Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Original poster

What is the most overrated destination you have ever been?

809 replies

Meltinthemiddle · 04/09/2023 18:24

Mine is Dubai l.

OP posts:
marblemad · 04/09/2023 21:34

Egypt, it was filthy

Original poster
Meltinthemiddle · 04/09/2023 21:34

Wow so many differences opinions and not all the places I expected!

OP posts:
namechanged221 · 04/09/2023 21:34

The Cairngorms.... I was waiting for the great scenery to start and it never did.

The west coast of Scotland or the Lake District are both much more beautiful and impressive

Hmindr68 · 04/09/2023 21:35

Palm Springs

Ahole of the French Riviera

SleeplessinSeattle53 · 04/09/2023 21:36

WanderingWitches · 04/09/2023 21:02

Cancun, Mexico
We all got food poisoning in a 5 star hotel. The hotel was nice but the resort is just so boring and a little bit sinister, especially at night.

Oh God yes - complete shithole. As is Egypt.

However, Sydney is my favourite city in the world. So much to do in and around it.

Joevanswell · 04/09/2023 21:36

So glad people have put Bali, I thought I was the only one that hated it

BirdiePlantaganet · 04/09/2023 21:39

Las Vegas. I would never want to go back - absolutely hideous place.

Scotty12 · 04/09/2023 21:39

Seychelles

BirdiePlantaganet · 04/09/2023 21:39

Bali is OK if you get away from Kuta. But it’s still not all that.

Awittyfool · 04/09/2023 21:39

What's sad is that so many of these places were pretty fabulous 20 or so years ago. Population growth and mass tourism has definitely spoilt the cities in particular.
They are all blending into a generic graffiti strewn series of famous attractions ( at a price book in advance) surrounded by souvenir shops, crap tourist restaurants, and people hustling you.

Its time for the next evolution of holidays. Once it was only the rich doing the "grand tour", We had the explosion of cheap fights and hotels for family hols in Spain, then Airbnb and weekend breaks ...whats next I wonder.

IDriveMySupernova · 04/09/2023 21:39

Rome
Brighton. Like Blackpool on mushrooms.

PoshPineapple · 04/09/2023 21:40

Really curious about the several references to Santorini. It's somewhere I've always assumed I'd like to go. Is it just overhyped? Overcrowded? Or a shit hole?!

mickgravey · 04/09/2023 21:40

I'm surprised people hated LA

I absolutely love it there

mickgravey · 04/09/2023 21:41

Scotty12 · 04/09/2023 21:39

Seychelles

Omg this surprises me...it's one of my bucket list places 😞

In what way was it overrated?

Scotty12 · 04/09/2023 21:42

Pretty dull, miserable staff in hotels…

Brumbies · 04/09/2023 21:42

Mauritius

User135644 · 04/09/2023 21:44

San Francisco
Any other Democract run city in America

They seem to absolutely ruin cities.

JustAnotherUsey · 04/09/2023 21:45

I always try to enjoy every place I visit and a lot of the places listed so far that I have been to, I enjoyed them. Vegas, LA, San Francisco (admittedly like 15 years ago), new York, Dubai, France, Malaysia, Cancun.

The only holiday I didn't enjoy was doing a driving holiday through some of America's inland states. My husband wanted to visit all the states and these were some of the ones left he hadn't visited. Pittsburgh, Maryland, Illinois, st Louis. Forgotten the rest.... bloody boring! Nothing in them that was interesting. Everything was boxy roads and most states looked the same. Highlight of the trip was Washington and Virginia.

CherryMaDeara · 04/09/2023 21:45

New York
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
San Francisco

Couldn’t wait to get home!

Tess3 · 04/09/2023 21:46

Agreed LA was disgusting and dangerous 😳

Q2C4 · 04/09/2023 21:46

Seychelles 🇸🇨

JustAnotherUsey · 04/09/2023 21:46

Oh Vegas! I loved Vegas!

Stressedafff · 04/09/2023 21:46

Venice
smelly canals and full of creepy men and street scammers

Tadpolle · 04/09/2023 21:47

Lindisfarne.

Queue to drive across. Busy car park. Everyone trudges like zombies in the same direction. To go inside the interesting building it's £££. More trudging along a path to look at an building. So many bored kids misbehaving. turn round and trudge back. It was a bit sinister and totally underwhelming.

peebles32 · 04/09/2023 21:48

It's quite depressing isn't it. I feel since we have had the internet and cheap travel then many places just don't have the appeal that they had 25 years ago. A lot of tourist destinations are expensive and have become 'in easy reach' and seem less exotic. Is it worth the effort and expense?