Holidays into the unknown ;)

Caleo
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Especially now when there's a war in the Middle East, ignorance could lead you into danger.

I don't think people are that ignorant, do you? Really?

Allira I am afraid I do.
Some years ago the girl who was washing my hair was about to set off to a resort in Turkey when the Foreign Office were warning against travel there after attacks on tourists. She had no idea and was going anyway.

Oh dear!

According to the lunchtime news people are booking holidays in Spain rather than Dubai 😀

Airlines were increasing their prices dramatically but, according to my family member who just flew long haul, the plane was half empty. They seem to have miscalculated how keen people are to travel.

Grammaretto

Allira I am afraid I do.
Some years ago the girl who was washing my hair was about to set off to a resort in Turkey when the Foreign Office were warning against travel there after attacks on tourists. She had no idea and was going anyway.

😲 Was she ok?

How can you honestly not know where you are going? Some people's geography is apalling. I taught in USA and I was living on edge of Lake Michigan and said to kids about it being one of The Great Lakes,no idea....that was 8th graders!

I went on a holiday paid for by my daughter, I had no idea where other than Spain. So I made a point of finding out exactly where I was going, it wasn't difficult. I'm fact it made everything much easier once there, I'd already worked out the routes to the beach from the apartment, knew where food places were and supermarkets and places I wanted to visit.
Maybe it's just me but unless it was supposed to be a surprise then I'd want to know where I was going, which hotel and which city.

I'd also be aware that Miami is in Florida haha

fancythat

I have a relative who is guity as charged as well.
She says, "well the pilot knows where he is going, so that is good enough for me".

Reminds me of the air passenger who was going to Granada. A few hours into the flight she asked why it was such a long one as Spain wasn't that far. She'd managed to get on a flight to Grenada.

Foreign travel advice - GOV.UK share.google/UCZLkAvGP0Aiv6Gcf

Not a bad idea to check Foreign Office advice before travelling. Ofcourse it helps if you know the name of the country 😉

My niece, who is Danish, went to work in Beirut a few years ago. I was worried because our FO advice was to avoid the area.
However my brother her dad told me that the Danes weren't bothered.
She was fine.

ViceVersa

Grammaretto

Goodness me! I am surprised. I love maps and I love planning where I am going. I love to research the places, find out about the language, culture and history.
It really makes for a much richer experience. To just land somewhere which could be anywhere is a waste in my opinion.

I'm the same. I like to plan everything down to the last detail and I do a lot of research before I book anything.

I always feel "lost: if I don't have a map. I need to know that the pilot knows where he/she is going.
A highlight of a cruise was to go up to the bridge and search through the maps and steer the ship. (not very far) I would have been in heaven to have stayed there rather than go on a tour.

Paperbackwriter

fancythat

I have a relative who is guity as charged as well.
She says, "well the pilot knows where he is going, so that is good enough for me".

Reminds me of the air passenger who was going to Granada. A few hours into the flight she asked why it was such a long one as Spain wasn't that far. She'd managed to get on a flight to Grenada.

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Personally I like to know exactly where I'm going and have some idea of the places I want to visit when I'm there but quite frankly we're not all and the same and why should we be?
If people book a place for a holiday without knowing excactly where in a country it's situated and maybe plan to spend the whole time by a pool in the sun so what? I don't know why it bothers some people.

An acquaintance had spent a year at evening classes learning Spanish. She told me she had just booked a holiday and was looking forward to practicing her newly acquired language.
Where was she going?? Cyprus!!

14:07Barbadosbelle

Grammaretto

Like those people who go to the likes of Sandals and other AI (all-inclusive) places and never step foot outside the resort.

They never learn anything about where they are or contribute to the local economy. Although, I have to admit that all those I've known/met who go on those kind of holidays have been, without exception, rather shallow and boring people!!!

Charming!! Some people just love to feel superior.

Inless you're flying the plane, i don't see any necessity to know where you're going, if you don't want to.

Probably best to smile, nod, quietly step away from those people!

It's not rude at all nor does it mean a sense of entitlement. How condescending of you

Reminds me how, on Two Doors Down, when Kath keeps saying she is going skiing in Chernobyl rather than Grenoble!

I'm always amazed when l speak to older couples especially the men who have just got back from a holiday.

I will say to the husband called Jim "Oh where did you go Jim. Which hotel did you stay at?

Jim then says " It was somewhere in Spain.
Ask Doreen (the wife)
She booked it and sorted it out.

That's me for you.

Allira

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Ha Ha .. Poor geography students !!

I agree how can people not know where they are going or where it is...is beyond me? People that just want to be led and take no responsibility for themselves in my opinion.

There's nothing wrong with that, though.
For two weeks a year, people are entitled to be led, or fo climbing, backpacking, or lay on a sunbed and get sozzled.

More power to them.

I know someone who basically spends her life on cruises. Ask her anything about the countries, cities she has visited and they are always fabulous. Will embark on a visit to China, Japan in a couple of weeks. Having visited both (not cruises) I asked her where the cruise is going. Answer, Great Wall, and Tokyo.

You're very late to the party!!!
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