How worried should I be about ayia napa? DD17 just booked to go with 11 friends

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IwishIwasacaterpillar · 23/01/2026 13:40

Is there any advice I should be giving her?

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LoveWine123 · 23/01/2026 14:00

Not going back to a shared hotel room because there's no guarantee that you won't be gang raped?

Dear me, what is that about?

MovedlikeHarlowinMonteCarlo · 23/01/2026 13:57

Be careful on balconies.

ayvasili · 23/01/2026 13:57

The same advice you would give her going out in a town or city in the UK, plus being sunburnt AND hungover is a real bitch!

90sTrifle · 23/01/2026 13:56

You’ll know what she’s going to be like from her current behaviour when out partying with her friends. It’ll just be more of the same.

On top of that, tell her to trust no one and to keep her wits about her.

JoshLymanSwagger · 23/01/2026 13:52

Travel insurance - full package, just in case.

HollyhockDays · 23/01/2026 13:50

Be sensible.
Stick together.
Don’t get sunburnt.
Use condoms.
Don’t drink to excess.
There will be a fall out - try not to get involved.
Don’t get into a fight.
Don’t take drugs.

This is the advice I’m giving my son when he goes to Crete this year. Will he follow it? Who knows!

Ponoka7 · 23/01/2026 13:47

Does she know basic stuff like staying together? Not going back to a shared hotel room because there's no guarantee that you won't be gang raped? Going to trusted bars and not leaving drinks unattended etc? Making sure the car you are getting into is a authorised taxi? Watch being surrounded, that's how sexual assaults/pickpocketing happen. Dont be polite, get loud if feeling threatened. No valuables that make you a target. Passport away safe, full insurance. Then the drug polices and how being young and British won't bring her favours. Are her friends older and already out in pubs etc?

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