Classic Tourist Traps

[Mikey]

You love them, you hate them …

Money-grabbers !!!

Still, the kid in you secretly loves them

Some gone the way of the Dodo and some thriving to this day …

Tell me about your favorite Tourist Traps …

My picks...

South of the Boarder.
What the heck ??? … Between North Carolina and South Carolina we get a tourist trap capitalizing on illegal Mexican immigration … Besides the obvious, what does that have to do with North Carolina/South Carolina/Mexico relations?

Canada --- LOVE-LOVE Canada
Before 911 was Canada's biggest junkfood supplier …
You gotta have snacks while fishing right ?
Today, I refuse to get a passport to a friendly neighbor.

Never been to Canada since then

Miss you Gents

[Mikey]

BTW, just had a nutty thought …

Bought a Churchill Blue Cows Ceramic Coffee Mug from a Canadian gas station back in the day.

LOVE that cup and use it to this day …

Did they make more ?

[KnightDetective]

Ditto on South of the Border!

Great fun on many a family road trip spotting the imaginative billboards counting down your approach from many miles away. Some even had 3d and animated elements (along with shameless puns). There is a story to the name and theme, if anyone is really curious, but I'll leave that to your favorite search engine!

[Nostalgiabuff]

South of the Border is fun. I always use the sign markers to pass the time on a long drive. Usually stop and buy some fireworks too.

I would add NYC. it's ridiculously expensive, loud and crowded. full of tourists all the time at places like Times Square, Statue of Liberty, etc

[Wee67]

I don't know if this is still true today, but Stuckeys.

I did see South of the Border when we drove across the country in our Ford Van in 1979, but I looked forward to stopping at Stuckey's Along with their famous pecan roll, they were chock-full of kitchy state-related tchotchkes like state-shaped magnets, oh-so-70s bumper stickers and $1 flip flops. I annoyed my mom into buying me the giant "Texas-Sized" flywatter in Amarillo!

[Mikey]

I don't know if this is still true today, but Stuckeys

STUCKEY'S !!!

Need me some SWEET-SWEET pecan roll !!!

[TRDouble]

The whole country of Canada is a Tourist Trap? LOL! I just started going back to Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada to get some groceries (including Canadian candy) and Duty Free liquor.

I went to Gatlinburg, TN for the first time last year. It reminded me of Niagara Falls, Ontario; very touristy. But once I got used to the area, we had a great time. The Smoky Mountains are beautiful.

[Mikey]

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I went to Gatlinburg, TN for the first time last year. It reminded me of Niagara Falls, Ontario; very touristy. But once I got used to the area, we had a great time. The Smoky Mountains are beautiful.

There's a YouTube Gent...
Forgive me, forgot his name and YouTube channel...
Today I live vicariously threw him...

Gosh dang, forgot his name
His into is a Banjo with a Racoon

One of the best Youtubes EVER

[palitoy]

Jacob the Carpet Bagger.

[Mikey]

Jacob the Carpet Bagger.

YES !!!

Thank you !!!

[Hector]

Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco.

[J.B.]

Hollywood Blvd.

[TrekStar]

Las Vegas Blvd.

[Jorge Galvan]

I was IN ONE today!


Walking down Michigan Avenue after seeing the Dentist! So how is the Magnificent Mile a trap? The shops? the Hotels? The restaurants? The stoopid BEAN at Millennium Park? NOPE!


Its all the morons who WALK against the light that cause traffic to stop and get delayed cause they CAN'T WAIT a few seconds for it to change and cross WITH the flow of traffic!!!!

#@%^&*+'S !!!!!! Hate Tourists!!!

[Nostalgiabuff]

The whole country of Canada is a Tourist Trap? LOL! I just started going back to Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada to get some groceries (including Canadian candy) and Duty Free liquor.

I went to Gatlinburg, TN for the first time last year. It reminded me of Niagara Falls, Ontario; very touristy. But once I got used to the area, we had a great time. The Smoky Mountains are beautiful.

we hit Gatlinburg for the first time as well last summer too. Agreed, it is very much like Niagara Falls. We had a blast too but i would not feel compelled to go there again. We are actually looking to retire down to the smoky mountains area