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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

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

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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.

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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.

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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: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.

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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?

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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: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.