Travel Sickness

An enterprising Hungarian travel firm is cashing in on the recent floods in Budapest by offering “disaster holidays” to tourists. Book a trip through Popeye and you’ll be taken on a fascinating tour of all the best flood sites (who knows - if you're lucky you may even spot a corpse!).

“Everybody loves a disaster!” chuckles the company spokesman, but with the river levels declining, this niche market may soon be heading for troubled water itself. One idea to keep the company afloat could be to sell earthquake holidays - you wouldn’t even need to leave your house; the firm would simply come round and demolish it for you, burying you alive! For those people wanting something a little more pandemic, how about a Bubonic Bonanza - infecting the entire family with the Black Death for two weeks of sneezy, wheezy fun?

It's a cracking idea, because noone can ever complain to wrinkle-nosed ginger Anne Robinson and her team of moan-hounds on Watchdog, as you can claim that any misdemeanor was part of the package. "So you got radiation poisoning and leprosy? I'm terribly sorry, we forgot to charge you for those - we'll pop the bill in the post."