Honeymoon from hell (From Witney Gazette)
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Honeymoon from hell
9:00am Wednesday 6th September 2006 in Witney By Nione Meakin
Back home . . . Mark and Hannah Hornsby flew back to England after just one day of their holiday
WEDDED bliss turned to tears when a Witney couple arrived at their honeymoon hotel to a catalogue of disasters.
Hannah and Mark Hornsby, of Farmers Close, Witney, paid £800 for their holiday - a two-week trip to Benidorm, in Spain - but flew back to England just a day later.
They had arrived at the Flamingo Playa Hotel to find they were on the 20th floor, without a lift.
When they got to their room, the toilet and floor had not been cleaned, there was damp up the walls, and wood finishings were peeling.
Mrs Hornsby, 18, said: "I phoned my mum in tears, saying, it's an absolute hell-hole. She said we should sleep on it, which we did, but it looked even worse in daylight.
"To add to it all, we were woken up at 6am by workmen in a builders' site, which turned out to be below the building . . ." FOR FULL STORY, SEE THE GAZETTE ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
