List of pettiest cruise passenger complaints

Passengers cheer after disembarking from the Carnival Triumph
cruise ship after reaching the port of Mobile, Alabama.
Now they have something to complain about. Lyle Ratliff / Reuters

A cruise agent has revealed some of the most unusual complaints it has received in the past year.

Following the widely documented debacle with the Carnival Triumph back in February, cruise companies appear to be seeing the funny side of things again.

Online cruise travel agency www.bonvoyage.com has revealed a top ten list of the most bizarre complaints received from their customers during the last 12 months.

Cruise-liner staff are famously cheerful even in the most adverse of situations, but this proved too much for one Yorkshire couple. They complained that the excellent staff compelled them to spend “a lot more money than planned in tips”, for which they then attempted to claim compensation.



Read full story