Where did you absolutely hate?

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t hate it, but San Antonio was pretty dull to me. The Riverwalk is pretty and takes about an hour and there is the Alamo, but not much else. I am glad my trip there was for work and not on my own dime.

Completely agree. Went once with my spouse for his work trip, since it was over our anniversary and thought we could have a nice time away. Riverwalk was frankly a disappointment, and the Alamo was just ok. We know people who have retired there, and I don't understand the appeal.

Well if you go to a city and spend your time exclusively at the two main tourist attractions, yeah, it is likely to be disappointing. We went over Christmas last year and really enjoyed the winter weather, the huge old oak tree at the Alamo, the delicious Mexican food, and 6 Flags Fiesta. If I had more time I would have explored the Hill Country, tried more restaurants, and done a long bike ride along the extended Riverwalk to see the Missions.

I also found San Antonio a little dull. To be fair, San Antonio is hyped a lot. I didn't hate it, but found it grossly overrated. Baltimore, which gets very little love, has so much more to see and do than San Antonio. Ditto for Cleveland and Pittsburgh. I just didn't get San Antonio.

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Anonymous wrote:All-inclusives. I've tried them twice and I just do not enjoy it. I went to one in Mexico alone, and was hoping that having people do things for me and not having to make decisions would be lovely. I got so bored I rented a car and drove to Tulum instead. The other was with my husband in the DR, and it was pretty, but just..fine.

The meals are...fine, but clearly catering to a boring middle america white person (PS not to be confused with the thread on all "fly over people," just a certain kind). The drinks are underwhelming. And then you just feel trapped, and like it doesn't make any sense to leave the resort, but then the resort isn't amazing either.

They also seem to be avoidant of any of the local culture, apart from that tiny section at the end of the lunch buffet, and it's a challenge to get out of the resort.

All inclusives seem to have all the negatives of a cruise, but you aren't going anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Hated Barbados. Horrible experience there.

In the US - many places. lol.

What happened in Batbados?

They were expecting Bars and got Bats

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Anonymous wrote:All-inclusives. I've tried them twice and I just do not enjoy it. I went to one in Mexico alone, and was hoping that having people do things for me and not having to make decisions would be lovely. I got so bored I rented a car and drove to Tulum instead. The other was with my husband in the DR, and it was pretty, but just..fine.

The meals are...fine, but clearly catering to a boring middle america white person (PS not to be confused with the thread on all "fly over people," just a certain kind). The drinks are underwhelming. And then you just feel trapped, and like it doesn't make any sense to leave the resort, but then the resort isn't amazing either.

They also seem to be avoidant of any of the local culture, apart from that tiny section at the end of the lunch buffet, and it's a challenge to get out of the resort.

All inclusives seem to have all the negatives of a cruise, but you aren't going anywhere.

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I've had both good and bad all-inclusive experiences. For people with stressful jobs who want to turn off their brains for a few days the right adults-only all-inclusive is wonderful. On the other hand we'll never go back to a family all-inclusive.

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Anonymous wrote:Montreal. People are mean and weird, city is very average in all ways (average Chinatown, average old part, average shopping areas and too crowded). The rest of Quebec is great.

Their whole identity seems to be Quebec first, second and third, then Canadian.

I didn’t find that when I went with my family an I find it weird that someone would think their individual tourist experience is universal. It’s “crowded” like any big city, and didn’t encounter any meanness, quite the opposite in fact, as I thought people were more open to tourists given that Montreal is a big melting pot.

With kids, we loved the restaurants (poutine and crepes especially), old Montreal, the trails in Mont Royal and the biodome.

What Midwestern suburb is chiming in here?

I think you’re projecting. Or maybe haven’t taken your meds today if you think you can guess where people are posting from.

+1 Montreal is an amazing city-especially in the summer (I am not a winter sports person.). It has stellar food-both Quebecois and other international cuisines as it has more immigrants than other parts of Quebec. It hosts a renowned jazz festival and an international fireworks competition too.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t hate it, but San Antonio was pretty dull to me. The Riverwalk is pretty and takes about an hour and there is the Alamo, but not much else. I am glad my trip there was for work and not on my own dime.

Completely agree. Went once with my spouse for his work trip, since it was over our anniversary and thought we could have a nice time away. Riverwalk was frankly a disappointment, and the Alamo was just ok. We know people who have retired there, and I don't understand the appeal.

Well if you go to a city and spend your time exclusively at the two main tourist attractions, yeah, it is likely to be disappointing. We went over Christmas last year and really enjoyed the winter weather, the huge old oak tree at the Alamo, the delicious Mexican food, and 6 Flags Fiesta. If I had more time I would have explored the Hill Country, tried more restaurants, and done a long bike ride along the extended Riverwalk to see the Missions.

I also found San Antonio a little dull. To be fair, San Antonio is hyped a lot. I didn't hate it, but found it grossly overrated. Baltimore, which gets very little love, has so much more to see and do than San Antonio. Ditto for Cleveland and Pittsburgh. I just didn't get San Antonio.

I mean, who is promoting San Antonio? maybe the Riverwalk but again, that is on you if you base everything on a tourist attraction. There is something interesting to find in every city and if you are coming from DC, San Antonio has a lot of differences to explore. It also helps if you have something there in particular to do - for us it was 6 Flags Fiesta. And to just enjoy a different winter climate. This is what travel is about.

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Ocean City.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t hate it, but San Antonio was pretty dull to me. The Riverwalk is pretty and takes about an hour and there is the Alamo, but not much else. I am glad my trip there was for work and not on my own dime.

Completely agree. Went once with my spouse for his work trip, since it was over our anniversary and thought we could have a nice time away. Riverwalk was frankly a disappointment, and the Alamo was just ok. We know people who have retired there, and I don't understand the appeal.

Well if you go to a city and spend your time exclusively at the two main tourist attractions, yeah, it is likely to be disappointing. We went over Christmas last year and really enjoyed the winter weather, the huge old oak tree at the Alamo, the delicious Mexican food, and 6 Flags Fiesta. If I had more time I would have explored the Hill Country, tried more restaurants, and done a long bike ride along the extended Riverwalk to see the Missions.

Most Texas cities are to live in not vacation in.

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Anonymous wrote:Montreal. People are mean and weird, city is very average in all ways (average Chinatown, average old part, average shopping areas and too crowded). The rest of Quebec is great.

Their whole identity seems to be Quebec first, second and third, then Canadian.

I don't think Montreal is Quebecois enough personally. If it were it'd be more charming. It feels similar to Toronto to me. I'd gladly in a burb of either, but not the most fun for tourism. It feels a lot like the US with some better food than most places, but not as good as NYC.

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Key West. No real luxury hotels or villas, Duval street is absolutely disgusting and no nice restaurants. Cheesy, beaches are terrible and has a drunken Jimmy Buffett sailor feel.
Also hated Cabo San Lucas- overrated, unauthentic culture and the "luxury" part of it is tacky. Bunch of wannabe cheeseballs who visit. The nicest hotel "Las Ventanas" is only sub par and doesn't compare to other Rosewoods.

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Upstate New York. Buffalo, Albany, Rochester & Syracuse are all crime ridden dumps and the whole area is depressing. Ithaca minus Cornell's campus is in the middle of nowhere and a bunch of hippie spots that aren't worth visiting. The weather is horrible- grey, cold, depressing

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t hate it, but San Antonio was pretty dull to me. The Riverwalk is pretty and takes about an hour and there is the Alamo, but not much else. I am glad my trip there was for work and not on my own dime.

Completely agree. Went once with my spouse for his work trip, since it was over our anniversary and thought we could have a nice time away. Riverwalk was frankly a disappointment, and the Alamo was just ok. We know people who have retired there, and I don't understand the appeal.

Well if you go to a city and spend your time exclusively at the two main tourist attractions, yeah, it is likely to be disappointing. We went over Christmas last year and really enjoyed the winter weather, the huge old oak tree at the Alamo, the delicious Mexican food, and 6 Flags Fiesta. If I had more time I would have explored the Hill Country, tried more restaurants, and done a long bike ride along the extended Riverwalk to see the Missions.

Most Texas cities are to live in not vacation in.

If you’re a curious person and like the people you are traveling with, you can have a good vacation anywhere with just a little effort.

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Upstate New York. Buffalo, Albany, Rochester & Syracuse are all crime ridden dumps and the whole area is depressing. Ithaca minus Cornell's campus is in the middle of nowhere and a bunch of hippie spots that aren't worth visiting. The weather is horrible- grey, cold, depressing

I think Buffalo is not that bad: Lake Erie is really pretty and the fall colors up there are gorgeous, plus it's a very short drive to Canada. Agree on the others.

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Upstate New York. Buffalo, Albany, Rochester & Syracuse are all crime ridden dumps and the whole area is depressing. Ithaca minus Cornell's campus is in the middle of nowhere and a bunch of hippie spots that aren't worth visiting. The weather is horrible- grey, cold, depressing

I think Buffalo is not that bad: Lake Erie is really pretty and the fall colors up there are gorgeous, plus it's a very short drive to Canada. Agree on the others.

These are cream of the crop compared to Binghamton.

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Key West. No real luxury hotels or villas, Duval street is absolutely disgusting and no nice restaurants. Cheesy, beaches are terrible and has a drunken Jimmy Buffett sailor feel.
Also hated Cabo San Lucas- overrated, unauthentic culture and the "luxury" part of it is tacky. Bunch of wannabe cheeseballs who visit. The nicest hotel "Las Ventanas" is only sub par and doesn't compare to other Rosewoods.

Oh I like Los Cabos. We usually stay at a Mexican owned hotel on the Gold Coast. It’s really a great area for whale watching and there are some good restaurants. I always find the people there (not tourists but the people who work there) really nice. If you go up to coast on the interior there is really great snorkel and scuba kn the sea of Cortez. And there’s very low humidity and no hurricanes. I grew up in Arizona and it reminds me a lot of Arizona with a beach. But you have to stay away from the port area at Cabo San Lucas.