Where did you absolutely hate?

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Anonymous wrote:Not Indian , but if you do 5 star hotels and private transportations, India has lots to offer in terms of sightseeing (Taj Mahal, Jaipur etc and food.

Nobody disagrees with this. There is a luxurious way to do India. But it doesn't sit well with a lot of people and they don't. want. to. go. back. if they don't have to (family). What don't you understand about that?

Oh we understand. Now you try and understand - the luxurious way to do India is inexpensive compared to anywhere else in the world. However, people from rich (western) countries want to do shoestring budget travel in India, making use of infrastructure that is heavily subsidized by the Indian govt for the poorest of its people. Then they complain. Well, why did you go to India in the first place? The domestic market of tourism is so huge that India is not hurting for foreign travelers.

Still don't understand it? It is like some foreigner comes to DC, goes and eats at the homeless shelter soup kitchen and then complains that the restaurant scene in US is pathetic. That soup kitchen is not for tourists.

Who is doing shoestring tours of India? Nobody on here has done that. You are projecting that that is why the bad experience. Every single person on here has mentioned that they have done it the luxurious way and they don't want to go back. No way in hell would I take a train in India. No way in hell.

I have to believe the other poster is being intentionally dense. Most travels posting were not upset with their accommodations but found the extreme poverty outside of their luxurious hotel disturbing. And it is! There are amazing things about India but seeing that level of human suffering happening around you is difficult.

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Anonymous wrote:Florida in July. Worst vacation ever. All that sargassum seaweed ruined my beach vacation.

Who goes to Florida in july??!! Been there a bunch of times never in the summer!!!

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Vegas.
I loved Aruba because we rented a car (really, a tin can) and spend $9 on gas driving around the entire island. We went to every beach we could, and then ended up on west side where there's a very Americanized grocery store. We had a kitchenette so I cooked every night. One of our cheapest trips.

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Atlantic City, Orlando, Dover Delaware, Baltimore, Harpers Ferry, Charlestown, Martinsburg West Virginia.

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July Chincoteague pony penning.

Hotter than blazes. Crowds everywhere. Biting black horse flies.

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Anonymous wrote:Philadelphia is an utter dump. A dangerous, depressing, dump.

I lived there and really liked it but it was years ago. Has it gotten worse? I think it's a cool city with many interesting neighborhoods. It's walkable, full of History.

We were there in late April and felt totally safe walking the down town area and enjoyed our stay. The restaurants were great.
The downtown area is filled with young people.

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Anonymous wrote:I really didn’t like Cartagena. Never have I ever been so harassed by street vendors in my life (and I’ve traveled extensively throughout Latin America, speak Spanish, etc). People just coming up to you, pushing product at you, women on the beach trying to massage my husband and starting after he said no. It was really too much. Also crowded and dirty.

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Best strategy for Cartagena is go to one of the beach clubs/bars that keeps vendors at a distance. But yeah the beach there isn't nice at all. Tierra Bomba and Rosario Islands has some amazing beach resorts that includes boat transportation and daily access for something like $30 per person.

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Anonymous wrote:For the Seattle poster, we were just there a few days ago and really liked it. We stayed in Belltown and did the typical tourist stuff. My husband and I liked the whole vibe of the city. We met a friend at Salty’s for an excellent dinner.

We were only there 2 days but really liked it. We could walk everywhere. We had our 7 year old in tow and he liked it too. We took the ferry over to Whidbey Island and had a great day exploring there too.

We are now in the Cascades for hiking and other outdoor activities. So far it has been a nice trip. We would come back in a heartbeat.

Seattle PP here. I think you did Seattle the right way. More than 2 days isn’t fun but adding ferries and the mountains is definitely the way to go. Meeting local friends helps a lot because it forces you to get out to different neighborhoods, which is what Seattle is really all about. We’ve been pretty lucky up until today with smoke season so hopefully it isn’t too bad for you up there.

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Anonymous wrote:Atlantic City, Orlando, Dover Delaware, Baltimore, Harpers Ferry, Charlestown, Martinsburg West Virginia.

Aren’t Dover and Martinsburg places you just drive through? Can’t see spending enough time in either to like it or not like it.

I actually like Baltimore. The town of Harpers Ferry isn’t to great, but it has great hiking, biking and fantastic views.

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I also didn’t like Cartagena much, there are many nicer and less crowded places in Colombia. Bogota for one is great. I blame Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his 100 Years of Solitude which was very popular back in the late 90’s for making it intriguing….books can do that.

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Anonymous wrote:Las Vegas - agree with all the PPs who said the gambling, overconsumption, and expensive and/or terrible food was a total turn off. Its the only place I’ve ever showed up to the airport so easy they wouldn’t let me through TSA.

What does this mean?

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Anonymous wrote:Los Angeles- nothing but urban sprawl with no soul.
New York - crowded, noisy, dirty, garbage piled along streets.
Nairobi - crime ridden so you can’t go anywhere in your own.
India - dirty and polluted.

I expected to hate LA and loved it so much I'd move there. I loved how every neighborhood has a different feel to it, all the historical homes, Koreatown, Downtown, Los Feliz, Griffith Park, the Broad, the Getty, the snowy mountains in the background... I feel like I'd need to go many more times to even see and absorb everything.

LA is one of those "It is a GREAT place to live, but I wouldn't want to visit" type places.

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Indy ghettto posted here - went for business trip less than 5 yrs ago and holy hell it was so bleak. Downtown too. Just ugly bleak and really rundown. In and out for the day but first time there and I was like like OMG.

Detroit was scary but that was years ago. KFC downtown ordering over plexiglass too funny no interaction with customers whatsoever preCovid. It was basically I wish I did not have to even talk to you.

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Anonymous wrote:Atlantic City, Orlando, Dover Delaware, Baltimore, Harpers Ferry, Charlestown, Martinsburg West Virginia.

+1 I don't understand why people like Harper's Ferry so much. It's tiny, and there aren't many interesting stores or restaurants. Same for Ellicot City. I don't get the appeal. Frederick downtown is more interesting.

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Jamaica.