22 Kids and Counting stars Sue and Noel Radford have jetted off to the Canary Islands, sharing snaps of their trip so far on social media after Sue came under fire this week
22 Kids and Counting stars Sue and Noel Radford jet off on holiday after Dubai backlash(Image: Instagram)
Sue and Noel Radford have managed to jet off on a sunny getaway after Sue came under fire for complaining about their Dubai trip being cancelled earlier this week.
The 22 Kids and Counting couple shared a snap of their drinks on a table in front of a view of the airport while they waited for their flight and teased their destination. In the caption of their Instagram post, shared on their joint family page called The Radford Family, they teased: “Couple of nights away where will we end up”.
After touching down, the couple then shared a photo from their hotel, showing cacti planted next to a walkway. In the caption, they gushed: “The sun is shining we are all checked in and looking forward to a few days in the sun loving the Canary Islands we’ve not been for years.” It comes after Sue came under fire after complaining that their holiday to Dubai had been cancelled in the midst of the war in the Middle East.
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Sue Radford shared a glimpse of her hotel(Image: FACEBOOK)
Sue showed off the view from their hotel balcony(Image: INSTAGRAM)
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Last week, war broke out in the Middle East as Israel and the USA struck Israel, which killed its leader, Ali Khamenei. Iran then retaliated by striking military bases and various places across the Middle East including Tehran, Beirut and the UAE, including missile strikes and drones in Dubai. The strikes have lead to mass flight cancellations as the Foreign Office advised against all but essential travel to the UAE.
The war caused Sue’s trip to Dubai to be cancelled, which she took to social media to complain about before being branded “tone deaf”. As she shared a photo of herself with her hand over her face, Sue wrote in the caption of the Instagram post: “so as you know Chris and Aimee both got us weekends away for Christmas but as we couldn’t do the dates we swapped it to Dubai we were going to be flying tonight anyway hands up who’s been having a nightmare with travelup1 because I think there’s going to be lots of you phone lines dead so guessing they have turned them off and no response from them to emails i have commented on their insta page but all of our comments have been deleted and there been lots from very unhappy customers I know we are safe in this country but even if you wanted to rebook you can’t because they aren’t dealing with it so anyone who’s booked with this company think twice PLEASE”.
(Image: theradfordfamily/Instagram)
Sue later edited the caption to add an update, which read: “UPDATE Travelup have messaged on insta so for others in the same situation it might be worth doing the same the point of this post is that we do not want to rebook I would imagine lots wouldn’t but this company switching phones off is not the way to go about it so people can’t contact them at all and deleting comments is bad”.
Despite her insisting it was all resolved now, angry fans took to social media to fume over her original post. One branded it “tone deaf”, writing: “This is tone deaf. People are dying. Others are hiding in hotel rooms/basements. And the rest are stranded with many fearing for their lives. Your holiday dues not matter right now.
“Your refund/swap is not the priority. You should have travel insurance and be Atol/Abta protected – you’ll get your money. For now just sit tight and be thankful you’re not one of the people I just listed above.”
Another added: “Love you guys and this family so much, watch their shows every week and you’re all so lovely…. But please can we be kind to companies who are dealing with a war. This isn’t a day to day situation. I know we all want to rebook flights, I want to get some sun !! and get on our holidays, but why don’t we let the dust settle and give people a time to breathe and take stock of what’s actually going on, especially since the situation is escalating by the day.”
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