We paid £3,700 for dream Caribbean all-inclusive...

and ended up with parasitic worms: Brit family describe 'birds landing on buffet and insects crawling on food' during holiday from hell By Olivia Christie Published: 09:35 BST, 23 August 2024 | Updated: 10:09 BST, 23 August 2024 e-mail View comments A British family contracted parasitic worms during a £3,700 five-star holiday to the Caribbean and say their trip was ruined by bugs on the food and deafening drum and bass music. Sarah Sigston, 57, her husband Jeremy, 53, and their daughter Isabelle, 25, jetted off to the Dominican Republic on May 4 for a two-week stay at an all-inclusive resort. But the luxurious holiday at the Viva Dominicus Palace by Wyndham soon turned into a nightmare.

On arrival, the family from Rayleigh, Essex, said they found the hotel 'looked nothing like the pictures online' and they soon found issues with 'undercooked meat', 'insects in the salads' and 'birds on the buffet trays'. The family said they were also subjected to 'deafening' drum and bass music which played around the swimming pool constantly and contained 'awful' swear words. Sarah Sigston, 57, her husband Jeremy, 53, and their daughter Isabelle, 25, jetted off to the Dominican Republic on May 4 for a two-week stay at an all-inclusive resort The family claimed the meat served at the hotel's restaurants was often undercooked Isabelle ate her own Itsu gluten-free rice pots as she felt there was nothing she could 'safely eat' They say they .