If someone tells you they enjoy holidays in the Caribbean, what do you think?

[Ephme]

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Do you think “snob” “posh” or “twit”

No, I would not think that. I've been to the Caribbean and I'm a working class single mum living in a council flat.

I think you were showing off a bit and can understand your colleagues reaction!

After all you started the conversation by saying you've just booked a holiday, which invites the question where are you going? So you can then boast about your love of The Grenadines.

I wouldn't really think anything. Definitely not "posh"!

I think that I love holidays to the caribbean, but I had a friend who rented and ran a tiny guest house who I stayed with and did some work for, and at the time you could get real bargain flights to st Lucia for about £200 quid. I liked the weather, I liked the beach, I loved the vibe. I hated the resorts. It was a cheap option for me and i really miss it

Sorry but Japan is the latest tourist trend destination, hardly like you’re going to Outer Mongolia. Plenty of culture/food/new places to be had in the Caribbean beyond just lying on a beach or snorkelling, not that there’s anything wrong with that either.

Definitely this! It makes it sound like you go all the time and that could be perceived as boasting.

As there are many people living in the Caribbean there is definitely culture to explore and a very interesting one at that. Some people who go decide to do the big resorts but on many islands there are not as many resorts and people tend to stay self catering and explore

Why on earth would anyone think "snob", "posh" or "twit"? I certainly wouldn't, and I can guarantee someone from here has to spend a lot more money to holiday in the Caribbean than they would if they lived in the UK.

Actually @OceanStorm not sure if you were asking for ideas but for a similar budget to the Caribbean. Holidays that I have loved include. Costa Rica (still get your Caribbean coast but with a lot more to see) , Road trip South Africa, Tanazanian Safari, 3 weeks China, South East Asia (lived there for a couple of years so seen most of it Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia all great) Road trip America, Canada.
@YaWeeFurryBastard I have been to China not outer Mongolia though. Not sure I fancy it. I am not sure if my post was misread . I am not anti Caribbean I would think the same if someone told me they holiday in Thailand every year , I just think with big holiday budgets I would personally do different things but lots of people I know like to go to where they like over again nothing wrong with that especially if you have busy lives and short holidays. Sorry if I have offended all the repeat Caribbean visitors.

Oh I've just read your update OP. Your colleague is simply jealous, ignore her and have a wonderful time in December.

What? No! Definitely not! Other people's holidays are not really my concern. I might say "ooh lucky you, lovely!"

Please share exactly where you went, I want a holiday like this next year.

And to answer your question I'd think "lucky!" and be insanely jealous.

It depends where in the Caribbean.

Each island has its own different feeling, cost and outlook.

You can get TUI package holidays to St. Lucia and Jamaica and Aruba.

If they went to St. Kitts & Nevis or the Cayman Islands, then that's more upmarket and very expensive.

Dominica is small, and poor and volcanic and not very well to do.

Martinique and Guadeloupe are French, so I'd be impressed if they went there that they could speak the language.

It depends on the island and where they stayed. You can get cheap self-catering apartment rentals for £70 a night....I did that in Barbados.

None, I'd just think they like holidays in the Caribbean.

I would think ‘You have very different taste in holidays to me’, but not give it a further thought.

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I enjoyed my holidays in the Caribbean so I would think they must have enjoyed theirs too

Reading this I'm surprised people think that the Caribbean only has beaches and cocktails to offer! Every island has it's own culture and personality and there's plenty to see and do beyond the beach. You can't really put Jamaica, Aruba, St Barts and Dominica together and think they're all alike surely?

Lots of people can't afford to go there once let alone make it their regular holiday destination, but it's not snobby unless you are a snob and sound like one 😂

This

Your colleague sounds bitter, rude, and very unkind.

Enjoy your holiday, it sounds beautiful.

Whilst I agree that you should be mindful of the history I actually think it's really reductive and kind of gross to reduce a whole civilisation and its people to the atrocities committed against them.

Same!

I also thought this was off the back of the husband going to Thailand thread and was about sex tourism for middle aged white women.

All the people like "oh not for me dear, I prefer culture," do you know how silly you sound. The Caribbean is not just a giant resort.