Brits reveal most embarrassing holiday mishaps including awkward sunburns and arriving at the wrong hotel

MORE than half of the lucky Brits who managed to travel abroad over the last 18 months experienced some sort of embarrassing holiday mishap, research has revealed.

The most common errors related to preparation - with 34 per cent failing to have the correct papers to get through international borders and another third forgetting their COVID-19 travel docs.

But a third suffered the time-old problem and were left literally red-faced - and red-skinned - after getting sunburn.

More than a quarter (28 per cent) had left their passports at home, 27 per cent booked a hotel for the wrong date - and 24 per cent took the wrong currency with them.

Four in 10 of those surveyed by Hotels.com think they’re more likely to experience a travel mishap after not traveling for so long, with 37 per cent admitting it’s ‘back to school time’ for a refresher on how to prepare for their next trip.

Hotels.com has teamed up with blunder-prone holiday lover Joey Essex to to let them have another go at organising a holiday.

Joey Essex said: “I always say a holiday fail is a holiday tale like. After being at home for so long it’s no wonder us Brits have been making travel mistakes all over the shop.”

The survey of 2,000 UK adults also found nearly a third (29 per cent) have missed a flight during their lives, while 27 per cent admitted turning up to the airport on the wrong date for their flight.

And almost a quarter (23 per cent) of those surveyed via OnePoll have headed to the wrong airport altogether.

West Midlands is the holiday disaster capital of the UK, with 73 per cent admitting to a mishap when travelling post-pandemic.