What is the most overrated vacation destination?

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created by catsdogsguineapigs on 28/01/2025 at 12:45 UTC

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Comment by whimsical_trash at 28/01/2025 at 12:55 UTC

185 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Atlantic City hasn't been "rated" in decades, everyone thinks it's a hole. Not sure how it's possible to be overrated lol

Comment by herringfarmer at 28/01/2025 at 13:26 UTC

95 upvotes, 4 direct replies

Dubai.

Comment by mariatoyou at 28/01/2025 at 13:22 UTC

87 upvotes, 5 direct replies

Hollywood, walk of fame. No glitz and glamour like people think, it’s a shithole.

Comment by Libertytree918 at 28/01/2025 at 13:05 UTC

72 upvotes, 11 direct replies

For me it was Las Vegas, I'm sure if you're a multi-millionaire it's a lot more fun, I'm also sure in the 80s when there wasn't casinos every 5 feet(I live in Massachusetts I have about 10 within a 2 hour drive)

Otherwise I found it dull and repetitive.

Comment by Starfoxmarioidiot at 28/01/2025 at 13:33 UTC

46 upvotes, 4 direct replies

Reno. Oh my goodness. Reno. The best four minutes I spent there were with a prostitute who couldn’t find a john and a raccoon who couldn’t find a dumpster. No joke. The three of us just stared at the water contemplating our lives before going our separate ways.

Comment by daydreamwave at 28/01/2025 at 14:16 UTC

14 upvotes, 1 direct replies

The last time I went to Atlantic City I saw a dude openly masturbating outside of Peanut World at like 12 in the afternoon, then no less than 3 people tried to sell me their mixtape on my way back to my hotel. I just wanted saltwater taffy 🥺

Comment by qglrfcay at 28/01/2025 at 12:55 UTC

93 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Las Vegas casinos are depressing, and you have to walk through a casino to get to the hotel. People smoke, a lot, in casinos.

Comment by Exciting_Bid_609 at 28/01/2025 at 12:54 UTC

22 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Went to Atlantic City for the first time last year for a work conference and was absolutely gobsmacked. Would never recommend. We were on the beach at one point and some locals told us to get off because there were needles all over the sand. It was really a pretty depressing place.

Comment by StarsCanScream at 28/01/2025 at 13:55 UTC

27 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Orlando. Other than Disney and Universal, it is a strip mall paradise.

Comment by [deleted] at 28/01/2025 at 14:00 UTC

22 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by Direct-Wait-4049 at 28/01/2025 at 17:33 UTC

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Vegas is a shadow of its former self.

It's really not much fun anymore.

Comment by miss_cafe_au_lait at 28/01/2025 at 13:04 UTC

7 upvotes, 2 direct replies

I had a great time in Atlantic City even though I don't gamble. I stayed in the nicest luxury hotel and the boardwalk was clean, lively and safe. Maybe you stayed on a bad end?

I can't think of any destination that is overrated but I am not a fan of cruising as a vacation. I think cruises are overrated because you spend most of the time on the ship and don't get much time to explore the destinations.

Comment by Puzzleheaded-Bake-28 at 28/01/2025 at 13:31 UTC

21 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Key West. The weather is fine. it looks good, but it is a tourist trap

Comment by redditname8 at 28/01/2025 at 14:54 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Destin and Key West

Comment by ilovebongwater6 at 28/01/2025 at 15:29 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

myrtle beach hands down

Comment by LadySidereal at 28/01/2025 at 17:51 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

South Beach and Miami in general. It's beautiful, but the people absolutely ruin it.

Comment by CoffeeJedi at 28/01/2025 at 15:37 UTC*

13 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Walt Disney World, and I say this as a die hard Disney parks fan.

It used to be so much fun and easy to get around and do 90% of what you wanted to do in a day. It was expensive but not prohibitively so.

Now everything has to be scheduled through a shitty app, they added pay per ride options, everything is an upcharged premium, and included perks from staying on property are gone. I love the place, but I don't know if I'll ever go back. What was once a fun vacation is now an overpriced baffling ordeal.

Edit: just noticed my old flair, ha! Ironic.

Comment by PugDriver at 28/01/2025 at 15:18 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Had a summer house there (Ventnor 3 blocks away)mid 50's thru late 70's, view of the ocean, before casinos. Best time. I guess your timing was off a bit.

Comment by HumbleXerxses at 28/01/2025 at 20:32 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Sea world or any zoo. Horrible places.

Comment by United-Donkey3478 at 28/01/2025 at 14:07 UTC

10 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Nashville. I hated every second. We thankfully were only there for 1 day. Never ever again. Rude humans.

Yuck.

Comment by ChosenCharacter at 28/01/2025 at 12:55 UTC

17 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Well they don’t call it Paris Syndrome for nothing…

Comment by Distinct-Thought-419 at 28/01/2025 at 13:40 UTC

4 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Cabo San Lucas.

I got off of the plane and fought my way through a mass of salesmen at the airport who were trying to sell me a timeshare.

I got to Hertz and the car rental agent tried to sell me a timeshare.

I got to the hotel and before I'm allowed to check in, they spend 30 minutes trying to sell me a timeshare.

Finally I escape the hotel, but as I'm walking around town there are salesmen everywhere yelling at me trying to sell me timeshares.

I even saw tourism businesses around town who distinguished themselves by advertising "No timeshare."

Maybe I just look like a good mark, but for me it was a hellhole of timeshare salesmen.

The rest of Baja California Sur was beautiful, including the nearby but distinct San Jose Del Cabo, and especially La Paz and Los Santos. Cabo San Lucas was terrible though. Even if you escape the timeshare salesmen it's just a bunch of rundown resorts and tourist traps.

Comment by Round_Engineer8047 at 29/01/2025 at 00:44 UTC

6 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Saturn. It's bloody freezing, takes ages to get there on the bus, beaches covered in litter, the sea is a roiling cauldron of caustic methane and it's full of aggressive people with bad tattoos taking advantage of the cheap booze.

Comment by pdx_via_dtw at 28/01/2025 at 14:11 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

if you went to AC expecting class, that was your first mistake.