Perhaps the most startling claim however, was one blaming the conception of a child on the hotel an engaged couple stayed in.
""My fiancé and I booked a twin-bedded room but we were placed in a double-bedded room," it begins.
"We now hold you responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked."
A spokeswoman for ABTA told Britain's Daily Telegraph more than 22,000 people made complaints to ABTA-recognised operators in 2008, up from 19,552 complaints in 2007.
Marie Pilkington, a spokesperson for Flight Centre New Zealand, said New Zealanders don't tend to grumble too much about their holidays.
"As a general rule Kiwis have quite a 'she'll be right' attitude and don't get too flustered about things, but you do get the odd one," she said.
Pilkington said those who did complain had three main gripes: the length of queues at airports, planes being too cold and tropical islands being too hot.
"Kiwis have quite high expectations because we live in such a gorgeous country ourselves ... sometimes if they haven't travelled a lot before they can be a bit disappointed," she said.
More of the 'ridiculous complaints' compiled by ABTA and Thomas Cook
* A woman wanted topless sunbathing banned after her holiday was ruined because her husband "spent all day looking at other women".
* A guest staying at a Novotel in Australia complained his soup was too thick and strong - he had in fact been eating gravy.
* A woman called police, saying she'd been locked into her hotel room by staff after misinterpreting a 'do not disturb' sign as a command to stay put.
* A tourist staying at a game lodge near a watering hole in Africa complained his honeymoon was ruined after the sight of a visibly aroused elephant made him feel "inadequate".
* A traveller moaned after a holiday in the Caribbean: "It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England it only took the Americans three hours to get home."
* "I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends' three-bedroom apartment," wrote one complainant, "and ours was significantly smaller."
* "We had to queue outside with no air conditioning," huffed another.
* A visitor to Goa, India said they were "disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don't like spicy food at all".
* A traveller craving the comforts of home suggested: "I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts."
