worst travel destinations/holidays and why?

the playing mantis

vtech did a best one sometime in the winter, so what about a worst one.

sloppyschleckonds

Las Vegas, chavtastic

the playing mantis

ive never seen chavs in LV actually.

t4tomo

Wales, its full of welsh people.

Mikey23

More a bad choice than a worst destination. Went on honeymoon to Rhodes in the middle of a heat wave... Too hot to do thingy...

Giraffoto

The most boring place I've ever been in the course of a holiday was Harrogate.

seanoconn

Luxor Eygpt. Beautiful place if you were allowed to enjoy it without being hounded by locals. I realise tourism is the main money spinner in these areas but street sellers, cabs etc, would increase their trade tenfold if they left visitors in peace. Instead, most of the city is a no go area for tourists who don't feel safe.

Also, the way western girls are treated because they're not covered from head to foot is very disrespectful.

Mikey23

Oh and near Loch Ness in a mobile home at the height of the midge season was not a good choice either ...

rolf_f

Giraffoto wrote:

The most boring place I've ever been in the course of a holiday was Harrogate.

Well it's a Victorian Spa town - Spa itself aside, the point of Harrogate is the fantastic scenery around it.

Worst travel destination? Probably Dubai. For the reason of unmitigated awfulness at pretty much every level. Empty place for empty folk. It should be allowed to return to the desert.

morstar

t4tomo wrote:

Wales, its full of welsh people.

Not strictly true!

North Wales is full of ble*din scousers...

and that's a whole lot worse :-)

VmanF3

Been to a whole heap of places, many of which whilst seemingly pleasant to visit are in fact pretty dull. Russia, China and Central American countries I could take or leave.

Iceland has to be the biggest disappointment. Really expected more.

Norway, apart from the cost, was by far the best, although I've been very lucky with the weather.

Have to say, I enjoy England for many, many reasons. The grass in my option is not always greener.

Lazarus

morstar wrote:

t4tomo wrote:

Wales, its full of welsh people.

Not strictly true!

North Wales is full of ble*din scousers...

and that's a whole lot worse :-)

Rhyl , dismal place . Was surprised that I seemed to be the only Welshman there !

VTech

Been to a few places, wouldnt do another stayover in Brighton as that place didnt work for me.

Most places I have been have good and bad points but on the whole good wins over.

Frank Wilson

Lazarus wrote:

morstar wrote:

t4tomo wrote:

Wales, its full of welsh people.

Not strictly true!

North Wales is full of ble*din scousers...

and that's a whole lot worse :-)

Rhyl , dismal place . Was surprised that I seemed to be the only Welshman there !

Rhyl was a great place when I grew up there in the 60's lazarus but since the influx of scousers, mancs, brummies, pottery town people it has lost a lot of what it had. With the exception of Siop Y Morfa the language is very seldom heard now and the whole place has gone down the nick. I suppose it's the same along the North Wales coast but the rule appears to be send the dross to Rhyl and the ones with a few bob to Abersock as they like to call it. You would think some of them would at least try to pronounce the place where they have purchased their holiday home correctly.

bernithebiker

seanoconn wrote:

Luxor Eygpt. Beautiful place if you were allowed to enjoy it without being hounded by locals. I realise tourism is the main money spinner in these areas but street sellers, cabs etc, would increase their trade tenfold if they left visitors in peace. Instead, most of the city is a no go area for tourists who don't feel safe.

Also, the way western girls are treated because they're not covered from head to foot is very disrespectful.

+1

Hurghada, Egypt.

Never again. Scammed 3 times, pickpocketed once (although managed to catch the little f*^ker and get it back!)

Dirty, crap beaches, wasn't even hot.

Lazarus

Frank Wilson wrote:

Lazarus wrote:

morstar wrote:

t4tomo wrote:

Wales, its full of welsh people.

Not strictly true!

North Wales is full of ble*din scousers...

and that's a whole lot worse :-)

Rhyl , dismal place . Was surprised that I seemed to be the only Welshman there !

Rhyl was a great place when I grew up there in the 60's lazarus but since the influx of scousers, mancs, brummies, pottery town people it has lost a lot of what it had. With the exception of Siop Y Morfa the language is very seldom heard now and the whole place has gone down the nick. I suppose it's the same along the North Wales coast but the rule appears to be send the dross to Rhyl and the ones with a few bob to Abersock as they like to call it. You would think some of them would at least try to pronounce the place where they have purchased their holiday home correctly.

I can understand that, It was just a shock to the system and also slightly strange that I felt like an outsider in my own country lol.
Take care Frank.

ballysmate

Rhyl dismal? If it is dismal now it has improved since I was there. A complete dog hole.

MountainMonster

Isn't Sheeps mum from Rhyl?

Rigga

My old boss used to go to Western super mare every year for 2 whole weeks!!

Also Blackpool needs a good wash.

morstar

Lazarus wrote:

morstar wrote:

t4tomo wrote:

Wales, its full of welsh people.

Not strictly true!

North Wales is full of ble*din scousers...

and that's a whole lot worse :-)

Rhyl , dismal place . Was surprised that I seemed to be the only Welshman there !

Can't claim to have any Welsh connections myself but our first camping trip when we moved to Chorley was along the following lines...
'Family site, Reasonably close, seaside'
I know, North Wales will tick those boxes. May as well have camped on Liverpool docks. Horrible camping experience never to be repeated but at least the Welsh countryside came to our rescue.

Blackpool is aesthetically far better than it used to be but the culture of the place is what it is. I work there and hear no end of horror stories of what counts as everyday behaviour.

spen666

Mikey23 wrote:

More a bad choice than a worst destination. Went on honeymoon to Rhodes in the middle of a heat wave... Too hot to do thingy...

Bad choice because you went on a honeymoon?

spen666

seanoconn wrote:

Luxor Eygpt. ....

Also, the way western girls are treated because they're not covered from head to foot is very disrespectful.

But its not disrespectful of the Western girls not to respect the traditions and values of those whose country they are visiting?


Think you have forgotten whose country it is.

Visitors to a country should respect the traditions of the host country, not the other way round

GiantMike

Blackpool: I've ridden through there quite regularly for the last 2 years and I don't think there's a redeeming feature other than the M55 making it easy to leave.

(some bits of) Turkey and Greece: Lots of litter ruining very pretty coastlines. Rabid dogs. Don't sell Pepsi Max.

ballysmate

Too hot to do thingy?
Perhaps I could write a song. I know The Dead Kennedys had a song 'Too Drunk to do Thingy'.

spen666

Ballysmate wrote:

Too hot to do thingy?
Perhaps I could write a song. I know The Dead Kennedys had a song 'Too Drunk to do Thingy'.

MountainMonster

spen666 wrote:

seanoconn wrote:

Luxor Eygpt. ....

Also, the way western girls are treated because they're not covered from head to foot is very disrespectful.

But its not disrespectful of the Western girls not to respect the traditions and values of those whose country they are visiting?


Think you have forgotten whose country it is.

Visitors to a country should respect the traditions of the host country, not the other way round

You should be mindful of the countries you visit of course, but this is a topic that is for western people overkill and disrespectful towards women. We are not talking about traditions such as in Thailand where it is disrespectful to show someone the bottom of your feet, this is a topic of hiding women, disrespecting them and making them inferior. If these countries want to live off of tourism they need to realise that western women are a part of that and not drive their only industry away because of their values.

seanoconn

spen666 wrote:

seanoconn wrote:

Luxor Eygpt. ....

Also, the way western girls are treated because they're not covered from head to foot is very disrespectful.

But its not disrespectful of the Western girls not to respect the traditions and values of those whose country they are visiting?


Think you have forgotten whose country it is.

Visitors to a country should respect the traditions of the host country, not the other way round

Temples and religous sites, legs and shoulders covered. Tradition respected. Is it the tradition of the host country to sexually assault and harass visitors to their country?

I remembered what country I was in so I could remember which country to avoid in future

the playing mantis

GiantMike wrote:

Blackpool: I've ridden through there quite regularly for the last 2 years and I don't think there's a redeeming feature other than the M55 making it easy to leave.

(some bits of) Turkey and Greece: Lots of litter ruining very pretty coastlines. Rabid dogs. Don't sell Pepsi Max.

me and my m8s spent 2 nights in blackpool a few years ago for the worldmatchplay darts at the winter gardens.

all i can say is it was different.

for soft southeners it was a novelty, abit like southend but northern and more extreme (if thats possible). the 'hotel'/guesthouse that we stayed in was interesting too.

5 20 year olds in 2 rooms, one room effectively a triple a bed, with a bathroom and plumbing from the 1800's, the other 2 tiny single beds, and the ceiling 'tiles' were flapping somehow as there was an extreme wind/draft from somewhere (even though the window was closed) that made a howling noise and flapped the tiles. needless to say the 2nd night we made sure we spent the night in other locations!

RideOnTime

Gaza.

again

well could be better than Cairo this year.

tlw1

MountainMonster wrote:

Isn't Sheeps mum from Rhyl?

yep, it's why I avoid the place

clickrumble

Turkey, Celis beach, food good, weather ok, sea lovely, scenery beautiful...but everywhere full of fat wobbly tattooed Brits drinking beer all day.