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Would you find this a little snobby in someone?

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Letthemusicplayy · 07/04/2024 15:48

If someone looked down their nose at seaside towns like Blackpool or similar, and would only stay in high-end hotels, nothing like a Premier Inn. I know it's all budget-related, though I've had perfectly good experiences with premier inns and cannot afford luxury hotels.

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Gingerlygreen · 07/04/2024 16:06

I like Blackpool, it's stuck in the 1930s but I like the nostalgia.

I wouldn't go for my main two week holiday but we've enjoyed a few long weekend trips with the kids to see the lights and go to the Tower and Pleasure Beach.

Rhyl not so much, that doesn't have any redeeming features.

Sagittarius · 07/04/2024 16:06

We like Blackpool for a day trip for the pleasure beach, water park, arcades etc but I wouldn't want to be there at night as it has a reputation for being rough and full or stag and hen parties.

I wouldn't judge anyone for having a holiday there though. There is plenty for kids to do in the area and a nice beach at St Annes down the road

HelloMiss · 07/04/2024 16:05

KoolKookaburra · 07/04/2024 15:56

Councils often house released prisoners in these areas as its cheap

Councils don't release prisoners though

Mama1209 · 07/04/2024 16:05

We love blackpool!! It’s cheap and tacky yes, but loads to for the kids and also a lovely seafood restaurant. It’s what you make of it!

Packingcubesqueen · 07/04/2024 16:03

Not wanting to stay in Blackpool or a premier inn isn’t snobby in its-self but going around telling people is weird. You don’t need to list places you don’t want to visit.

OddityOddityOdd · 07/04/2024 16:03

It's not snobby not to like something, that is just personal taste. It is snobby to belittle or laugh at other people's choices and make them feel ashamed for choosing them, that is vile behaviour.

ManchesterLu · 07/04/2024 16:01

There's nothing wrong with people not wanting to stay in certain places, but they shouldn't judge others for staying there. I stay in a lot of Premier Inns, but then on occasion I like to treat myself to a really nice hotel. If I could afford to, I would stay in better places all the time. I don't think there's anything wrong with liking somewhere with a nicer view, bigger bath, room service, etc.

Itsokish · 07/04/2024 16:00

Visited Blackpool once when son was at Lancaster University. We went out of curiosity . Lasted an hour ,what a shit tip! No problem with Premier Inn for somewhere to sleep…Britannia Hotels though are on a different level ,absolutely grim !

KoolKookaburra · 07/04/2024 15:59

Letthemusicplayy · 07/04/2024 15:57

It came up in conversation and I asked him if he'd been, he started saying, Urgh yeah, what a vile horrid place.

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Maybe he had a different experience to you

Waitingfordoggo · 07/04/2024 15:59

I love a Premier Inn and don’t mind a Travelodge either. I like camping/caravanning so roughing it doesn’t bother me.

Blackpool really doesn’t appeal tbh, but I’ve never been so I can’t honestly judge.

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Letthemusicplayy · 07/04/2024 15:59

I used to enjoy walking along the beach, going to the pleasure beach and so on as a child. I understand the nightlife might be dire, and I think there's a difference between living there and going for the day.

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Bessica1970 · 07/04/2024 15:59

I wouldn’t go to Blackpool, but I wouldn’t make someone else feel rubbish for going and enjoying it.

Not liking something isn’t snobby - making someone else feel inferior by articulating that to them is snobby.

hellofrommyothername · 07/04/2024 15:58

I love a premier inn! I don’t feel like there’s much difference between budget and mid-tier hotels to be honest. I expect there is when comparing to a 5* place but I’ve never been to one so wouldn’t know 😂

SapphosRock · 07/04/2024 15:58

I would choose a Premier Inn in Blackpool over a Travellodge in Milton Keynes any day.

CaterhamReconstituted · 07/04/2024 15:58

It’s 100% snobbery. But it’s a free country, each to their own.

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Letthemusicplayy · 07/04/2024 15:57

BettyShagter · 07/04/2024 15:56

What did he actually say?

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It came up in conversation and I asked him if he'd been, he started saying, Urgh yeah, what a vile horrid place.

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KoolKookaburra · 07/04/2024 15:56

Councils often house released prisoners in these areas as its cheap

BettyShagter · 07/04/2024 15:56

Letthemusicplayy · 07/04/2024 15:53

I understand why people are saying that about these places. I felt a bit embarrassed when he said it as my parents took me to Blackpool often as a child, and sometimes Rhyl. We also went on 'higher end' holidays too though.

What did he actually say?

OpalOwl · 07/04/2024 15:55

Premier inn, yes. Will happily stay in even more basic accommodation than that.
Blackpool, maybe a short wander once every couple of years. I live quite close and the children like it.
For the nightlife, no.

ClemmyTine · 07/04/2024 15:55

Go where you can afford and want to.

You could say the same about a lot of coastal places, Gt Yarmouth, Skegvegas, Cleethorpes, Newquay etc... lots of folk go every year..

BettyShagter · 07/04/2024 15:55

Depends on the context really.

I'm a firm believer in always buying the best you can afford, but what people can afford obviously differs massively.

So if I went to a seaside town with friends who couldn't afford to stay anywhere other than a Premier Inn, I'd happily stay there.

If they could afford something that felt like a bit more of a treat, I'd opt to do that.

HereWeGoRoundAgain · 07/04/2024 15:54

Premier Inn, fine. Blackpool? Not a chance in hell!

ginasevern · 07/04/2024 15:53

Nothing wrong with Premier Inns. Haven't been to Blackpool for 50 years but I enjoyed it then! If someone is sneering at you for certain choices then they have absolutely no class and do not know how to conduct themselves in polite society. Also, tell them to fuck off.

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Letthemusicplayy · 07/04/2024 15:53

I understand why people are saying that about these places. I felt a bit embarrassed when he said it as my parents took me to Blackpool often as a child, and sometimes Rhyl. We also went on 'higher end' holidays too though.

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KoolKookaburra · 07/04/2024 15:53

Thing with premier Inn is you know what you're getting. Some people like that other people don't like the offering. That's fine. Each to their own

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