A travel agent has revealed all the reasons she couldn’t wait to leave Egypt, after being ‘constantly hassled’ while holidaying at the tourist hotspot.

Penny, who posts as @pennygoestravelling on Instagram, has taken to the social media site to share her bad experiences with the Midde East country.

In a video, she can be seen boarding a plane out of Egypt, looking very excited, along with the caption: ‘Reasons why I couldn’t WAIT to leave Egypt’.

She writes: I’ve been to Egypt multiple times and each time, my experience worsens.

‘I’ve found the constant lying, hassling for money and scamming culture so exhausting.

‘Nothing that was done for us either by tour guides or hotel staff was done as part of general good service but instead was all for a way to extract extra cash on top of what was already paid.’

In the video, Penny shares several different ways she was ‘hassled’ for money in Egypt, claiming the first incident happened at the airport, ‘as soon as we landed’.

She adds: ‘Got scammed by a fake Uber driver. Then got scammed by the real Uber driver.’

Penny, who posts as @pennygoestravelling on Instagram, has taken to the social media site to share her bad experiences with Egypt - and revealed why she 'couldn't wait to leave'

Penny, who posts as @pennygoestravelling on Instagram, has taken to the social media site to share her bad experiences with Egypt – and revealed why she ‘couldn’t wait to leave’

In the video, Penny shares several different ways she was ¿hassled¿ for money in Egypt, claiming the first incident happened at the airport, ¿as soon as we landed¿

In the video, Penny shares several different ways she was ‘hassled’ for money in Egypt, claiming the first incident happened at the airport, ‘as soon as we landed’

The video then cuts to a clip of Penny trapped inside an Egyptian tomb, along with the caption: ‘Trapped in a tomb for tips.’

An Egyptian local can then be seen trying to sell Penny and her friends something as they’re trying to get in a car.

Penny adds: ‘Constantly hassled by locals selling bookmarks, figurines, any old junk for $$, then being met with aggression when we said NO.’

The next frustrating part of Penny’s Egypt holiday was after she ‘paid for a “luxury cruise down the Nile”’ only to end up ‘on a dirty old boat driven by a 12-year-old boy’.

Penny also claims she was ‘sent into a shop by our tour guide and trapped in the store to buy something – TWICE’.

Her frustrations even continued up to when she was at the airport to leave Egypt.

She says she and her friends had ‘airport searches on repeat, requiring personal info and/or money before bags returned,’ and were also forced to ‘walk miles to the airport lounge which we were told was free, as Amex Platinum card holders, only to then be demanded to pay €175 [£150] for access’.

Another reason Penny isn’t a fan of Egypt, she says, is the ‘hours of haggling’.

Penny says she was 'constantly hassled by locals selling bookmarks, figurines, any old junk for $$, then being met with aggression when we said NO¿

Penny says she was ‘constantly hassled by locals selling bookmarks, figurines, any old junk for $$, then being met with aggression when we said NO’

The video cuts to a clip of Penny trapped inside an Egyptian tomb, along with the caption: ¿Trapped in a tomb for tips¿

The video cuts to a clip of Penny trapped inside an Egyptian tomb, along with the caption: ‘Trapped in a tomb for tips’

She finishes: ¿If you are low on confidence and have lots of spare cash, don¿t mind being ogled at, cat called, being constantly asked for money in return for nothing, and if you enjoy your personal space being invaded, then Egypt is perfect. Otherwise, get back on the plane'

She finishes: ‘If you are low on confidence and have lots of spare cash, don’t mind being ogled at, cat called, being constantly asked for money in return for nothing, and if you enjoy your personal space being invaded, then Egypt is perfect. Otherwise, get back on the plane’

She explains: ‘Prices always start off insanely high whatever you’re buying (massages started at €305 [£261] and, after an hour of haggling, prices were agreed at €25 [£21]) and it’s time consuming and soul destroying to spend so much of our vacation bartering.

‘Nothing is priced reasonably anywhere.’

Aside from the money culture, Penny insists ‘Egypt is not for the faint hearted woman’.

She adds: ‘Men will stare and say obscene things to you – I’m not sure what reaction they hope to achieve but nevertheless, these constant comments and looks can make you feel uncomfortable.

‘Even though I was travelling with four men it seems that doesn’t put the locals off.’

She finishes: ‘If you are low on confidence and have lots of spare cash, don’t mind being ogled at, cat called, being constantly asked for money in return for nothing, and if you enjoy your personal space being invaded, then Egypt is perfect. ‘Otherwise, get back on the plane.’



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