Bad holiday blues - don’t want to go

[holidayblues77]

DH and I are off on holiday on Monday for a week with our two young DC. I booked the hotel a while ago and was so excited, as it looked lovely and had very good reviews online. However I’ve just checked back and recently there have been a number of very negative reviews, saying the decor is tired, the staff are unfriendly, the food isn’t very good and it’s poor value for money. I’ve also looked at other sites (which I stupidly didn’t check before) where the reviews are quite mixed.

It’s too late to cancel now as we’d lose a big chunk (if not all) of our money. I was so looking forward to a nice break after what has been a terrible 18 months. It’s also the first holiday we’ve been on since the DC were born.

I’m now dreading the holiday, feel so anxious and wish we were just staying at home. I want to tell DH but he’s really excited and I don’t want to ruin it for him.

What would you do?

@QuestionableMouse

Have you posted this before? Cause I swear I've read it before 🤣.

What's the hotel?

I remember a similar thread, but the OP on that one had just come back from their holiday, where they had had a bit of an average time and she'd had a look at the reviews for the hotel and they were pretty dire. She was complaining that she should have checked Trip Advisor before they booked and she wanted to know if SWBU to book another holiday over October half-term, to make up for her disappointment. She was being quite odd and insisting on booking a 5 or 9 day (as far as I recall) stay - couldn't possibly do a standard week or two!

@holidayblues77 - like many others reading this thread, I will happily take the tickets if a week relaxing in the sun with your family doesn't sound like something you'd enjoy! I can't think of anything nicer than spending an uninterrupted week with DH and our DDs, reading, swimming, chatting, exploring, playing cards, sightseeing, eating out and recharging. No housework for a week and the opportunity to lay in the sunshine with my very most favourite people would not be ruined by tired décor or unfriendly staff - even if they're as pessimistic as you!

You need to stop being such a misery and expecting the worst, heading off and anticipating that you're going to have a shitty time will set the tone for all of you - including your DC - so stick a smile on your face, forget about the bad reviews and set out without looking for a disaster at every turn.

This is such a first world problem and you sound horribly entitled but I'm just jealous! I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time!

It's weird but the thread I'm thinking about was a close copy of this. The op posted the hotel she was staying at and got lots of replies saying it was a great hotel and the best on the island.

Yes there was one when the OP had booked a hotel in somewhere like Crete/ Corfu/ Cyprus (I feel like it began with a C!). They eventually gave the name. Many PPs reported back that it was lovely, despite some bad reviews.

Reviews are often nonsense. I’m sure you’ll have a lovely time!