TUI Hotel Ejects 2 Brits Over Rice Sprouts, Bans Them From Corfu Flight
TUI Hotel in Corfu catapults North Shields couple Paul, 64, and Ellie, 65, into holiday infamy after a breakfast squabble over "tepid" rice with sprouts leads to their ejection and flight ban. Trending queries like "can you get kicked out of a hotel for complaining?" and "what rights do UK tourists have abroad?" are suddenly relevant. Paul recalls: "Some of the things you would get were rice with sprouts, or another time you'd have rice with a slice of beetroot in it."
After the infamous rice-and-beetroot incident, Paul's bafflement grows as TUI emails escalate: first Ellie, then both are banned from TOM1531. Curious travelers now ask, "can airlines legally refuse boarding after hotel ejection?" and "what is TUI’s official complaint process?" Surreal: A couple stranded by a vegetable medley, forced to plot their escape via Jet2 and consulate numbers. Paul muses, "I don't remember anybody shouting."
TUI’s final twist: Paul and Ellie, left clutching a €328 Jet2 ticket and a letter citing “repeated incidents,” paid more for alternate flights than for a week’s worth of sprouts at the Terezas Hotel.
