Brits Abroad In Benidorm: The Truth 🇬🇧🇪🇸
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I have filmed in many UK seaside towns that have seen better days. Brits used to flock to their native seaside for holidays but since the advent of cheap foreign package holidays the great British seaside has suffered much decline. When I visit the British seaside and ask why the resorts are so in decline, locals often mention cheap package holidays as a major cause. Since the 1960's destinations overseas have offered warmer, sunnier weather and cheap food and drink to holidaying Brits. The dreary expensive British coastal towns struggle to compete. When I ask people what place they think of when I say 'Brits Abroad' they often say Benidorm, perhaps the original package holiday destination in Spain. It is a mega-developed high rise resort on the Costa Blanca. It has attained a rather negative stereotype over the years as a tacky, inauthentic tourist trap full of British bars that cater to loutish and yobby British tourists. I came to investigate for myself: Is Benidorm still a tacky exclave for unruly Brits or has it diversified and does it offer much more?
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The old guy telling you to fuck off is the kind of guy to open his mouth and get a hiding on a night out, then people say he’s a victim and a lovely bloke cos he’s got a shiner. Can’t stand old drunks like that. Can’t handle his drink, gets gobby and gets a slap. 😂
He was in a ghastly mood. Someone must have snatched his wig just minutes earlier
To be fair the guy was asking him to buy a t-shirt saying ' suck my cock'. These people with cameras think they are bulletproof sometimes.
@@cultfiction3865Snatched his wig lmao !🤣😂👍
100% there's always a guy like that wherever you go,all talk and no action lol!🤣😂👍
They act the big I am with their mates . On their own little cowards
I wouldn't wish these people on anyone.
I appreciate that you can avoid the typical Brits abroad thing. But personally I want to go on holiday somewhere where I don't have to avoid a large area because I'm ashamed of the way my countrymen are behaving.
Don’t come to Bangkok then! It’s the Aussie men playing up too
Mate places like Benidorm, Torremolinos, the German and Brit occupied parts of Mallorca (there are actual German police deployed in the German parts of ''Malle'') represent less than 1% of Spain's total surface area. Spain is huge and mostly empty, 90% of the population live in 30% of the country i.e. the coastal areas and around Madrid in the centre. The other 70% of the landmass is pretty much empty. Even if you're in places like Barcelona once you're away from the Ramblas area, you're unlikely to bump into tourists.
Lloret is full of dutch that are drunk and rowdy, hardly any Brits. Expand your mind and knowledge pal.
I completely agree, there's nothing more annoying and embarrassing than lagerlouts!🙄😂
@@jamiecurran3544 Heartily agree!
Sorry Wendall I didn't see anything in your video that filled me with a desire to visit this place. 🤷♀
Quite the opposite.
It’s a great place but that’s your choice I doubt Benidorm will miss you tbh
The feeling is mutual then. Bon dias. @@NNC93
@@NNC93 A great place? Really?? I went for a long weekend with a group of mates a couple of years ago, and it's the very worst of 'Brits abroad'. In addition, it's sketchy as hell at night... Staying with your group is an absolute must. In many of the bars, it felt like it could kick off at any minute. It's places like this which sadly become inundated with drunken, obnoxious, British louts (such as the angry bald geezer just after 2 minutes into this video), that makes me fully understand why the British have such a tarnished reputation the world over!!
Me too looks awful and will never set foot in that place. High rise concrete towers, chavy English tourists and sh1te food.
Lived in Spain for a few years pre-Brexit in Benalmadena- what always got me was the entitlement amongst my fellow countrymen who thought the Spaniards were privileged to have us. Some had been there for years and couldn't get past Buenos Dias. So much for complaining about "expats" in Britain not speaking English.
Do you know how much 1.5 trillion pounds would buy? Since this Tory government was voted for by the 60 million ordinary subjects of the crown in 2010, they have borrowed more than 1,5 trillion pounds, that is enough to have paid every nurse more than inflation pay rises, and recruited, trained and housed many more, and enough to have added many more police staff, and paid them all well over inflation pay awards, we could also have built the entire planned HS2 and several more such lines, to adequately connect every part of this little island, and we could have built every one of the 2.5 million homes that are currently needed to house the population properly. We could have resurfaced every road in the country, built new ones and widened every bridge to accomodate rail, road and cycle lanes, we could have repaired and kept open every fire station, every court and police station, and we could have added more where needed. And the 40 new hospitals could be completed, fully staffed, equipped and up and running, with just half of this 1.5 trillion. But instead our government, that we voted for, just gifted all that money to thier friends, relatives and donors, in exchange for a damn good remuneration for themselves. While during all that time they told us to "look over there at the refugee, or the person a bit worse off than you, he or she is making your life terrible" . Aren't we all suckers, eh ? And then they take away our freedom to work, live, mary or retire in the sun, with the world beating criminal Brexit scam.
You are so right , I'm from Mijas and the Brits have a terrible reputation and rightly so entitled disrespectful and believe that we need them to live but we don't since Brexit You've been replaced by French , Dutch, Irish, Danish and German
Thats why the english are roundly hated in basically everywhere lol.
@@sunnybeachwalks4k2022 Bullshit !Agriculture, Petroleum, Pharmaceutical and Tourism but dont say that only the Brits brings money to Spain because it's not true the Nordics and German are the one who splash their cash
We don't give a f**** about money, we don't want the low of the low of your drunk society here
What gets me is that here in Britain some Benidorm holiday makers kick off about how foreign our inner cities are. Then they go to a Spanish city and only want to eat our rubbish British food. Makes absolutely no sense.
Better to be Brit abroad than a Brit as a foreigner in our own country
@MrDando87 Those are the same Brits who think Benidorm is British. 🤣
@@voice.of.reason Where's the "reason" in that comment? 🤔
@@voice.of.reason well done you just summed up what it means to be entitled and priveliged, lol!
in defense of 'rubbish british food' - i've travelled all over the world and the english breakfast is still my absolute best - beets pho bo, american pancakes, cornetti and so on
Brits abroad- well, those that just want to live in Britian abroad and drink heavily whilst not being part of the culture of the country are just embarassing. It's always deeply ironic when Brits living abroad complain about immigrants and they are immigrants. Big respect to those that go a bit deeper than just the same old British alchoholic clubs eating fish and chips and to those who bother to learn some Spanish and experience local culture a bit. Lucy not drinking for five years is an amazing achievement, especially when the predominant culture of Brits there is heavy drinking.
The place looks like my idea of hell!
Well said 😎👌
They also get angry if you refer to them as immigrants, instead saying "ex-pats". Thickos.
No thank you but I’m glad this place exists to keep the crazies away from other places to travel!
Didn't see many tents and heroine like the 'lefties' seem to adore.
As a Spaniard. That's exactly how we see it and how it is 😂😂😂😂
They're Immigrants, not ex-pats! 🫢
Exactly the same in Australia 🇦🇺 English are immigrant invaders .
Sounds posh!
I was hoping someone would correct this BS word that they made up to differentiate themselves from what they are, immigrants! Thanks, Sean 😉
Dont want immigration in England but we can go where we want ....
People from the U.S play these term gymnastics too!
I have worked with colleagues of many different nationalities during many years….
From experience I have learned there is no people so immature in dealing with alcohol as the Brits..
alcohol is a scourge on modern society and brings out the worst qualities in everyone. loud, obnoxious, violent drunken behaviour is the norm in these environments
So very true
Alcohol is a drug the government wants people to have, keeps them down in ignorance and produces patients for big pharma, It’s a scam
Not everyone .. brits can’t seem to handle alcohol..
That should say Religion is a scourge on modern society and brings out the worst qualities in everyone
if alcohol came out now, it would be banned in an instant
Its not 'snobbery' if people dont want to go to Benidorm. We just all have our own ideas of how and where we want to spend our hard earned money that suit our interests, budgets, lifestyles, reason for wanting to go on holidays etc
Agreed
Exactly, been all over Spain and would still avoid Benidorm like the plague.
I totally agree, I couldn't even imagine this type of culture in somewhere like Rome.
Totally agree 👍
@@Jim90117 .. or Madrid 😊
Fair play Lucy not drinking 5 years based there!
Benidorm was a beautiful small fishing village,then tourism arrived and it went downhill
Looked accurate. I first went to Benidorm with 3 mates for my stag holiday, aged 40-something. We did the lads thing, got drunk, got robbed, stayed in a crap hotel, had drunk conversations with Germans and google-translate. A couple of years later my wife suggested going there to decide if she liked it. We stayed in a slightly less grotty hotel, did the daytime things, loved it. If we ever move to Spain it would be somewhere within driving distance of Benidorm, but never in it!
So bizarre how people actively seek out all the 'British' bars. Plenty of them in Britain.
they're not the same, "British" bars abroad are sometimes completely unhinged lmao, I prefer the ones at home
Weather shit here uk, Pattaya Thailand in the best
they want Britain with better weather.
First time I saw that behavior I was a kid in Florida. I remember seeing a family all kitted out in the England football strip walking across the road and into a "British" bar across from a hotel. Then we'd see them often when driving past the bar just chilling out in their England gear
I wouldn’t say it’s snobbery why people don’t want to go to Benidorm
It’s just a lot of people when they go abroad want to absorb that countrys culture and do not want to be surrounded by Brits
Nothing wrong if you like that, Its just a large amount of people don’t.
Agreed, its not snobbery at all, holidays are all about chilling, soaking up new cultures and enjoying a different pace of life. This looks like Blackpool ramped up to level 11. Thistle Bar is every stereotype of Scottish low class subculture. Yet a degree of British people, have issues when stereotypes are placed on them. Its either have the label or don't act and live in a way that gives those labels. No way would I go there unless you paid me... A LOT! If anything I found this shameful to be British.
There is definitely a level of snobbery for some but not all people. Benidorm and Blackpool have long been the go-to for snobs when sneering about lower classes and "louts". The new one is Wetherspoons after the CEO was all about Brexit. That being said yeah for a lot of people, myself included, the idea of going to another country to lie on a beach for two weeks and visit "British venues" isn't for me.
@@user-gk3rt3yq5o idk you could barely see inside it and it was hard to judge based off the blue exterior
@@velvetinedrapes4359 I vowed not to go to weatherspoons after the way he treated his staff during Covid, sacked them all and told them to get a job at Tesco.
But come on £3 for a pint of Carlsberg and £4 for a Guinness!!!!
where I live in Brighton that is more than half the price of anywhere else in town
@@vanmantalks Sounds like a right 🍆 that being said its still really cheap in my local spoons when I was back last year. But I've seen that and Benidorm was used as like a putdown. I do agree with your point though. My family and I have never been into the "Britain abroad" when going on holiday.
I'd love to see more Brits speaking Spanish in these places instead of coming as intruders with only one wish that is getting drunk and having a jolly good time. Spaniards are very tolerant people but more and more fed up with this kind of tourism. I admit, it's made other Spaniards rich but at the expense of the rest.
Lucy and many of the Brits there speak very good Spanish
@@WendallExplores Ok, that changes something but a lot of Brits don't even make the effort expecting everybody to speak English.
Having travelled and lived around Europe over the years I can say that the "alcohol'" tourism is welcomed by bar owners etc, not so by other locals and brits living in the area.
Some of the only trouble i've seen in Berlin was brits living there telling brit tourists to calm down and behave.
Also good that you found some Dutch tourists also being rowdy, you can also throw the germans in to that. It's amazing how similar they all can be for age, type of holiday etc.
The worst tourists i've seen personally were the French and Dutch. But I rarely go to any places that these dregs would go to.
Glad you made it over here, Lucy is a local legend! I've lived here for 14 months but heading back to Ibiza next week. Benidorm is much maligned by people who have never even been there which is a shame.
Holidays abroad for me are a chance to immerse yourself in a foreign culture whilst visiting new places in a beautiful climate, Benidorm for me is Blackpool with sun, but if that’s what you like then more power to you
Nothing like Blackpool, with or without the sun.
Blackpool now topping holidays list!@@buzzard720
So true. Posted my comment and then saw yours which is weirdly similar. There are a lot of closed minded brits that seek this kind of environment, its sad really but each to their own I guess
@@Tomkim1995 . There are a lot more Brits who talk a good game also..
@@buzzard720 I bloody hope not Blackpool is the pits
Being middle aged , i went on a lads break with trepidation but was pleasantly surprised how nice benidorm is.
Think this vlog is pretty accurate.
As an avid traveller to Benidorm may i mention the tram that will take you effortlessly and quickly to Alicante or Denia or even places in between.As i've said numerous times 'if you dont like the area your in just walk 5 minutes up the street while in Benidorm and it'll be a completely different vibe'.
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I love Villajoyosa- with all the multicoloured houses. Beautiful place and just up the road!
English being english😢 And they blame foreigners in England for not having respect! Makes me sick
Not all English are like that, unfortunately, the ones that are make alot of noise and mess. I've travelled a few times on a budget to Morocco- definately not a lot of heavy drinking there (though I did find the pub in Essaouira and helped a couple of Moroccans get drunk!). It's much more about being in a place totally unlike home, no kareoki bars, no English pubs, no places like home. Those that travel there are there to experience a different culture. Though it helps if you know how to deal withj street hustlers (learn some basic Arabic)!
Most of you English are. You can't behave yourself anywhere, never have been able to. Unless a few Russian football fans are about
Yeah because they don’t. If the Spanish have a problem and want them out then that’s their prerogative.
Thanks for sharing this video I've never been there only majorka and I don't drink alcohol been sober 30 years I like to travel and mix with the local people 😀
You mean Mallorca?
Mum (82) has just left for a month in Benidorm so this was particularly insightful for me. Nice work.
Gracias Olli, precioso reportaje.
Thanks Wendall keep up the great work
I live in Spain snd I love being able to see places in my native UK as they really are today. But Benidorm? Completely unexpected. Brilliant video. But I've always been embarrassed by the Brits there.
i am a brit i am not ashamed to be british most are good folk
@@paulmcdonough1093 But do you live abroad? when you see what others think of us because of the way some of us behave in their countries you may understand a little more.
@@paulmcdonough1093 Benidorm doesn’t look or sound like Spain.
Non-Brit here. Whenever I'm on holyday in southern Europe walking around town, and I hear loud British voices, you know the type - drunk and LOUD, I immediately start looking for a different route. It's instinctive and I can't help it.
Obviously other Brits don't mark themselves out like this. They are the quiet, well mannered ones that tend to blend in with all the other tourists.
Brilliant presentation bro' .
There truly is something for everyone who visits 👍
Spot-on description you are absolute bang on. We went for our first time in January and absolutely loved it . there is as much or as little as you want the old town is stunning we will definitely be returning
An example of what Britain and the British have become. Embarrasing.
He talks to people from all over the UK and some foreigners, and the ONLY person who was rude was a Liverpudlian. Anyway well done mate, it is a good video and gives a balanced view of the town!! 👍
great video..went there for the first time in november and was pleasantly surprised to be honest..the strip was lively but a great laugh and everyone was getting on from what i saw anyway and the variety of shows had something for everyone......then the old town was lovely and you could quietly sit outside the various bars and it was very chilled and relaxing
booked again for early summer and cant wait
I'm from the UK and the last thing I want to see while on holiday is signs advertising fish n chips, English breakfasts etc.
I agree like what's even the point 😂
I visited Benidorm for the 1st time last March with my wife , id watched Lucy's videos and decided lets go , we stayed in the old town mostly and ventured to the new town one night but stayed in one bar , we had an awesome time , I then returned in September on a stag do and stayed in the new town and partied hard till 6 in the morning and had an absolutely amazing time , im glad I got to see both sides of Benidorm but I do feel I've only just scratched the surface , so much to do there , I will definitely be back in the future and I'm so glad I decided to see for myself what it had to offer , i recommend people do go and see for themselves what's on offer
“British Expats” - AKA British Immigrants.
people use expat for people who will move back home one day - immigrant is someone who wishes to become nationalised in their new country. This is why people from poor countries get called immigrants (because they are)
You have said utter a clasist nomsense half of the 300.000 British inmigrants in Spain are a retires who come the rest of they lives here that us to say to dead in fact many of then buried here or donate her bodies to.science that is the return to U.K country is laughlable apart the other half for econmoic reasons in various works ( business in bars; restaurants; homes etc) by the way inmigrants of "1 world" (UK) no poor countries ; yes bur economic reasons in this case apart after Brexit nacionalizations have a skyrocketed more than because is the only option to stay in Spain for long time again ; think what you say
DIDN'T MANY OF THOSE BRITISH IMMIGRANTS, APPLIED FOR SPANISH PASSPORTS, AFTER BREXIT SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE IN SPAIN ?
@@leigh7507bs
Excellent video. I think it would be very interesting to do a follow up video at the height of the Summer season to compare and contrast the experience
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Great video, we started a travel vlog recently and have been to Beni twice to film already. We love the place, and much like Lucy, we just want to show the other side of it... but... we do enjoy the whole of it.😅
It surprised me, I’ll defo go back
In 1982 I was in the US Navy and my ship stopped in Benidorm. Me and my shipmates had a wonderful time. I probably won't be back, but I have my memories.
I can remember some USA sailors in Benidorm years gone by! they certainly were turning the heads of the women! My Dad said when the USA Navy was in it was like Movie! My Dad first went to Benidorm March 1982
I'm a brit and I live in Spain (galicia, up north). Very interesting video, but I've always been curious to see some Spanish people's perspective on the place.
From what I know, a lot of especially elderly Spaniards. have warm feelings towards Benidorm. It was kind of the first holiday resort in the Mediterranean for Spanish people from further north. It's happened to me in a village in the province of Soria that I got into a smalltalk with my wife and an elderly lady from town. Telling her that we live in Valencia - my wife is Spanish and I am a German who's been living in Valencia for 30 years now and speaks Spanish fluently -, it turned out that she had been to Benidorm and loved the place. Benidorm is also visited by many Spaniards. Some love the place, others loathe the place and for many others it's somewhere in between, rather preferring other places. This is my impression at least. But anyway, being a place if cheap tourism makes it attractive to the low income population from further north.
@@hannofranz7973I share the same opinion. I live in Tenerife and as a local resident we have those kinds of problems. I hope the channel takes our point of view into account in future videos.
I have spoken to a lot of Spanish people about it and they share the same negative views I do, a lot of drunk non-integrating embarrassments. But they usually realise it's a big form of income for the local economy. I could connect Wendall to many Spanish people who speak good English about their opinions, but don't personally know anyone who lives in Benidorm.
There are very wealthy families who came from Madrid invested in the Town building Hotels and Apartments etc Some still own so much of it.Some families politically connected from back in the days of Franco.
They dislike brits
Awesome videos. Always have a positive vibe. 👍 You have a good spirit.
I went to Benidorm once on a girls weekend and we had a laugh but I would never go back and nothing I have seen on your video makes me want to
Wendall Braavaaaa....Great video brother, glad to see your doin well my friend..Used to go here in the 90s, the Buchaneer Bar..Awesome holadeeeees....Respect my Brother, Gaz the Wildman...
Respect Gaz
Safe Braavaaaa...@@WendallExplores
Lovely video, i never been, but i think you need to come back in the middle of summer to see how much more wild it is!!!!
Challenge accepted 🤝
You'll find it heaving with Spanish holidaymakers in August. Many stay at their 2nd homes in Benidorm taking a break from Madrid.
Diane you should be very proud of yourself, may I wish you every success👍
Expat isn’t that an immigrant?
Do you know a visa name which is called expats?
@@Nico-rw1uo they are immigrants
@@laoch5658 definitely
Great work mate. I just read a great book on Spain and the creation of Benidorm when Franco invested in tourism & know it transformed the country.. great work and great interactions.. We should collab one day.
Thanks for this upload. I've never been to Benidorm but enjoyed the TV show of the same name enough to discover Lucy's great channel. I'm an ancient (and broke) ex-pat Londoner living in Oz so I'll probably never get there now but it's really good to know that if I won the lottery I could visit and enjoy it without running into any stags or hens groups!
just like the TV series - Bloody Mobility Scooters everywhere
Wow how clean!!!!!!!!
Great video mate thanks ❤
cool stuff. keep it up . i enjoy your vids.
That is my idea of hell.
Hell's better.
Me too lol
Even illegal immigrants passing through europe on their voyage to Britain avoid benidorm.
Nice video Wendal!
Interesting to see you in Spain, I've driven past Benidorm but never stopped off. Will definitely check it out one day, though for now we prefer the slightly more laid back Spanish lifestyle in the Andalusian mountains.
appreciate you had limited time there and its a short video but its still just pubs, walk to old town and there's a Scottish pub, then interview outside a pub, and then in a wine bar. Surely there's more to a place then just alcohol
Wait for the next video..
Benidorm is a great place and so friendly
Loved this x
It is a great place! Been about 10times and has been brilliant holidays every time, wether away for a few night or a few weeks
I think Benidorm is similar to what Blackpool used to be - the place where regular folk went for the seaside and to relax with either the family or yer mates. Of course nobody is on the beach in winter, but just being able to walk in the sunshine, even with a gansy on, opens your brainstem up. And of course a few drinks and the chance of a hook-up doesn't hurt. My guess is there isn't much crime apart from drunkenness - I hear Ibiza got pretty bad for that, with the locals finally putting their foot down. The front reminds me of Fortaleza, a city in north-eastern Brazil that I visited a little while back, but believe me they are a world apart otherwise. I would be interested to hear how the locals still view the Brits or the Dutch visitors, in comparison. Enjoy your stay.
Spanish Blackpool I was thinking the same thing lol!🤣😂👍
I live next door to Benidorm but love a night down there. A night out can go from tapas with the Spanish, to beautiful rooftop hotel bars to dancing with drunk, but very friendly Brits to some amazing live bands. My parents are in their 80s and love dancing to my mates in rock bands til 3am. 🤘😝 Gorgeous beaches too.
Something for everyone
@@WendallExplores For sure! I'm glad you had a good time. Lucy was going to introduce us as I'm helping the homeless there, but I heard you had a good day out with Jonny. 🤗Loving your vids.
@@sharonbell1094 Jonny is a saint ❤️
Love benners... got something for everyone. Last time did a pub crawl in albir & altea .. real Spanish and short taxi ride away. Going in June... can't wait
Have a great time
We love it they lovely walks nice coffee lots to do thank you good vlog ❤
We actually love Benidorm, although we stay in the Old Town at the RH Royal.
Love the old town
@@WendallExplores we do, although must admit never been to Vincent’s but I will do did you visit Spassos on the front 🤔
We always stop in the old town,go every march for a few days.hotel roccamar.the new town is exactly as you would imagine 😂
@@philclark6250 🤣
@@19Neil67 no didn’t see that
Cool. Never heard of it. Before watching, I thought it was an acronym like Benelux, but thank you for educating me.
We just spent Christmas & New Year there in our motorhome, had a fantastic time 🍻🥳🍻
We live an hour south of Benidorm. We love the place & we hardly drink believe it or not. We will be there next June Wendell trying another hotel and enjoying the buzz of the place. They also have some great artists on of an evening in some of the pubs totally free. Cheers 👍
I live in Tenerife, went to Benidorm last year for the first time. I thought I was either going to love it or hate it. I loved the place, everything you touched on in the video is true. It's a big place that caters for all sorts. We stayed in the Don Pancho hotel which is right by the strip but my god what a great hotel!! We will be back in Benidorm, great place.
Great place
I'm ashamed for them 😢 what a mess
I was staying in Alicante for a couple months autumn 2023.
I had my car with me & took trips to Malaga, Valencia (city) and Denia. I noticed Benidorm on the map between Alicante and Denia so I decided to spend an afternoon there as a stop off on my road trip.
I’d seen the Jonny Vegas series ‘Benidorm’ and knew that Benidorm had a reputation as being like Blackpool but with good weather.
Benidorm did not disappoint! There were Brits of all flavours! Most noticeable were Glasgow Rangers fans with big bellies and lots of tattoos, plenty of sunburned Englishmen from all over (not so many cockneys but lots of different northern English accents).
Loads of young people on mobility scooters.
The Southerns from UK dont usually come to Beni, they go Costa Del Sol.
I love benidorm I've been 8 times now.3 times as a solo traveller I always feel safe there.just spent 2 weeks 4 my 65th birthday with a old school friend
Whenever I’m abroad I always ask the locals what they think of the British and they always say other countries are way worse.
Saying that I wouldn’t go back to Benidorm, if you’re looking to get away from everything, this really isn’t the place for you 😂
I haven't heard that actually, its the opposite. They don't like us because of people like that
In recent times Amsterdam put adverts out asking Brits not to go there because they must consider them a bigger problem than other nationalities. I’m guessing that the availability of weed and shrooms and prostitution causes them to become like excited puppies with a new toy, due to the oppressive drug laws they are used to in Britain. So in that sense I blame our government
@@Rebelconformist82I admit my ‘evidence’ is purely anecdotal but I thought it was worth mentioning.
@@cultfiction3865So it’s our Government’s fault that British people go abroad and act like animals? Interesting.
Perhaps twenty five years ago I may have agreed with you not anymore. If anything you’ve just proven to me the state of moral decline in the UK.
Personally I found Amsterdam’s red light district disgusting and I’m glad we don’t have that in the UK.
They probably say the same to the Germans, the Dutch, etc.
Trust me I have been to Las Vegas and Benidorm and they nothing like one another at all. Vegas is levels and levels above
I’ve been to Vegas 7 times and know it intimately, there are similar facets to Benidorm if you de compartmentalise the cultural nuances
Benidorm has history, culture and some stunning(good and bad) architecture, Vegas doesn’t, both are designed for debauchery but I’d say I preferred Benidorm
Vegas is hell on earth! Give me Benidorm anyday
Vegas is in the middle of a rough ugly desert, only good if playing in the casinos 24/7 is your thing, that's it. I'll take Benidorm anytime, I mean, you can have a day trip to Barcelona or Malaga as well
Love it from luka was nice to meet you
Great vid never been there my mum and sister loved Benidorm❤❤❤
They should stay in Blackpool.
Or Southend.
Expat. A superior Brit who moves abroad permanently, but won't let anyone call them an immigrant.
Expat- a bit of a racist that's in denial about being an immigrant!
@ theddemon. Get a life 🥱🥱🥱
Think there it
@@princebuster93 said the person thinking King Arthur is fighting the EU in space!
so true.
Went there and Alicante on an early package holiday in 1973 as a kid - pretty rural then had a great time!
If you ever wondered why people visit Cornwall & Devon on Holidays Wendall then its mainly to avoid "these kind of people" while on Holiday. Back in 2020 then U had all these "typical English Drunks" in Cornwall.. Thankfully they all couldn't wait to get back aboard from 2021 & give Cornwall back to the people that have always supported it..
"They are Animals".. Never been, If I ever do then will avoid the strip like a plague.
Why are British immigrants referred to as expats?
Because the word “immigrant“ is a dirty word !
So they invent words to make themselves more worthy !! Entitled I guess
because their white
@wendall it’s the red place it’s awesome and really good prices, the espresso is stunning 5:39
once we have by passed the ads its a great vid :)
That bit about how you need 25 thousand pounds to resettle in Spain if you're not a citizen, reminds me of an attempt I made to expatriate to Yalova, Turkey and was told the same.
Settle in the uk and get money given to you
@@2bsure407 Upi have to have £38k to settle in Britain. Scum not tell you?
Travelled all over spain in a camper ,lovely country , great food, lovely people.keep the package tourists in benidorm i say, sorry for any locals who have to put up with the crap.I would imagine its great if you are looking for sun,sea sand and sex but there is sooooooo much more to spain if you are adventurous.If not stay in benidorm and good luck to you ,i guess.
Brilliant 🤩 video thnx you 😊
Glad you liked it 🇪🇸🇬🇧
Hey Wendall I think I saw you today for your revisit to Benidorm on Levante beachfront, red cap and green t shirt?! Wasn’t entirely sure, but if it was I look forward to seeing your thoughts this time around 😎
This isnt typical of Benidorm outside June-Aug. You'll generally struggle to find many tourists under 50.
I guess most places have something nice behind the exposed frontline. I really don't like the touristy places where the tourists - not only brits, but several nationalities - believe that the place is their own personal playground and they expose the worst sides of themselves. But I am sure it is a lovely place behind the noise and the neon and the shouting drunks.
I have been to the area several times, which is beautiful and has an abundance to offer in the nature and culture. But I have never been to Benidorm. So thank you for this lovely video with a lot of insight 🤩
I loved the place 🇬🇧
Usually no matter where I’ve gone on holiday I’ve done everything I can to avoid other English people since, you are lucky to find one that isn’t obnoxious. I practice my Spanish instead so I can chat up the feminine Latino chicks
I love how you see the good wherever you go .
A few years ago we used to have a winter break in Benidorm, It was very good value, but prices have rocketed recently, I wouldn't go in the summer.
Benidorm has something for everyone- if you’re a culture vulture then the old town and tapas alley huge array of tapas and pinchos from all over Spain-north and south which is uncommon. If you’re a fitness freak then the poniente side where you can run for miles along Sandy beaches and swim in(unlike the UK) clean sea. If you want carnage then there’s the square and the new town which is generally only where stags/hens and party people go- a tiny part of Benidorm. Like you said I guarantee 99% of people that criticise it haven’t been. Some weird kind of snobbishness/classism. Anyway glad you enjoyed and would be great if you come back in the summer and compare the peak of the season with the lows of January.
Definitely a snobbishness towards Benidorm from those who haven’t been
Snobbishness ?
If I’m spending £2-£3k on my family holiday.. I don’t want my kids listening to some bare chested drunk gobbling off on every street corner
@@abc33944 2 or 3 grand?? If ur a bit tight then maybe stiuck to Devon or somewhere in UK.
Its a living hell in my opinion. You couldn't pay me to go to that dump.
Same! 👏
They do a great Sunday Roast
Same here and why would I want to go to another country and have a Sunday roast?! I want to eat their local cuisine, not British food.
I went to Benidorm with my Mrs for the first time last year and I must say I saw no trouble at all a we were there for two weeks..we loved it that much we are already book for another 2 weeks in june this year.👍👀💯
tou were there in January though.. i expect it gets pretty lary in the summer months but fun none the less..
RIP Sticky Vicky!
Her daughter is carrying on the family business!! 😊
So your poll asking where to go next was a complete waste of time, right?
Remember voting Benidorm
@@clondon84I'm sure you did. Here was the result....
Wales: 25%
North West: 16%
Midlands: 23%
USA: 18%
Benidorm: 19%
I'm not saying don't go to Benidorm - I watched the video and gave it a thumbs up. Just don't bother asking if you already know what the plan is.