places that everyone else seems to like...

[Deleted]

Paris 10x's over!
Venice
Honolulu
Vegas

and ROME is my FAVORITE!!! all you haters!

[Cioccolato]

May 16, 2014 10:11:20 GMT -5 Champagne Supernova said:

Oh I wasn't veyr impressed with Aix en Provence either. I don't know, it was just "Meh, was that it?" to me?

It's cute and quaint but I don't care to come back unless I have to.

Agreed, half a day is all that is needed in Aix.

Paris is blah to me. I like London, but it's not Europe...but for this reason I like to go there... it's like a closer version of America, I feel more at "home" there.

Switzerland (where I live) is very blah to me as well. I don't understand why tourists love this place... it's expensive, the mountains are beautiful but everything looks the same, the food is crap (fondue and raclette are nice when you're a tourist but the Swiss seriously eat the same food ALL THE TIME, there's no variety). I guess it's a nice place to visit, not to live?

I was underwhelmed by Sienna and Milan.

[Cioccolato]

I forgot about Greece. I hated it. The beaches were awful, the food wasn't amazing, etc.

[mich1]

Athens. Will never go back, unless it is to pass through the airport.

Vegas. Los Angeles, Orlando.

Honolulu

[meggers5]

May 16, 2014 10:11:20 GMT -5 Champagne Supernova said:

Oh I wasn't veyr impressed with Aix en Provence either. I don't know, it was just "Meh, was that it?" to me?

It's cute and quaint but I don't care to come back unless I have to.

My friend and I got mugged there, so that kind of coloured my experience of it.

The Rome and Paris hate is making me sad. They're the kind of cities you can get lost in and stumble across the most incredible places. I've been to each city 3 times and would happily go back.

[wannabe]

Jamaica fucking sucks. Shitty food, rude people, just horrible all around.

[frog]

May 22, 2014 23:50:34 GMT -5 babsbunny said:

No one in this thread has mentioned South America (though maybe there was one tiny mention). I enjoy travel but have no desire to visit there. Anybody hate it/love it?

I love South America.  I've lived in both Chile and Ecuador, and traveled through Argentina, Peru and Bolivia.  I think it really depends on what you like to do while travelling if you'll like it or not.  If you like hiking and ecotourism, it's wonderful.  If you're wanting the museums and such of Europe then it's probably not going to be your style.  

[Wanderista]

Of places I've been, Berlin. That one stands out. A lot of people rave about it but for the most part, I did not enjoy it. I do think Paris is a little overrated but I still enjoyed it and I would go back. I did not really enjoy Berlin.

Of places that I haven't been, largely because I've avoided them? NYC, Cancun (etc), some Caribbean cruises/AIs, oh and Vegas.

[mrssandro]

After out last trip to Panama City last weekend I am no longer a fan of Florida. I plan to go to Disney at some point but other than that I will never go to another Florida vacation in my lifetime.

[clseale]

Jun 1, 2014 12:27:13 GMT -5 mrssandro said:

After out last trip to Panama City last weekend I am no longer a fan of Florida. I plan to go to Disney at some point but other than that I will never go to another Florida vacation in my lifetime.

You have listed two of the shittiest cities in the state. LOL Unless you have kids that are dying to go to Disney, I'd skip it.....or at the very least, don't do it May-mid Oct. but yeah, a heads up, Orlando (THAT area of Orlando in particular) really sucks. 

[Deleted]

Seville

Didn't hate it, but wasn't really feeling it.

[mrssandro]

Jun 1, 2014 14:11:27 GMT -5 clseale said:

Jun 1, 2014 12:27:13 GMT -5 mrssandro said:

After out last trip to Panama City last weekend I am no longer a fan of Florida. I plan to go to Disney at some point but other than that I will never go to another Florida vacation in my lifetime.

You have listed two of the shittiest cities in the state. LOL Unless you have kids that are dying to go to Disney, I'd skip it.....or at the very least, don't do it May-mid Oct. but yeah, a heads up, Orlando (THAT area of Orlando in particular) really sucks. 

I also went to Key West and Miami a few years .. both sucked so much. 

I think we plan to do Disney around Thanksgiving if we ever do it. Or we may completely opt out and just go to Disneyland instead. 

[clseale]

Jun 2, 2014 7:47:49 GMT -5 mrssandro said:

Jun 1, 2014 14:11:27 GMT -5 clseale said:

You have listed two of the shittiest cities in the state. LOL Unless you have kids that are dying to go to Disney, I'd skip it.....or at the very least, don't do it May-mid Oct. but yeah, a heads up, Orlando (THAT area of Orlando in particular) really sucks. 

I also went to Key West and Miami a few years .. both sucked so much. 

I think we plan to do Disney around Thanksgiving if we ever do it. Or we may completely opt out and just go to Disneyland instead. 

OK, good! I'm also not a huge fan of Miami, but I enjoy Key West (that's one that a lot of people love), so FL probably just definitely isn't for you. There are still some really quaint & charming beach towns on the gulf that are better than the keys IMO, but FL isn't for everyone. I was going to suggest Disneyland! At least then, maybe you could turn it into a vacation you might enjoy for more than just the parks. Orlando is one of my least favorite places in the state, so I'd hate for you to waste another trip, and have a bad experience. 

[gt7301b]

Cairo - it was just miserable.

Orlando/Disney area - my IL's moved to a retirement community an hour outside of Orlando and I officially hate visiting them now. My husband is a teacher, so we tend to visit over spring break/summer break/Thanksgiving and it sucks. I'm officially limiting my visits to once a year.

[sergey]

Antigua. There wasn't much to do and it was just 'meh' in general. Outside of Tikal, I wouldn't rate Guatemala in general nearly as high as Peru (which just happens to be the closest comparison I've been to).

[aak0517]

St Lucia & Jamaica. I am pretty 'meh' about Cancun too... went there for way to many spring breaks in college so that's what i associate it with now.

[CloudBee]

I'm coming back to add London. We've been a couple of times, and it was just like any old American city, IMO. The next time we return, we'll go into the countryside and also visit Stonehenge. Maybe that will make the trip more enjoyable.

It's a pretty easy city to "do" with a kid, which is why we'll return with DS.

[CloudBee]

Jun 2, 2014 8:58:32 GMT -5 gt7301b said:

Cairo - it was just miserable.

I want to hear more!  Sure Cairo is dirty, a giant cluster of traffic, and other than a few museums and the Papyrus Institute, there isn't much to do.  But I saw so much culture!  The traffic alone was breathtaking.  (I wasn't driving.)  There were people pulling wooden carts stuffed to the brim with radishes, families of 3-4 riding on a single moped, and some fun architecture to look at.

I usually lump Cairo/Gizo into the same pool, though, when I look back at my experiences.

So was it the city itself that didn't wow you?  I want to hear more about your experience. 

I can't wait until Egypt's unrest smooths over more so we can return a few years down the road.  I HAVE to show DS the pyramids!

Did you visit Alexandria?  I enjoyed that more than I was expecting.

[bettyfinn]

May 24, 2014 8:14:18 GMT -5 mags said:

Paris 10x's over!
Venice
Honolulu
Vegas

and ROME is my FAVORITE!!! all you haters!

So happy to see hate for Paris and Venice.  People think I'm crazy when I say I never want to go back (been to both twice and hated it; I feel like I've given the ol' college try).  

Also on my list:  the entire countries of Belgium (mainly b/c of the traffic, oh god the traffic) and Austria.

I live in Florida and love it but I know it isn't for everyone.  

[gt7301b]

Jun 3, 2014 11:19:12 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

Jun 2, 2014 8:58:32 GMT -5 gt7301b said:

Cairo - it was just miserable.

I want to hear more!  Sure Cairo is dirty, a giant cluster of traffic, and other than a few museums and the Papyrus Institute, there isn't much to do.  But I saw so much culture!  The traffic alone was breathtaking.  (I wasn't driving.)  There were people pulling wooden carts stuffed to the brim with radishes, families of 3-4 riding on a single moped, and some fun architecture to look at.

I usually lump Cairo/Gizo into the same pool, though, when I look back at my experiences.

So was it the city itself that didn't wow you?  I want to hear more about your experience. 

I can't wait until Egypt's unrest smooths over more so we can return a few years down the road.  I HAVE to show DS the pyramids!

Did you visit Alexandria?  I enjoyed that more than I was expecting.

I went prior to the uprising and the biggest thing that stuck with me was just the despair that I saw. It was also deeply troubling to me seeing armed guards all over the place.  We also went in August, because we were visiting a friend who was there over the summer and the heat was horrible.  I did really enjoy the pyramids.  My flight was delayed, so my friend and I took a taxi and went on our own.  We basically had the smaller pyramids all to ourselves and that was awesome.

We didn’t go to Alexandria, but went to Sinai instead. I think I would have enjoyed Sinai more if I hadn’t gotten deathly ill from food poisoning. (I’m pretty sure it was from some fresh veggies that had to have been washed in water) We couldn’t get the water to work in the room and somehow it started working in the night flooding our room. We didn’t wake up till we got a call from the people below us and then realized there was ~ 3-4 inches of water on the floor. They wouldn’t move us, so we were stuck in a damp, musty room while sick. Sadly, we only made it about half way up the Mt. Sinai hike before having to turn back.

[neonpink]

Lucerne, Switzerland. Over priced and dreadfully boring. Maybe it's great in the winter. In May it was so awful.

[sillygoosegirl]

- Phuket (although liked most of the rest of Thailand)
- Chicago (though I suppose it's possible it's better as a tourist destination than as a place to live--I considered O'Hare to be the best part of living there)
- Prague (it was nice in 1993, but it's become a victim of it's own success)

[sillygoosegirl]

Jun 3, 2014 12:49:17 GMT -5 gt7301b said:

Jun 3, 2014 11:19:12 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

I want to hear more!  Sure Cairo is dirty, a giant cluster of traffic, and other than a few museums and the Papyrus Institute, there isn't much to do.  But I saw so much culture!  The traffic alone was breathtaking.  (I wasn't driving.)  There were people pulling wooden carts stuffed to the brim with radishes, families of 3-4 riding on a single moped, and some fun architecture to look at.

I usually lump Cairo/Gizo into the same pool, though, when I look back at my experiences.

So was it the city itself that didn't wow you?  I want to hear more about your experience. 

I can't wait until Egypt's unrest smooths over more so we can return a few years down the road.  I HAVE to show DS the pyramids!

Did you visit Alexandria?  I enjoyed that more than I was expecting.

I went prior to the uprising and the biggest thing that stuck with me was just the despair that I saw. It was also deeply troubling to me seeing armed guards all over the place.  We also went in August, because we were visiting a friend who was there over the summer and the heat was horrible.  I did really enjoy the pyramids.  My flight was delayed, so my friend and I took a taxi and went on our own.  We basically had the smaller pyramids all to ourselves and that was awesome.

We didn’t go to Alexandria, but went to Sinai instead. I think I would have enjoyed Sinai more if I hadn’t gotten deathly ill from food poisoning. (I’m pretty sure it was from some fresh veggies that had to have been washed in water) We couldn’t get the water to work in the room and somehow it started working in the night flooding our room. We didn’t wake up till we got a call from the people below us and then realized there was ~ 3-4 inches of water on the floor. They wouldn’t move us, so we were stuck in a damp, musty room while sick. Sadly, we only made it about half way up the Mt. Sinai hike before having to turn back.

I was there in May 2010 and also found this troubling.  Although I loved it anyway... except for getting sick... 

[beeks]

Montreal! Everyone I know loves it, and I completely do NOT get it. I do ADORE Quebec City, though...amazing place.

I also wasn't overly impressed with London or Spain. Nice to visit, but I won't be returning any time soon.

[Cioccolato]

Jun 3, 2014 14:09:55 GMT -5 neonpink said:

Lucerne, Switzerland. Over priced and dreadfully boring. Maybe it's great in the winter. In May it was so awful.

It's always dreadfully boring and over priced. As is all of Switzerland.

[runblondie26]

Rome. But reading this thread, I guess I'm not such an outlier in that opinion.