| d="body"> | | | | when you do finally get to the desk clerk your room |
| Some vacations aren't as good as they are made out | | | | probably won't be ready. Now, you get to your room |
| to be; maybe it's a case of false advertising or maybe | | | | and half the stuff in yourroom is dirty and the |
| the locals just take advantage of you just because | | | | microwave doesn't work and the remote for the TV is |
| you have "tourist" stamped on your forehead. Or | | | | missing. So you call down to the desk to report the |
| maybe your luggage arrived from the airport a day or | | | | problems which they assure you will be taken care of. |
| two after you did? In any case, it's hard to pinpoint the | | | | While you are waiting you decide you will go down to |
| worst vacation destinations without taking into | | | | the pool to distress but when you get there its so |
| consideration all the things that can happen. Most | | | | crowded you can't even sit down. I've seen better |
| disappointing vacations can usually be prevented. | | | | accommodations at a Motel 6. |
| To keep you from making a bad choice twice we are | | | | 3. Intercontinental Hotel and Conference Center in |
| going to give you our list of the top five bad vacations. | | | | Cleveland, Ohio. Beware: The bed bugs really do bite! |
| 1. A lot of popular vacation spots in the United States | | | | 4. New Orleans, Louisiana. Even before the terrible |
| are suffering from unhealthy smog levels. Ozone | | | | tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has been |
| smog exposure has a cumulative long term effect on | | | | one of the hottest spots in the country, despite the |
| your body especially in the elderly and in | | | | fact that they have one of the country's highest crime |
| children.Believe it or not these popular holiday hot spots | | | | and murder rates. It will be a long time before it is back |
| have high ozone smog: Cape Cod National Sea Shore, | | | | in condition to accept visitors, though I think it will be a |
| Boston, Maine's Acadia National Park, Philadelphia, | | | | different city once it is rebuilt. |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Maryland's | | | | 5. Iraq. Self-explanatory. You can travel to the most |
| Eastern Shore, Washington D.C., Indiana Dunes National | | | | wonderful vacation destination in the world and have |
| Lakeshore, Indianapolis, and Lake Michigan, | | | | things go wrong. Get complete details in writing about |
| Pennsylvania (including the Amish farmland and the city | | | | your vacation arrangements prior to making a |
| of Lancaster). | | | | payment. These details should include the total cost, |
| 2. Orlando looks beautiful when you are looking at | | | | including taxes, service fees, surcharges, port charges; |
| brochures like the ones for the Nickelodeon Family | | | | including the terms and conditions, restrictions and |
| Suites, but once you have arrived you have to spend | | | | cancellation penalties. |
| hours standing in line just to check in and to top it off, | | | | |