Sometimes hurricanes happen. I visited the Cook Islands just after one had hit. The steps from the backpackers hostel down to the beach had snapped in the rain and high winds. My flight to Mexico was canceled because a hurricane hit the Mexican coast. So I quickly booked a flight to the Maldives. Oh my! It was expensive in the Maldives.
Have you ever had poor weather on a vacation?
If so how did this affect you?
Did you enjoy your vacation or did the poor weather spoil things?
Thanks.
[question posted by maximax8]
responses and comments:
We seem to have been lucky with the weather when we have gone on vacation. I dont think that we could ever have complained. Mind you,we go to places like the Black Sea coast,where the weather is almost certain to be hot and sunny. One year,it rained one day on Sunny Beach in Bulgaria,and that was ok,because the sky itself was worth watching. [rintintin]
I had one rainy day when I went to the Black Sea coast. It didn't mind because it cleared the beach of all people and it didn't last long. I was in a hilly area in New Zealand and a bridge broke. Luckily it was mended in a few hours and so I didn't get stuck in that village. I am lad that you have been lucky with weather whilst on vacation. [maximax8]
I think I´ve told you before,that i don´t like to travel to other countries. I prefer to see more about my homecountrey Sweden. But then I´ve to take all bad things. Weather isn´t the best all days,special not when you are going on vacation. I´ve been told,there is no bad weather only bad clothes. If it´s raining a little,no problem for me.There are allways things you can do. [WinnieThePoe]
Thanks for response. Yes,Sweden is a wonderful country. Lots of nice nature and water,special in the north parts. But the light is different there,also the climate,if you look to other parts of the country [WinnieThePoe]
When I first went out to Cyprus with my parents, we were in Paphos where the heavens opened, dad had hired a jeep and the rains quickly accumulated and everywhere became a flood plain! It was like an instant river, thankfully we were able to drive back but it ruined our day in Paphos. Here in the UK you have to expect bad weather even in the Summer and it's quite a lottery to get a good week especially if you book months in advance. The rain is so unpredictable as we well know! [wolfie34]
Yes, Rintintin the bugs are bothersome in the summer time. I would like to go island hopping in Scotland one day and if I do I will take some insect repellent. [maximax8]
I guess I've been lucky. I haven't experienced any extreme weather conditions while on vacation. However there have been some pretty nasty situations that I remember. First was in Acapulco where we were on the edge of a hurricane. The second wss on a ferry off the Queensland coast where it was that rough seats and chairs were being swept overboard. Only two of us didn't throw up. The third was when I had taken my two kids to an island off the coast and it rained the whole week we were there. Nothing really extreme. [mipen2006]
An earthquake would be terrible. Just before I went on my trip around the world there were riots in Los Angeles this didn't put me off going as it was just in one small part of the greater Los Angles area. Australia has bush fires sometimes and I think these can spread. These also happened whilst I was away for my years trip. But I was not in Australia at the time the bush fires were burning. [maximax8]
Yes, quite a few times I have experienced poor weather on a vacation. The one I remember most is when my daughter & I visited Penneshaw on Kangaroo Island. She was 8 years old at the time. It rained the hole 6 days we were there. As the road my house is on was only a dirt road then, it became flooded. Water ran down the edges & then across the road forming creejs. The next door neighbours yard became so bogged he was unable to get his mini bus out. We stayed in the house nearly the whole 6 days. My daughter did school work & I read & watched TV. [jennybianca]
Oh, I love Kangaroo Island and I had wonderfully hot and sunny weather when I went there. In Penneshaw I saw the fairy penguins and it was such an amazing experience. I am sorry that it rained for the whole six days you were there. It is lucky your daughter had school work to do and a television to watch. It is annoying when a trip is washed out by an exceptional amount of rain. [maximax8]
I went to Fairbanks, Alaska to see my sister at Christmas when her husband was stationed there. A couple of days after we got there, a blizzard hit and it was terrible for a few days, but otherwise it wasn't that bad.... [goldeneagle]
A blizzard must have meant terrible weather conditions. When I was working as a children's nanny in Finland and I met a girl that was a student from Alaska she was on exchange. She thought the two places were very similar indeed. There was one hot day the whole time I was in Finland. [maximax8]
After I graduated from school, my family and I had a long time travel. It was raining when we were in Shanghai and Chongqing. It was not convenient to have such kind of weather when we were traveling. We had to carry the umbrellas all the time and took photos:) [youless]
This must have been a wet kind of travel experience. I have a small umbrella but it is not awfully convenient tot have one when the weather is windy. Last night my area had a gale and my letter box kept rattling. The wind made things in my garden knock over and this made one of my dogs bark. [maximax8]
We also faced some problems during our trip to kodaikanal in india .We went for 4 days. Eventhough that was not a rainy season,there was rain for 2 days continuously.So we couidnt came out from the room.Eventhough our plan was spoiled ,due to rain we enjoyed rain in hill station. [valatha1969]
Two days out of a four day trip makes for a wet time. It can be boring to have to stay in a room instead of be out exploring. I would love to go to India one day. [maximax8]
yes,i experince bad weather during my vacation..it spoiled my plans, [marketing07]
I am sorry that bad weather spoiled your travel plans. [maximax8]
There was a very a great storm when my friends and i once went to Baguio for a short vacation... so we had to stay indoor the whole time... we ate a lot and played games... but it would have been much fun it we were able to see the sights of the place... it was so cold and the traffic was so bad that we ended up spending like 12 hours in the bus on our way home... that was the worst vacation ever... [aseretdd]
I am sorry that your worst vacation was so bad. Staying inside can be boring compared to being outside exploring in sunshine. The traffic sounds awful on your way home. Twelve hours on a bus after a rainy trip is no fun. [maximax8]
We went to Wales in England for a long weekend, we hired a caravan on a huge park and we went for just 4 days. It absolutely poured it down the whole time it never stopped. But you know that turned out to be one of the best short breaks we ever had, because we were stuck in the caravan we played games together and we all went swimming in the parks pool and we just had a really great time! [gemini_rose]
I am glad that you still managed to have a fun time in the indoor pool and with games that you played whilst in Wales. It is a shame that the rain pured all the time that you were there. I would like to walk some of the Pembroke Coast Path is sunny weather and I know rain would spoil such a walk. [maximax8]
Whilst my daughter was travelling there was an earthquake at sea and Fiji was put on a high alert tsunami watch. She was completely unaware and slept through whilst back in the UK we were frantic with worry watching sky news for the latest. Luckly it didn't happen, but I am so pleased she was unaware bless. I have never experienced bad weather myself whilst I have been away so I've been lucky really. Ellie :D [ellie333]
You must have been so worried about your daughters safety with such a terrible warning. It is lucky that Fiji didn't get him by very high waves after that earthquake at sea. I am so pleased that your daughter was unaware of the possible danger. I once spoke to a lady in Sydney and told me about the time she was sitting on a beach and a high wave from Fiji hit the people on the beach and took many possessions out to sea. [maximax8]
I've had quite a few vacations where the weather was pretty bad... No hurricanes but lots of rain. Yes it did put a damper on it. There were several things I wanted to do but couldn't really enjoy because of the weather so we cancelled some of our plans. [lucy02]
I am sorry that all the rain put a damper on your vacation plans. [maximax8]
yes i poor weather on vacation.i went to the hillstation and everything was foggy all around me.i was not able to see things clearly.But i really enjoyed my vacation in spoilt weather. [vicky30]
I lost much visibility on a mountain in Norway once when all I could see around me was fog. I am can imagine that it was similar for you when you went to the hill station. I am glad that you still enjoyed your vacation. [maximax8]
i remember i was 7 or 8 years old and i went to Disney World in Florida and it was good for the first day but the second day it was rainy and crappy looking thundering , but i didnt care one bit i just knew that i was at Disney World and i was going to have fun no matter what [Gesusdid]
People imagine it is sunny every day at Disney World. It is such a shame you had rain there. It is great that you still had fun because it is that sort of place. [maximax8]
I went to Hawaii 3 years ago, and it rained every morning while we were there. It usually cleared up by 11:00am, but even when it poured there, to us(coming from canada, lol) It was still beautiful to see rain rather than snow! It only spoiled our scuba diving. We were gonna go shark watching, but because of the rain we weren't able to do it. which sucked, but either way, still a great trip! [katisaurus]
It was a shame that it rained so much in Hawaii when you were there. I got my legs really badly sun burnt there because I dozed off to sleep on a beach. The sea was really rough on a whale watching boat trip. I am glad that even though your trip was rainy you still had a wonderful trip. Scuba diving must be amazing I love to go snorkeling but coral looks dull on rainy days sunlight shows off all its colors. [maximax8]
I haven't had anything quite so exciting as hurricanes, but I've been rained on or had unusually hot weather on vacations. Getting rained out while camping isn't much fun, so I've packed up and went home early. The vacation that was extra hot was uncomfortable, but we still did everything we'd planned. We did tend to linger in the air conditioned spots though. [spectrum42]
When camping rain can spoil a trip. It is a shame that you had to go home early. I can see you find very hot temperatures uncomfortable. Air conditioned shops feel like a fridge after coming into them from the street. In Darwin in Australia it was hot and humid with heavy downpours, thunder and lightening. [maximax8]
I would say I only had bad weather once when I visited my sister who live in florida. It rained for days. But the last couple of days I was there was beautiful. Figures.hahahahah [TerryZ]
I imagine Florida as being hot and sunny all year round. It is a shame that it rained for days. I like to see sunsets and think that Florida must have more of them than it does rainy days. [maximax8]
One of the many occasions I have been to the Bahamas it rained and that did not stop me. In fact it was probably better that it WAS raining. All the shops were empty... it was like I had full reign of the whole island. I kinda liked it. Thanks Zelo [zeloguy]
Until nightfall... I believe it was 5pm then the police came out (every day) with guns and cleared the streets... interesting way to keep order. Bahamas is great but I still love the Cayman Islands a lot better. Thanks Zelo [zeloguy]
This is a trick question, right? Isn't it some sort of law that it must rain when one is on holiday? Isn't it law that the weather must be at its worse when we are trying to relax? This is how it always is, maximax8. Always. I just continue as if nothing is wrong. It's just a hurricane or gale force winds or an earthquake or a forest fire. I have literally gone rafting in a hurricane because dangit, I was gonna' enjoy myself. I have gone hiking in a tornado and flash flood because nothing was going to spoil my good time. The list goes on and on. I know that if we enter a drought where I live, I just have to hike into the woods and set up camp and we'll get record breaking rains! [Transdisc]
I love to travel.Good weather is an important element for travelers.Good weather can improve our mood and travel happiler.Typhoon is the disaster in my hometown in summer.Every summer there are at least 2 or more.I remembered when i was young ,i traveled to thousand islands.but for the typhoon coming,my journey was delayed,and the boat was canceled.at that time i was so dejuction.So now when i plan to travel i will look the weather at least for 3 or 4 days. [moondan]