Couple say email about 'enjoying holiday' was only contact from TUI
Evening Standard|July 24, 2023
A BRITISH couple stranded by wildfires on Rhodes today said they felt "abandoned" - and claimed their tour operator sent them an email asking if they were enjoying their trip.
Anthony France
Couple say email about 'enjoying holiday' was only contact from TUI

Laura and Marc Hall, celebrating their second wedding anniversary today, are not due to fly back to the UK until Friday with parents Alison and Wilf and brother Nick.

Music teacher Mr Hall, 37, told the Standard: "We feel abandoned and there's no support. The only information we've had from TUI is an auto-generated email to say hope you're enjoying your holiday!

"It's quite weird in a way that there's been nothing, no direct communication at all. It's chaos and up to us to get a flight home."

Mrs Hall, 30, told BBC Breakfast: "On Saturday night we were just having a drink and we knew that other places had been evacuated but we were just told to stand by.

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