Where’s the one place you never want to visit again?

We stay at the Travelinn in Egham when we visit our son. It has the holy grail of Waitrose underneath! It’s over 100 miles to a Waitrose from where we live so I enjoy a few days of have one close by. There isn’t much else to be said for Egham, though.

Faversham boring? It’s got so much history! Shakespeare, brewing, boatyards, gunpowder and a cafe (with toilets) to die for! ?

I love ballachulish!

The British Virgin Islands. My daughter lived and worked there for a while, so she wasn't a tourist, is of mixed Jamaican/British heritage and was bringing employment and money into the local economy. She had to give "gifts" (bribes to you and me) to local officials to just do their jobs in a timely manner so she could get her work permit, business permit, local driving license etc. I went to see her one summer for several weeks and never again. It was very expensive with little to do. Practically all the locals I encountered were rude and unhelpful. The only polite and welcoming people were ex-pats from practically every other island in the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

grannypiper

Egham

I'd forgotten Egham. Got terrible vibes before we even got off the train. We both felt really uncomfortable and couldn't wait to leave. I have no idea what it was as I couldn't even see the place when I started to feel so uncomortable.

Lemongrove was the place in Scotland possibly Ballachulish or Braemar??

lemongrove

Obviously, if you had a bad experience ( in any place at all) it will put you off returning.Others places are just grim and you can’t wait to leave.
As well as Burnham-On -Sea, I would put Bolton on my never to visit again list and also Bridlington.Not terrible or anything, just found them rather depressing.
There was also a place in Scotland some years ago, only a small place by a loch ( can’t remember the name of it) that gave off sad and depressing vibes in spades, made me want to jump in the car and leave, so we did.Strange how some places can have that instant effect on you isn’t it?

Maybe you just don't like places that start with a B?

We had a fun holiday in Rhyl in a caravan when the children were young. It wouldn’t appeal to us now as a senior couple, but our holidays now consist of days walking, going to NT properties and having a lunch somewhere with a view.
Horses for courses and all that …..

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Daisend1
Barbados.
Oh no. What was it about Barbados? We have a holiday booked there next month!"

Barbados is lovely, so much to see and do. Visit St Nicolas Abbey, Hunt's garden, The Reserve, Bridgetown, Harrison's Caves, go on a sea trip on "Cool Runnings" and the submarine and don't miss the local rum. The local yellow buses are great fun. St James is the area to be as it is on the Caribbean Sea but Bathsheba on the Atlantic is interesting although the beach is rougher.

Faversham in Kent, I went because I read an article about the history but it was boring and the worst thing was the public loos were closed on a Sunday afternoon ( pre Covid). How they expect tourists to visit with no facilities I cannot fathom

I did like Lanzarote, it s so different.
But I agree about the wind - don't put suncream on then sit on a sandy beach

MarinaL

Lanzarote, it's too windy.

Oh I agree.Had a splitting head most of the time I was there from the wind.

I feel I should go to poor old Rhyl now.
Somebody must like it!

Rhyl, we went in the late 60s and it seemed very depressing then, wouldn’t go back anyway.
Paris, so sad about that, went many times as a student and young married with very little money and LOVED it. Went recently, full of areas of unemployed young men on the streets (no women - made me extremely uneasy), visible muggings at Sacre Coeur, beggars on the Metro and street corners. Wish I’d never gone back.
Rome - had a lovely hotel, excellent tour of the sights, wonderful weather but just couldn’t get over the traffic and parked cars! Felt so claustrophobic. And they don’t have enough money to stop most of the wonderful Roman edifices from going into disrepair.
Loved Ibiza strangely in its clubbing heyday. Never went near the clubs but the island was relaxed and beautiful. Loved New York too, been a few times recently, bustling and friendly.

I loved Blackpool when I went.
One of my fondest happy memories is of my mum and daughter on the biggest of the rides together.

Passing quickly through Blackpool is always a good idea LadyGracie, I try not to hang around there for very long myself.

Blackpool, I passed through it once quickly, it’s a very unlucky place for our family.

Obviously, if you had a bad experience ( in any place at all) it will put you off returning.Others places are just grim and you can’t wait to leave.
As well as Burnham-On -Sea, I would put Bolton on my never to visit again list and also Bridlington.Not terrible or anything, just found them rather depressing.
There was also a place in Scotland some years ago, only a small place by a loch ( can’t remember the name of it) that gave off sad and depressing vibes in spades, made me want to jump in the car and leave, so we did.Strange how some places can have that instant effect on you isn’t it?

Unlike some posters here I loved New York - visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, all the touristy things, the hotel was marvelous and we found New Yorkers so friendly and helpful wherever we went. It was grubby, and the roads and pavements were in a terrible state, but the buzz and 24/7 life in the city was such a contrast to my home here. Times Square isn't a square either!

We've been to Corfu several times. It's absolutely beautiful. Lovely friendly people.

tictacnana

Corfu. Horrible, filthy and dangerous.

We have been to Corfu on holiday and it is NOT Horrible, Filthy and Dangerous
My son, wife and baby daughter are there now and have been in contact and I think if things had changed dramatically since we were there they would have mentioned it!

Llamedos13 that is another horrible thing.
It's actually not what they do (trying to protect the country) it's the way they do this.
Lacking respect and common decency.

It wouldn't have been unreasonable to tell us why we we had been taken out of our car and "sent inside" at the border. In fact it was just to pay the tax! A few $ each - but they wouldn't tell us.

My husband is Welsh, but he doesn’t have an accent anymore so that didn’t help at all. Hopeless!

NotSpaghetti, that’s just awful. We witnessed something similar in the customs when we were escorting a visiting Spanish girl across the border.A Muslim man was ordered to open his water bottle and take a drink to prove it wasn’t explosive?.

Sillynanny321 - yes I have been to Jaywick several times, and I did not see the TV programme about Jaywick - so there you go.

I usually mumble "Diolch yn Fawr" Callistemon and giving them a winning smile!