Tourist Traps
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Among the low-lights:
Romeo and Juliet’s balcony in Verona. Like, 10,000 people all crammed into this tiny alleyway just to see a balcony that I found out was built after the play was written.
The pawn shop from Pawn Stars. A guy who was with us in Vegas insisted on going, and the rest of us got dragged along. We got corralled through the store and there was literally nothing worth a second look there. Fucking waste of time.
I was particularly annoyed at the prices of used musical instruments there. I’ve been selling drums for 10 years, and I’m not about to buy a kit for higher than the new price just for the honour of having bought it there.
Branson. The Simpsons weren’t really joking when they described it as Las Vegas ran by Ned Flanders.
The glass bridge over the grand canyon.
Total rip-off tourist trap.It takes HOURS to get there from Vegas
They charge you $20 to park in an empty desert
They charge you $30 per person to take the bus from the parking to the attraction (it’s like walking from parking into a mall – no distance at all!)
Then they charge you $30 per person if you actually want to walk on the bridge
You cannot take pictures or bring a camera onto the bridge, but they will sell them to you, of course.
There is one overpriced place to eat where they sell you canned food heated up in a microwave for big money… or you could drive 5 hours back to Vegas…
Go there to get scalped.
Pier 39 in San Francisco. I’m from the East Coast…I’d never been to SF before. Everyone said “skip Pier 39….it’s a tourist trap”. However…since I’d never been before…I figured I’d go and see for myself.
It’s a tourist trap. Nothing of value save for the seals sea lions, and Musee Mechanique….other than that….chains & ripoffs.
I remember going to Pier 39 and thinking, "What? Why?" Had some Japanese food that wasn't very good either.
