An Australian traveller claims her dream holiday turned to horror when she boarded a ‘luxury’ cruise to find it riddled with rats, cockroaches, filthy toilets and ‘rock hard’ beds.
Lynne Ryan booked the cruise at Halong Bay, Vietnam, with a local travel agent last week after she was shown ‘a glossy brochure with a beautiful boat’.
When a travel guide took the Tasmanian woman and her five friends to a ‘junk boat’, they believed it would be transporting them to the vessel they saw in the brochure.
Lynne Ryan booked the cruise at Halong Bay, Vietnam, with a local travel agent last week after she was shown ‘a glossy brochure with a beautiful boat’ (left). Right, what she claims is rodent dropping inside the boat
The Australian traveller claims her friend’s room had a broken, blocked toilet (pictured)
Ms Ryan claims the boat was riddled with rats, cockroaches, filthy toilets and ‘rock hard’ beds
‘No way Jose, this was our boat,’ Ms Ryan wrote in a Facebook post she titled: ‘Horror trip, Halong Bay.’
‘Our first room had two beds with about 8 inches (20cm) between them. Hard as a rock… Let’s move you to another room. Has air con but no cover on it same amount of room between beds.’
Ms Ryan claims her friend’s room had a broken, blocked toilet, while the sun decks on top of the boat were ‘falling to pieces’.
‘Friends had a furry friend in their room (a rat). Came in through a whole above the window and proceeded to wander around their room. Lots of yelling and screaming. Saw his mate outside the rooms,’ she wrote.
‘Let’s move you to another room. Has air con but no cover on it,’ the Tasmanian woman wrote
The sun decks (pictured in the brochure) on top of the boat were ‘falling to pieces’, Ms Ryan said
‘No way Jose, this was our boat,’ Ms Ryan wrote in a Facebook post she titled: ‘Horror trip, Halong Bay’
‘Woke up to find rat poo on their stuff. After a horrific night we woke went to breakfast. Slight problem bread was mouldy. Oh well noodles instead. I realise that we didn’t pay much money but would have paid more if we weren’t lied to.’
Ms Ryan said the group received a $30 refund between them after complaining about their experience.
‘Seems funny now a week later, but was nightmare at the time,’ she said.
Pictured: The glossy brochure Ms Ryan was shown before she boarded the ‘horror’ cruise
Ms Ryan said the group received a $30 refund between them after complaining about their experience. A bed on board the boat is pictured
‘Seems funny now a week later, but was nightmare at the time,’ Ms Ryan posted on Facebook