor page shows that she is not the only disgruntled holiday maker at the Lido Corfu Sun Hotel.

In May alone, five out of the six reviews gave one-star reviews with titles like ‘good luck’, ‘absolutely disgusting’, ‘don’t go’, and ‘close this hotel down’.

Among their complaints are issues about food, that it is too far from ‘Corfu town’, and broken toilet seats.

Tui said: ‘We are sorry to hear that Mrs Edwards felt dissatisfied with her holiday. We have been in touch directly with Mrs Edwards to come to a resolution.’

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