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Rip Off Britain
Season 18 · Episode 25
My holiday home left me needing stitches
0.044mSeptember 11, 2026
The team meet the couple who say their stay in a holiday villa turned out to be a health risk. So why won’t the major travel company they booked with refund them?
Episodes
- Episode 1Home improvement company lies cost me thousands
- Episode 2Fake loan repayments coming off my wages
- Episode 3Claim denied due to home’s past building work
- Episode 4Fraudster cashed in my tax rebate cheque
- Episode 5Holidays: Our flight took off while the board still said ‘Please Wait’
- Episode 6Your parcels lost, damaged or late
- Episode 7Fake review sites peddling dodgy goods
- Episode 8Scams: ‘Ghost’ MOTs for sale!
- Episode 9Insurer won’t help as our home falls apart
- Episode 10Toy company bullied me into paying unlawful fees
- Episode 11Giant warehouses built at the end of our gardens
- Episode 12Bank devalued our house after approving our mortgage
- Episode 13Spiteful scammer cancelled my flight
- Episode 14Wet wipe blockage flooded my garden with sewage
- Episode 15My timeshare is worth less than when I bought it
- Episode 16Family home on the line after being conned by festival fraudster
- Episode 17Scammers groomed my vulnerable mum for over two million pounds
- Episode 18My roadside rescue turned into a highway robbery
- Episode 19Scammers wiped my teenager's account, and the bank won't help!
- Episode 20Flying through a storm left me fearing for my life
- Episode 21Scammers raided my aunt’s bank account after she had died
- Episode 22The botched building job that has cost me thousands
- Episode 23This town smells like bin juice!
- Episode 24My council is stopping me from charging my electric car at home
- Episode 25My holiday home left me needing stitches
- Episode 26I raised thousands for a scam dog shelter charity
- Episode 27Forced to pay finance on a car we do not own
- Episode 28We could not stop a developer felling local trees
- Episode 29Marketplace seller sold me a bed made of cardboard
- Episode 30Airport parking firm caused £11,000 of damage