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Movin' Out

Each week, we choose a destination recently featured in a travel glossy or weekend section that smacks of poor judgement on the part of their editors. For whatever reason, it doesn't pass our smell test. We then nominate it as a dubious destination. Got a dubious destination to recommend? Send it to tipsATjauntedDOTcom


This week's dubious destination comes with fair warning from the author of the article--even he disliked being sent to The Body Holiday at LeSport in St. Lucia. It's one of those workout and fresh fruit extravaganzas, and it sounds miserable.

There's the exercise, which is fine, but not what we want to focus on during a vacation. There's also the terrifying threat, for anyone traveling alone, of the spa's policy of seating singletons together. Sweat and enforced socialization sounds more like summer camp to us. Aren't spas about having someone do all the difficult detoxifying for you?

Here's what we want when we travel somewhere tropical: drinks in coconuts with umbrellas, lounging interspersed with copious amounts of napping, and a tan. Don't make us burn any more calories than we have to.

[Image via Alexandrehuang/Flickr]

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