Worst trip you've been on?

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Just returned from 3 nights in Lisbon and it was a truly awful trip.
Anyone else had a trip from hell they care to share?

Milan, absolute dump.

My dad said the same but then they ended up in nearby Bergamo and apparently it's quite lovely there.

I liked milan!

@kindletimeisfinetime Lisbon and the people were absolutely lovely.
Lots of winding streets and things to do.
But the weather was biblical.

Dublin, was a massive anticlimax, and so expensive.

Maldives - the weather was very patchy and it spoiled the holiday.
Amsterdam - went back there once too often and I didn't enjoy it at all.
Norway - just not a great holiday.
Greece - came off a motorbike there, no serious injury but it spoiled an already not great holiday.
Paris - 'friend' had PMT on a nuclear scale and went absolutely batshit.

Jeju - not good, plenty mosquitoes and a completely soulless holiday.

The forecast has improved greatly for when we are there, 20 degrees and sunshine hopefully!!!

Any good food places you found?

Edinburgh. Dull, grey and grim. Miserable rude locals.
As we approached our hotel my husband warned me to avoid some broken bottle glass on the pavement, it was still there when we left.
Disgusting pools of vomit on the streets. Got told to go fuck myself by a drunken bloke in the park.
At the National Gallery discovered that we each wrote complaints in the visitors' books at separate entrances. Random galleries shut with no explanation. Horrible staff.
I love a good city, just back from Seville which is an absolute delight, but never intend to go to Scotland again.

I think you probably care far too much about what others think, otherwise you wouldn’t take so much offence about what strangers on the internet say to the point where you swear at them.

Sousse in Tunisia. Awful place

Been to Lisbon twice and loved it but had good weather.

The views from the castle area are stunning.
We also loved around the port area.
The shopping is amazing
But just getting lost in the winding streets and stopping for drinks and food was lovely

Tunisia in February

Vancouver. I had expected to love it! But I found it unwelcoming and unsettling. I’m very tolerant re drugs, still like a spliff myself now and then, but Vancouver made me very unsure about the merits of decriminalisation. Seeing someone chase the dragon in the street at lunchtime in downtown was a bit grim, as was the person outside the grocery store injecting between their toes. We were with DSD and she was followed and harassed a couple of times by some absolute (off their tits) weirdos who were hard to shake off, even with us there. And I didn’t like the vibe of the place - hard to describe what it was, but it felt very ‘male’. I did like Vancouver island though.
I’ve lived in London 30+ years, so it’s not as if I’m not used to city life and problems, just that Vancouver felt it was on another level!

Edited to add: and it pissed down constantly! I know it’s a place with high rainfall, but this was in the summer when it was supposed to be drier.

@Hmmmbetterchangethis i thought exactly the same. I have been to those same places that you mention in Barbados and loved it. I didn’t stay at a 5 star resort - somewhere a lot cheaper - and had an amazing time exploring. Loved seeing the turtles and monkeys at feeding time, and sitting in those amazing gardens just soaking up the feel of the place.

I’ve obviously been lucky with airports though - have flown 15+ times to LAX and multiple times to JFK and MIA - can’t recall ever having a problem!

I've personally enjoyed every trip I've been on but Madrid was memorable for food poisoning of my then husband, I know several others who have had food poisoning in Madrid too, I stuck to vegetarian tapas on subsequent visits to be safe!

@Namechangechangeobv why are so invested in how I feel about anything?

@Nandocushion

I was a bit shocked by the open drug taking in Vancouver but I still enjoyed the trip overall

Chicago in March of last year. Full of rats and scary people. The St Patrick’s Day parade was fun though.

@kindletimeisfinetime this is what I was dealing with.
So please do not let me put you off your trip.
Go explore Lisbon and have fun and enjoy

Interesting to see a few Malta mentions. We went for a wedding, in August (and were cheerily told that the wedding had been booked for then as it was cheaper because the immense heat put people off getting married then). Our fault that we hadn’t done loads of research and couldn’t book the archaeological sites (which I understand to be brilliant) but we found the island in general overbuilt and quite depressing with uninspiring food. The heat was horrendous, there was no shade at the beaches and I am the sort of wuss who cannot do sun at all. The wedding was pretty awful, having been bussed out to an outdoor venue mid-afternoon, and unable to leave until the bus went back - at 4am, with the driver pissed.

Totally agree. I thought it was horrible, and even supposedly nice/ cool places stunk.

Dominican Republic July 2022, first trip abroad with partner - we were booked for seven nights, our luggage didn't arrive until the 5th day, packed in my luggage was my insect bite cream as I get allergic reactions to mosquito bites, and on the first night from going to the airport to the hotel I got over 60 mosquito bites across my legs and feet which blistered by the following morning! had to rewash the same outfit and underwear in the shower everyday as we weren't allowed to leave the hotel as it was too dangerous for non-locals, couldn't walk or be out in the heat as it was aggravating the bites... we argued the entire time and nearly split up lol. nearly two years later we can almost laugh about it now!

Tonga. Was gutted when plane issues meant we arrived two days late so our 7 night trip ended up as 5 but 5 was really enough. We were staying on the main island but bad weather meant that people trying to get to the other islands couldn’t so we were all stuck in this weird 1950s vibe with inaccessible beaches and taxi drivers that reminded us of the night bus in Harry Potter.

If you mean going to Lisbon, I loved it. Really pretty place, nice food... no-one tried to sell me drugs!