Have you had a trip or vacation that just went horribly wrong? We want to know...if there is a hotel, airline, town, city, state or vacation spot you would avoid like the plague, let us know here.
Westin Europa & Regina, Venice: The 6th floor smelled like a sewer, the carpet was torn and filthy, the room needed painting. When I complained to Tauck World Discovery and Westin I received a perfunctory reply that did not address the problem, it is my opinion that no one [cares].
Nestled near both San Francisco and Los Angeles, this valley is like a bowl of pollution stew. All of the smog from the major cities carries over and settle in the lower area, mingling with the heavy diesel pollution from the local agriculture communities. One of its cities, Arvin, has been dubbed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the most polluted in America. For goodness sakes, some people have to actually remain inside on some of the worst days! Childhood asthma is nearly 5% more common than anywhere else in the nation.
The neighboring city, Bakersfield, adds heat in from the highway for one broiling stinkfest. And Fresno, also in the area, has air that is proclaimed to be “just as bad as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day”. 99 days of the year on average it is on orange alert for such contamination, and 15 days when it’s in code red! So unless you’d like to find yourself acquiring asthma, emphysema, cardiovascular disease, or diabetes, don’t go there!
Fajita Flats restaurant.
You’ll be dissappoined by the amount of food you get and shocked by the prices.
I HAVE BEEN TO GERMANY, AUSTRIA, ITALY AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. I AM A FEMALE TRAVELING ALONE.
MALLORCA IS UNBELIEVABLY RUDE AND UNFRIENDLY. I WAS IN TEARS IN LESS THAN A WEEK AND WANTED TO COME HOME. IN FACT, LOOK AT TRIPADVISOR.COM AND DO A SEARCH FOR ‘UNFRIENDLY MALLORCA’ AND SEE HOW MUCH COMES UP. WISH I HAD DONE THAT.
Hanover, New Hampshire! Twice I have hiked the famed Appalachian Trail on behalf of charitable causes; Florida’s abandoned children and most recently, the American father. Because the Appalachian Trail goes right through Hanover (and the grounds of Dartmouth University), I have to resupply and hopefully, find some rest and a warm shower - especially after hiking several hundred miles of wilderness mountains. The town of Hanover has a citywide policy of NOT accepting hikers from the A.T. at dorms or public grounds; despite Dartmouth University being one of the most famous “outing” clubs in America. They love hikers spending their money in all the local shops and food stores - just don’t stay there! Ughhh…
This gentleman got snubbed at the Breakers…well he is kind of scruffy looking….not sure I’d want him around my classy hotel either. Oh, and he works for us. My wife thought this place sounded great.
A bad experience with the breakers? Not what their promotional video portrays:
The sales people will hold you against your will for over 5 hours trying to sell you a $55,000 time share and NOT let you just say no. They will bring in three different ‘closers’ to try to make you buy their timeshare.
Smoggiest city in the U.S…. Arvin, California. Located 86 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Thanks L.A.!