Do I just go home?

[DoIgohome]

I've been on holiday for 2 days. I hate where I am (European city).

A lot of issues.
I can't find any good places to eat in a walkable distance.
My hotel is pretty grotty (not dirty, just old).
Hotel in a dodgy area and I don't feel safe going outside early morn or into the evening.
Weather is temperamental.
The city is grotty and definitely not one I like.

I've talked to holiday provider about at least moving hotels but they've refused. I've spoken to 2 different people.

Do I just give this up as a bad job, lose about £1500 and get a flight home? I can't afford another holiday anytime soon.

I'm not much of a crier but I cried tonight. I've travelled alone before so I'm usually a very confident traveller.

Its not the holiday company's fault if op booked somewhere without researching it

God, I travel every month solo (usually Europe) and I've never paid £1500!!!
Bit lame.

Naples is amazing. Real, vibrant, pulses with excitement and passion. The food is brilliant
History is fascinating
definitely not for people who want to get in their sterile, pre-ordered car to avoid an actual experience

Another who instantly thought Paris. (Who else has gotten on the Metro at Monmatre and immediately wondered why people go on about the Moulin Rouge so much?! 🤣)

Wherever it is - surely you can get an uber to take you to a part of the city you want to see or to a station that’s not in a rough area and then get a train out of town?

Just seems like you’re giving up.

I didn’t say she would !!! All I said was “ try and salvage some of your holiday”… no skin in the game whether she stays or goes home …

Nice (the attitude, not the place ).

Just get on a plane back, no big deal.

So if you say you're in Paris or Madrid - do you think we will be able to identify you? 🤣

How can anyone advise if they don’t know where you are?!

The problem you have OP: wherever you go, there you are....

What a silly post. Say where you are and plenty of people will have been there and can help you. Do you say you have a pain on your body but won’t reveal where it is? Go home or stay but nobody can help you with the area unless we know where it is.

I'd spend tonight doing some serious research and approach tomorrow with a clear plan. You presumably chose this place because there were things you wanted to see, so make a plan to see them in a way that feels safe. Hop on hop off bus tours can be a good shout to see the nice bits conveniently. Research ahead good places to eat and get off the bus near to them, eating your main meal at lunch.
Then if you still feel the same, go home the next day, at least having seen the main sights.

Yes! My point exactly.

But put much better.

Is there really a European city with a station so terrifying one cannot approach it in the daytime??

If you really feel that way OP, then taxi to the airport and home is the best option for you.

Cross thread polination…

There we are then.

Get a taxi to the station and get a train out of that city somewhere else and stay in a nice hotel.

Tricky if she's in Warsaw! 😉

Well that’s 5 mins of my life I’ll never get back…

Unfortunately, the market closed because of a cockroach infestation, but I think the council opened it again today.

Loved Naples. One of the best city breaks I've been on.

Uber to the station for your day trips @DoIgohome ? Or Bolt if not available …

This is what happened to me on Marseille! Really didn't realise how sketchy it was. Have travelled solo before but never felt as unsafe as I did in Marseille.
Op I feel for you. If you really don't feel safe then I would chalk it up to a bad experience and leave.

What a pointless thread if you won’t say where you are

Just research places near and make the most it will be over soon. Get some great photos wherever you are and just go with the flow.

Surely that will cost less than the £1500?

Imagine someone from Britain saying Rome is a shit hole. Bonkers.