'It was too much to handle': What happens when remote travel goes wrong ^40.8%

BBC - By Laura Hall - 4/2/2026, 12:01 PM

Anecdotal 20.8% - Hasty Generalization 18.3% - Appeal to Authority 17.7%

The idea of being a castaway on a desert island has an irresistibly romantic appeal: sun, sea and a whole ocean between you and your desk-bound life. What could possibly go wrong? For a group signed up to a Desert Island Survival holiday, the answer was: everything. While they had willingly agreed – and paid – to be marooned for a week... more