Rip Off Britain: Holidays: Season 5, Episode 8

5 - 8: Episode 8

Julia Somerville, Gioria Hunniford and Angela Rippon hear dramatic stories of how viewers' holidays were scuppered by unexpected disasters, with advice to ensure the same won't happen to you.

As one family reveals the terrifying fall-out from a fire in the French chateau they were staying in, could you fall foul of the same law that saw then hit with the bill for its repair? Also today, families caught up in extreme weather and hurricanes question whether the holiday companies looking after them did enough to keep them safe, travel expert Simon Calder has invaluable advice on sailing through the various extra charges on cruises, and the experience of two mums-to-be exposes surprising complications of travelling when pregnant.