Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Speaking to a mate earlier, safe to say his Tunisian holiday has been shelved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30295 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 No Britons died, it may as well not have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6993 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I've spent my holiday fund on 2 of these   And some money towards a new motorbike. We are holidaying in the back garden instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15412 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 A friend who's turning 30 wants to drag a few people with him on a city break this summer. Our options are apparently Paris, Stockholm and... Chisinau. I genuinely have no idea why the latter is on the list and I'm a bit scared to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 A friend who's turning 30 wants to drag a few people with him on a city break this summer. Our options are apparently Paris, Stockholm and... Chisinau. I genuinely have no idea why the latter is on the list and I'm a bit scared to ask. Â Well it's............different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13822 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 If I was going to kill you and hide your body somewhere, I'd choose Moldova. I'm sure that's not where it's been chosen though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3843 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 No Britons died, it may as well not have happened. Â Are you feeling a little bad now? Â http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31961338 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15412 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34876 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Blood on your hands, ewerk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42105 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Â Are you feeling a little bad now? Â Â http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31947517 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30295 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 In that case I'm calling for three days of national mourning and a full week for Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4373 Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 I got an email from Trip Advisor with "top ten weird hotels" and "top ten hotels with stunning views" and a couple of other similar lists. Â One of the stunning views was a hotel in Bora Bora (French Polynesia) so I searched for a trip there just for a laugh. Â It came back with a weeks trip including flights (economy) which take 30 hours each way (via LA/NZ) for 11 fucking grand - a few other hotels in the same place are all the same price (and more). Â I'm all for luxury-ish holidays but that's a different league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6993 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Just booked 8 nights in Dubai. Surprisingly reasonable.  Flights £374 return on Emirates from Newcastle. 5* hotel on Jumeirah Beach is £100 a night. Just over £1500 all in for both of us. Was going to be similar for a week in a nice hotel in Tenerife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42105 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Thing is, and this is not a dig at you, i absolutely fail to see the attraction of Dubaii? Â I've got pubes older than it, and unless you're obscenely minted, I just don't see the point of the place. Â Someone who's been enlighten me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4373 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 (edited) Too hot this time of year and you have to be able to turn a blind eye to the culture (the attitude to women and their treatment of non-white foreigners). Edited May 12, 2015 by NJS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6993 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Never been attracted myself before now. We were looking for a week in the sun and couldn't find anywhere for less than £1000-1200, and that's staying at 3* hotels.  After a bit of research I found Dubai has  -Direct flights from Newcastle -Mostly 5* hotels -Guaranteed weather year round -Lovely beaches -Plenty of shops/restaurants/bars -Lots of attractions (worlds tallest building, biggest mall etc  For marginally more money  Tenerife/Benidorm/Majorca etc. we're all new resorts themselves not too long ago. I suppose if you want culture you wouldn't pick a week in the sun anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Thing is, and this is not a dig at you, i absolutely fail to see the attraction of Dubaii? Â I've got pubes older than it, and unless you're obscenely minted, I just don't see the point of the place. Â Someone who's been enlighten me. Â It's a Soulless shit hole in the desert built on dirty money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44421 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Is that all inclusive SEW? Cos the food and drink prices are meant to be total insanity. Â Must admit it doesn't appeal to me, but we're all different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21823 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 It's like Vegas without the charm, or fun. Soulless is right. I'm sure you can have a good time though if you just want to chill out and read a book by the pool in a high end hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Dubai is just a bit too far for young kids, thats the ONLY attraction of Tenerife basically 'winter sun which you can travel to in under 4 hours' which i think is about max flying time. You certainly dont go for the beaches, i think they will be v nice in Dubai. Â Not sure why you would go all that way for sun right now though? It was fucking boiling here yesterday, sure the south of Europe is in the high 20's low 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6993 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I'm going at the end of September Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21364 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Seems surprisingly expensive for a couple going at that time of year. We used to go to the Cannes/Nice area just after the schools went back for a fraction of that. Admittedly nowhere near that standard of hotel and perhaps not as guaranteed weather, but surely preferable to Dubai and it's inhabitants? Â You could probably do the Caribbean for not much more as well (flying from Manchester). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30295 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Poor J69, books a nice holiday and then instantly has everyone tell him it's shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Dubai is an evil place run by savages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21364 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Poor J69, books a nice holiday and then instantly has everyone tell him it's shite. I suspect it's the kind of thing J69 will like actually as he's into Las Vegas etc iirc and doesn't drink. Even putting aside the human rights abuses its probably one of the last places on earth I'd go to but each to their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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