To ask which country you would not visit again and why?

[travelcat]

I love hearing about travel experiences and am interested in knowing about places you have visited that you wouldn't go back to.

AIBU to ask which country you'd avoid in the future and what specifically made your experience less enjoyable? Was it due to culture, safety, or something else?

Brussels is grey and grimy but have had some lovely holidays elsewhere in Belgium.

San Francisco. So many homeless people in the street. Constant smell of urine in the centre.

Río was awful. Absolutely stunning but so much hassle. We'd arrived from Argentina which was lovely and safe to suddenly be surrounded by people constantly try to get you to buy stuff.

I didn’t like Costa Rica. Yes the national parks were lovely but the capital San Jose was very busy. The traffic jams from the airport were awful and the trucks gave out the most terrible fumes. They were clearly not monitored. Carbon neutral my foot!
Most of the towns and places were very dusty if they were anywhere near a road.
I agree with a lot of the comments here though I love Wales for walking. I liked South Africa and India but in India we visited with a driver and a guide. We only ventured out on our own a couple of times. I am an old woman and I usually holiday with my husband. Times have not changed because I remember being touched/groped by men in the same countries mentioned here when I was in my youth.
I have never been to Dubai and I don’t think I ever will.

Well here we go, different people have different tastes, the question was which country would we, as a person, never go back to based on our experiences. DH felt exactly like me about Vietnam and he loves travelling. I certainly didn't expect to hate it, even though some landscapes are breathtaking.
In the same way, I love a lot of countries quoted in the posts! Including Marseille which I find to be a joyful chaos (but yes, not the cleanest).

Well a joey obviously, not going near the adults, they're a bit big! I should have made that clear😂

Also Koalas are not actually particularly impressed with cuddles 😆

Thailand. I know most people love it but I felt a sleazy/sinister undercurrent everywhere

Ditto

Also Scotland - I've travelled all over the world and have never encountered widespread rudeness like it

Wales. Ghastly place. Huge gangs of tough, sinewy men roam the Valleys, terrorising people with their close-harmony singing

The "they're eating the dogs" US
I just can't.
Yes, I know that not everybody is as stupid as those who support the orange twat or sleep with their guns. I know many, many lovely Americans but I just wouldn't return there after how backwards it's gotten. Not even for the cheap Disneyworld holibobs that are all the rage 🤷‍♀️

Nothing to do with your username…? 😜

A male friend of mine says he wouldn’t go back to Tunisia due to the constant hassle. It was mostly from traders/touts, but he was also pestered by a rent boy when he was trying to relax on a beach. The rent boy started massaging his back and was very persistent.

Egypt - same as previous posters. Sexually harassed and assaulted by men.

What a horrific thing to do to you, you could have been in serious danger.

Turkey - Marmaris - lovely hotel with great staff but was hassled at every step once we left the hotel grounds. It was relentless and often insulting.

Mexico - Again lovely hotel and staff were excellent, but felt unsafe leaving the complex, was in a car crash because the driver was watching a tablet, then just abandoned us in the middle of the night. And there was an attempt to scam us in a shop.

Another one for Egypt. Was harassed all week by men.

Tunisia for same reasons people above gave, grabby, gross leery men

and probably Malta as it was just a disappointment- Gozo island was nice though

Tunisia. Went once many moons ago. Got mollestered. Food was also terrible in the hotel, but even more unhygienic in local restaurants. Lots of litter. Men generally very misogynistic and disrespectful.

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Thinking I might have some bleedin computer virus. Its veeeeeery slow tonight.

Yes same with Lanzarote and that odd wind. I never burn myself and am
usually careful but as it was only 20 I went with factor 15 and to this day I have bloody freckly shins from burning them in Lanzarote. Bit boring too 😏

I’d agree (apart from there being nowhere I hated, as above). I’ve been to several of the countries in the first sentence of your post and loved them. I think some of it is an attitude or an approach to different cultures thing, people trying to sell you something or ask you to come to their restaurant is seen as harassment when it isn’t - I’ve always found a “No, thanks” with a smile and walking away means they leave you alone. I absolutely don’t recognise the description of India and Morocco, even as a solo female traveller.

Oh dear, well definitely a trip is out now if I can't cuddle any of the animals😂

Yes, I think you've pretty much nailed it

Belgium. Overpriced, grasping and boring as fuck.

I'm surprised people don't like Egypt, I travelled around and did Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Mt Sanai, Dahab, Abu Simbel, we also did a few days on a boat down the nile, and I found it fascinating and the people friendly. But we were with a Local male guide in a group the whole time, so I guess we got left alone. I also loved India and Mexico, which have cropped up on this thread.

I do agree on the US, homelessness, severe mental health issues and drug addicts are far worse than I the UK, huge tent cities, with human poo on the pavements. Immigration and airport staff so unbelievably unfriendly, I felt like it was racist against any one who was non US!

Gambia I hated, there was nothing to do, I felt on edge the whole time, and the sex tourism was grim.

Have you tried rebooting it? Sorry if that has already been tried, hope it isn’t a virus.

I go to NYC every year in summer. I don't use the subway and I stay away from Midtown. I usually stay in the West Village and it's gorgeous. People are very friendly to me.