25 and never been abroad

1ZRed wrote: »

Never mind that, I found Portugal quite boring. Go to Portaventura in Spain! It's a universal theme park and it's brilliant with a load of people with you, and it's not too far from Barcelona to do all the sites and the aquarium.

Fair enough I was there when I was 6, 10 and 14 so I obviously found the theme park more exciting, and hadn't a clue about nightlife then, but we came back 3 times so it was something

Could be they don't want that sort of holiday?
Seeing as Portugal really isn't renowned for them it'd seem like an odd choice for it.

I'm about to turn 32 and apart from Wales and the North I've never been abroad either. Never been on a plane.

King Of Wishful Thinking wrote: »

Can't understand anybody that doesn't try and broaden their minds and see other cultures. It really gets on my nerves the way people are so comfortable with their surroundings and are afraid to go somewhere new and different and experience life being lived in ways that we at home are new to. It's good for the soul. My two weeks in Santa Ponsa changed my life.

I lolled.

While I was lucky enough to be out of Ireland many times as a child, teenager and young adult, I never left Europe or was out of the country for longer than a two week stretch. That is, until last March, when I left for Thailand and then Australia.

Travelling is fantastic and you should definitely give it a go. Have I "found myself"? No, but then that's not why I left. I left because I was bored of being in the same town, with the same people, doing the same things all the time. I've had a fantastic time, and while I do miss home at times (or more accurately, the people at home), I wouldn't change a thing.

Start small, you can go to places like the UK, France, Holland for pittance and just stay for a weekend. Hell, even just go see London for one day, it's well worth it! Then if you have a good time, you can start checking more places off the list. Amsterdam is a good one. If you have a girlfriend, take her to Bruges for a weekend. Or if you have the money, go to the Canaries for a week or something and see how you go from there.

Zebra3 wrote: »

I find the majority of people who complain about Ryanair are idiots who book a flight for next to nothing and then expect to be looked after like royalty from the time they arrive at the airport.

Also, a flight to the mainland takes less than an hour. Wtf luxuries do you want for that sort of trip?

It takes longer to get to Dublin on the bus from a lot of places and people are fine sitting on one of them.

Zebra3 wrote: »

I find the majority of people who complain about Ryanair are idiots who book a flight for next to nothing and then expect to be looked after like royalty from the time they arrive at the airport.

I hate Ryanair and won't fly with them unless there is absolutely no other option. It's nothing to do with luxury. They seem to actively dislike their customers and treat them like cattle.

During the flight they blast advertisements almost constantly at a ridiculous volume (notice how the advertisements are louder by far than the captain or crew announcements) so it's impossible to get any shut-eye if you're getting a flight in the early hours of the morning or late at night. Who goes on a plane to go shopping anyway?

Every airline has the same (or similar) restrictions regarding carry-on luggage, but I have never seen anyone enforce them as rigidly and callously as Ryanair. For example, I have seen them force women to put their modestly sized purses into their carry-on bag because "you can only have one piece of luggage". That's just petty. If one fits into the other, then where on Earth is the problem? You can just take it back out when you're on the plane!

I've also had an air waitress quite painfully reef the headphones out of my ear whilst I was sleeping, because we were about to land. She didn't tap me on the shoulder like a normal person, because that would be too polite.

A friend of mine was flying to Scotland. He was a little bit delayed and arrived at check-in desk literally at the last minute. There were a couple in the line ahead of him who were on the same flight. They checked in and left. He wasn't allowed to check in, because check-in was closed.

Realising he wasn't going to get anywhere, he just booked another flight for two hours later (at an extortionate price). He went through security, went to his gate, and the flight he was originally supposed to be on was still boarding. So he went up to the gate and they let him on. They had forced him to pay for another flight for no reason at all.

I could go on. Ryanair are the worst airline I have ever had the misfortune to fly on. These things might seem small, but add them up and you get a really unpleasant experience. Other airlines, or other business in general, don't treat their customers this way.

Whenever I leave the country I'm counting down the minutes until I get to come home. I hate leaving the country, everywhere else is a dive compared to South Dublin. Real South Dublin, not west Dublin tag alongs likes Tallaght, Clondalkin etc.

I have no interest in going to "Oz" to hang around with a load of drunk gaa fans, nor to New York to shout loudly at overweight people, I don't want to go to Thailand to get coaxed into appearing on Banged Up Abroad and I certainly don't want to go to the foothills of Tibet where they've got no broadband.

So no, I shan't "broaden my horizons" or narrow them in my opinion. My view is clear. I will stick right here thank you. A place where the people of these **** holes can only dream about.

i've been abroad a couple of times, it's ok I guess. I loved London but Paris and Brussels sucked. My favourite holidays I ever went on were to Cork.