A MUM-of-three says her family are "traumatised" after falling ill on a five-star all-inclusive holiday. Holly Parkin flew to Turkey with her partner Matthew Morris and their kids for a "once-in-a-lifetime" getaway in September 2023. 8 Holly said her family were ‘really excited’ to go on their first full holiday together Credit: PA Real Life 8 Eight-year-old Amelia lying on a hospital bed after falling ill Credit: PA Real Life But their eight-day jaunt, which cost £3,777, turned into a nightmare when they "fell ill with suspected food poisoning " on their second full day.
They allegedly suffered violent diarrhoea and vomiting and their one-year-old daughter Mireya-Grace ended up on an IV drip in hospital. Following the ordeal at Granada Luxury Belek Hotel in Antalya , they now all "never want to go on holiday again". The 27-year-old, from Dagenham, East London, said: "It was horrible and heartbreaking.
"[The children] were crying and, even now, they are sort of traumatised from the experience. "It was something that we saved up money for and it was like a once-in-a-lifetime holiday." In May 2023, Holly booked the break for herself, Matthew, 25, their kids Kaidan, four, and Mireya-Grace, one, and her eight-year-old daughter Amelia from another relationship.
She used the website Loveholidays - which she had never used before - but said the process went "well". Most read in Health DAN'S THE MAN Celtic 'interested in Euro 2024 defender' as Brendan Rodgers lines up swoop RAIL.
