UK holidaymakers get what they want/benefits 2016

This statistic presents the results of a survey about the ways holidaymakers from the United Kingdom (UK) have lied or exaggerated about a bad experience to get what they want or benefit in someway while on holiday abroad. Of respondents who had lied, 31 percent had lied about there being a hair in their food and 22 percent about the cleanliness of their room.

Most common lies told by holidaymakers abroad to get what they want/benefit in some way in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2016

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Lying about hair in food	31%
Lying about the cleanliness of room	22%
Lying about noise disturbances	14%
Lying about developing food poisoning	9%

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Release date

July 2016

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2016

Number of respondents

2,510 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

All who have lied or exaggerated about a bad experience on holiday

Supplementary notes

The original question was "Which of the following, if any, have you previously done on a holiday abroad to get what you want/benefit in some way?". All who answered "Lied about/exaggerated a bad experience" were then asked to specify what they had done.

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