Alex Jones's holiday heaven and hell Good company. Whether it's with a group of friends, or with my family or boyfriend. I like to go with someone who's not going to make a fuss and will make the most of the time we're there. I always pack as many books as I can as I get through them incredibly quickly. I enjoy reading Philippa Gregory, as she captures history like no other and Maeve Binchy is also one of my favourite authors. I also take a camera as I love photography. Weigh your luggage before you leave to go to the airport. There's nothing more time consuming or embarrassing than having to empty your suitcase at the check-in desk because you have exceeded the limit. Thailand. Most of my friends have been there and it would be great to stay in a nice spa hotel. I would also like to visit Costa Rica, as well as India to see the Taj Mahal, however, that's unlikely to be until I retire. I think it's nice to have something to look forward to at the end of your working life. It was a holiday to Magaluf with six other girls when I was 18. We stayed in a hotel just outside the town and all was going well until four of the girls went down with various ailments, including gastroenteritis, sunstroke and flu. Those of us who managed to avoid getting ill (including me, thankfully) spent most of the holiday going to and from the pharmacy to get medicines for the poorly ones. Getting thrown out of our hotel on that holiday to Magaluf. A few of us arrived back at the hotel from the 24-hour pharmacy at the same time as a group of loutish lads returning from a drunken night out. The lads managed to spill the alcohol they were carrying all over the hotel reception area. They then got into the same lift as us and a girl who was with them managed to get her ponytail trapped in the doors just as the lift started to go up. She screamed hysterically and fortunately was heard by the night manager who stopped the lift and got us out. However, on seeing the drunken state of the group and the mess in reception, he ordered everyone (including my group) to pack our bags and leave the hotel. We tried to explain that we had nothing to do with the drunken group but he didn't believe us. It was when I went to visit my sister when she was living in New Zealand. I left the UK thinking that it would be nice and hot there - it was their summer - but arrived to find it was freezing cold. All I had to wear were light summer clothes, when I could have done with jumpers, hoodies and a warm winter coat. And the worst hotel you've stayed in? A stay in a lighthouse hotel in Ireland. My room was at the top of the lighthouse and had stunning views. However, when the weather turned bad it was the worst place to be: the windows would rattle in the wind and it was freezing cold. As if that wasn't bad enough, I was then informed that the lighthouse was haunted. I took no notice of that until I was woken by a loud bang on the headboard - as if someone had punched it - at 3am. It completely spooked me and I couldn't sleep for the rest of the night. I like to immerse myself in the local culture and go slightly off the beaten track to places that are not frequented by British tourists. What's the point of sitting by the pool surrounded by people from Britain? You may as well be at home. Waiting to go on one! I don't go on many holidays, due to my work with The One Show, so when I do manage to get away I appreciate the holiday even more. Alex Jones is a presenter on The One Show; Monday to Friday, 7pm, BBC One. Alex is also taking part in Let's Dance for Comic Relief from February 16