Anonymous
08/07/2024 18:53
Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Wintergreen so meh
Little Palm Island no good beach
Little Palm Island no good beach
Anonymous
08/07/2024 18:49
Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Lisbon - not terrible but mediocre food and the sights are spread over hills that are tough to navigate.
Paris - maybe it’s more me than the city, but it’s always depressed me. Sort of like attending a huge, vibrant party where everyone is having fun, but you’re just a bystander. Probably great place to live but not that fun as a tourist
Paris - maybe it’s more me than the city, but it’s always depressed me. Sort of like attending a huge, vibrant party where everyone is having fun, but you’re just a bystander. Probably great place to live but not that fun as a tourist
Anonymous
08/07/2024 18:45
Subject: Re:Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Montreal. So dull.
You are kidding, right?
Op here. I’m curious about this too PP. I have heard it was boring from posts here on DCUM but tell me more. What did you not like? Is it boring as in there is nothing to see and do? I’ve heard the food is great! I’ve also heard it’s not great/interesting for kids. Was that why?
Anonymous
08/07/2024 18:22
Subject: Re:Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:Montreal. So dull.
You are kidding, right?
Anonymous
08/07/2024 18:21
Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
I did not hate India but I have zero desire to go again.
Anonymous
08/07/2024 18:20
Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
New Orleans. So dirty!
Anonymous
08/07/2024 18:16
Subject: Re:Where did you absolutely hate?
Orlando
Wintergreen Resort VA
Vienna
Cape Cod
Brussels
Wintergreen Resort VA
Vienna
Cape Cod
Brussels
Anonymous
08/07/2024 18:14
Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would not go back to India. Hard in many ways.
Only, if you are traveling like the poorest of the poor.
I only luxury travel to and in India. I fly business class in middle eastern airlines (Emirates or Etihad), stop over at Abu Dhabi or Dubai, go in luxury and comfort and minimize the impact of jet lag, Then, I either stay with my family/friends who have extra room, AC, well established homes and servants - or I stay in expensive 5 star hotels. I hire the best and most expensive touring vehicles available and drivers that are known to the family or have great reviews. And I travel mainly with family or friends. I also shop a lot and get all my bulky stuff couriered to US.
India is not a place to do on shoe-string budget travel. If you do that then you have to be inconvenienced sometimes. However, India is still incredibly cheaper than US or Europe so it boggles my mind that westerners want to travel in the way the poorest of the poor are travelling there. If you spend a fraction of your money that you spend in a Western country and stay in good hotels and take taxis from proper registered taxi service, you will have an experience of comfort and luxury.
Nothing beats the food in India. Not one country I have visited has better food than India (ok, Thailand is amazing food too).
Sorry but no. We traveled richest of the rich. You still see things out the windows of your "best and most expensive touring vehicle". The poverty is appalling and the way Indians treat their most vulnerable is appalling. But I'm glad you go back and do all your shopping and can't relate to your countrymen. Just intent on getting the shopping done and the food shoveled in, huh?
+1
Also the fact that you will happily use servants. Enough said.
I did India as luxurious as possible and paid a fortune (only place I’ve seen the different tiers of rates even for Indians living abroad) but wouldn’t do it again
What? Never heard of this?
Anonymous
08/07/2024 18:13
Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:I agree on India being the worst. Honestly even if you travel top tier you will still see 95% of regular life which is just miserable. Sorry but if I'm on holiday I'm not interested in spending time seeing that kind of grossness. There's a lot if fascinating stuff to see and do in this world and it's much more pretty and comfortable. I'm super well travelled and you can google whatever it is you want to see there just don't go in person! Family there is totally different but having a cool holiday adventure is a bad idea in India.
+1
You have to balance a once in a lifetime trip of fascinating wonders with seeing children in intersections at 10PM begging for money in the middle of polluted traffic with people just angrily waving them away.
What's the value in visiting a place where you feel helpless to help all the needy yet you see that even their own don't care a whit about them. I think they must be numb to it? IDK. Not for me.
Anonymous
08/07/2024 18:04
Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tampa
Helen, Georgia
Indiana
Ohhh. DH has been trying to talk me into a weekend in Helen. No?
Omg. Like 5 days in a Christmas store.
Anonymous
08/07/2024 18:04
Subject: Re:Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:Austin, Texas. Terrible traffic, ugly architecture, lots of drugged out and homeless ppl hanging on that one main bar street . . . . the LBJ museum on the campus was super cool, though!
+1. Huge disappointment. Dirty, seedy and a bit scary in places. We were traveling with a teenager, and couldn’t even find a venue downtown to listen to live music.
Anonymous
08/07/2024 18:01
Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
I agree on India being the worst. Honestly even if you travel top tier you will still see 95% of regular life which is just miserable. Sorry but if I'm on holiday I'm not interested in spending time seeing that kind of grossness. There's a lot if fascinating stuff to see and do in this world and it's much more pretty and comfortable. I'm super well travelled and you can google whatever it is you want to see there just don't go in person! Family there is totally different but having a cool holiday adventure is a bad idea in India.
Anonymous
08/07/2024 17:54
Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would not go back to India. Hard in many ways.
Only, if you are traveling like the poorest of the poor.
I only luxury travel to and in India. I fly business class in middle eastern airlines (Emirates or Etihad), stop over at Abu Dhabi or Dubai, go in luxury and comfort and minimize the impact of jet lag, Then, I either stay with my family/friends who have extra room, AC, well established homes and servants - or I stay in expensive 5 star hotels. I hire the best and most expensive touring vehicles available and drivers that are known to the family or have great reviews. And I travel mainly with family or friends. I also shop a lot and get all my bulky stuff couriered to US.
India is not a place to do on shoe-string budget travel. If you do that then you have to be inconvenienced sometimes. However, India is still incredibly cheaper than US or Europe so it boggles my mind that westerners want to travel in the way the poorest of the poor are travelling there. If you spend a fraction of your money that you spend in a Western country and stay in good hotels and take taxis from proper registered taxi service, you will have an experience of comfort and luxury.
Nothing beats the food in India. Not one country I have visited has better food than India (ok, Thailand is amazing food too).
Sorry but no. We traveled richest of the rich. You still see things out the windows of your "best and most expensive touring vehicle". The poverty is appalling and the way Indians treat their most vulnerable is appalling. But I'm glad you go back and do all your shopping and can't relate to your countrymen. Just intent on getting the shopping done and the food shoveled in, huh?
+1
Also the fact that you will happily use servants. Enough said.
I did India as luxurious as possible and paid a fortune (only place I’ve seen the different tiers of rates even for Indians living abroad) but wouldn’t do it again
Anonymous
08/07/2024 17:50
Subject: Re:Where did you absolutely hate?
Montreal. So dull.
Anonymous
08/07/2024 17:43
Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would not go back to India. Hard in many ways.
Only, if you are traveling like the poorest of the poor.
I only luxury travel to and in India. I fly business class in middle eastern airlines (Emirates or Etihad), stop over at Abu Dhabi or Dubai, go in luxury and comfort and minimize the impact of jet lag, Then, I either stay with my family/friends who have extra room, AC, well established homes and servants - or I stay in expensive 5 star hotels. I hire the best and most expensive touring vehicles available and drivers that are known to the family or have great reviews. And I travel mainly with family or friends. I also shop a lot and get all my bulky stuff couriered to US.
India is not a place to do on shoe-string budget travel. If you do that then you have to be inconvenienced sometimes. However, India is still incredibly cheaper than US or Europe so it boggles my mind that westerners want to travel in the way the poorest of the poor are travelling there. If you spend a fraction of your money that you spend in a Western country and stay in good hotels and take taxis from proper registered taxi service, you will have an experience of comfort and luxury.
Nothing beats the food in India. Not one country I have visited has better food than India (ok, Thailand is amazing food too).
Sorry but no. We traveled richest of the rich. You still see things out the windows of your "best and most expensive touring vehicle". The poverty is appalling and the way Indians treat their most vulnerable is appalling. But I'm glad you go back and do all your shopping and can't relate to your countrymen. Just intent on getting the shopping done and the food shoveled in, huh?
What a weird thing to say. For many of us India is our country of origin. We go back to see family, and yes we travel business class, stay in nice hotels, shop and eat while we’re there.
And like the pp pointed out: the abject poverty and obvious caste system doesn’t bother you at all.
Remember the Seinfeld episode with the wedding in India? Even the bride’s Indian parents refused to go.