First-hand accounts of beach holiday nightmares, from tropical storms to a disastrous parasailing excursion, and an aerial attack by Brighton's hungry squadron of seagulls.

A family discovers their Benidorm hotel room looks like a horror film set. In Thailand, a man is horrified to discover a venomous monitor lizard emerging from the toilet. And a week in Ibiza is a washout as flash floods hit.

Caravan catastrophes include a grizzly bear incursion in Canada, knee-high flood waters in Cornwall, and a caravan that suddenly detaches itself and goes hurtling down a busy motorway.

A trip of a lifetime to the Bahamas ends in horror when a newlywed is bitten by a shark. Plus, an adventure-loving couple get stranded in the wilds of Asia, and a safari trip is stopped by a silverback gorilla.

A flight to Hawaii takes a sinister turn when a passenger sees the engine falling apart, a trip to Egypt has an epic 36-hour delay, and holidaymaker relives the horror of his plane attempting to land, not once but twice, in 100mph winds.