Anywhere but here!
How do you decide on a summer destination? Reading travel articles and magazines, following social media influencers, or checking off locations from your wish list? Well, maybe you should look at research, too.
And the travel insurance comparison website, InsureMyTrip, is out with a new analysis of romantic beach destinations. After analyzing 62 popular beach spots, the company provided a ranking of the best–and the worst–in the world, examining metrics that included sea temperature, wave height, quality of nearby beaches, strength of ocean current, adult-only hotels, quality of fine-dining restaurants, and romantic attractions.
And the top three? Bali, Indonesia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Crete, Greece. In the U.S., the top winners were Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Honolulu, Hawaii; and the Florida Keys.
However, it is the least romantic beach destinations that you should make a note of. These came up short in their data, and surprisingly, three of the worst offenders are in the U.S.
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I have no problem with articles geared to romance or couples, but when my email from you says "a New Ranking of the World's WORST Beach Destinations Includes 3 U.S. Cities" , I assume it's not just about couples. I enjoy your arrticles, but please stop with the misleading headlines. "
Coming to Vancouver, BC, Canada to spend time on the beach? What a silly idea. Just like pigeon-holling Vancouver beaches into some “best and worst beach” competition. And then knocking the points off for a lack of a hotel (let alone an “adults only” one). You expect a hotel smack at Stanley Park, where the beach you show is located? Sorry, but it makes no sense. On the other hand, please keep in mind that if you live in Vancouver, all beach areas around this city are fab recreational locations: from sunbathing, pic-nicking or bird watching to walking and biking along the varied coast line, just not in the narrowest sense as “beach destination”.
Having Miami Beach (which is a different city than Miami) on this list for a lack of "fine dining" is absolutely ridiculous. Joe's Stone Crabs, Prime 112 and Smith & Wollensky are high-end staples.
I appreciate this article but...I have a dissenting view of Bali! When we visited before the world shut down in 2019, we visited 4 beaches around the island and 3 of the 4 were terribly littered with trash with no one picking up this trash (except for us)! There were also plastic bags floating in the water and surf. So disgusting and sad for such a beautiful island to have this kind of refuse. Also, doesn't help that they burn everything from palm fronds to trash ON THE BEACHES!