We spent £5,500 on our dream holiday to Mexico but the beach resembled a scene from D-Day
A COUPLE say their dream holiday was wrecked as the resort’s beach resembled a scene from D-Day.
Eileen Womersley, 47, and Gemma Adams, 36, found huge concrete wave breakers washed up on the shore.
They had paid £5,500 for a romantic fortnight at one of the world’s top 100 hotels.
TUI photos had shown the sun-kissed beaches at the Karisma El Dorado Royale spa in Mexico.
But they discovered the concrete structures — installed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and on the beach since breaking free of moorings five years ago.
Mum-of-three Eileen said: “It looked like something from D-Day.”
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In addition, huge underwater mooring spikes had been left exposed, making it too dangerous to swim — and a picture-postcard pier restaurant was no longer standing, having been destroyed by a storm.
They were among a catalogue of problems.
Civil servant Eileen, from Buckingham, said: “It turned into a holiday from hell.”
The couple threatened to sue TUI but it insisted: “All information regarding the concrete wave breakers is available on our website.”