NOT a morning person. A British man, David Bookbinder, is suing Thomson Cruises and his Thomas Cook travel agent over the distress he suffered due to an early morning wake up. The trouble started during Bookbinder’s Thomson Celebration Mediterranean cruise in Feb this year, where he was asked to be...
NOT a morning person.
A British man, David Bookbinder, is suing
Thomson Cruises and his Thomas Cook
travel agent over the distress he suffered
due to an early morning wake up.
The trouble started during Bookbinder’s
Thomson Celebration Mediterranean cruise
in Feb this year, where he was asked to be
up early for immigration at Israel’s Eilat port.
Bookbinder, who was travelling with his
86-year old brother, believes that the early
start he was forced to make was not in fact
due to immigration procedures, but as a
chance for the cruise company to sell day tours.
“I’m happy to get out of bed at 3.30am if
the ship is sinking – but not so excursions
can be sold,” he told British media.
The main cause of consternation for
Bookbinder was the difficulty and distress
caused by the 3.30am wake up for his brother.
The unhappy holidaymaker is thus suing
for the cost of his holiday.
Thomson Cruises has however responded to
the claims saying Eilat port authorities adhere
to strict immigration policies and “Customers
are therefore required to make an early
start, which we warn them of in advance”.
