Judith came across as extremely patronising and heavily exacerbated the dangers of going to certain countries. She persistently emphasised the possibility of getting pickpocketed in said countries however, many cities in Europe have a much higher rate which she would have know if she had done research. Additionally, she went on to assume that we would be going there to party and expressed her concerns of getting drunk while away and the dangers involved, yet if she had bothered to ask she would have found out that we do not drink alcohol at all instead proceeded to provide a lecture of the dangers. In another exchange she suggested not standing to close to people on the beach as we may get drugged, this is complete an utter nonsense if she had done a quick google search relating to this scenario she would have found out that the apparent drugging on the beach was in fact a lie. Lastly, she went on to explain the importance of travel insurance, making it out as if we were naive and would not have any. Once again if she had asked she would have realised this is not our first time going on a backpacking trip, instead acting as though we had just picked random countries yesterday and decided today that we were going to go.It is not for you to give your unwanted bias opinion on the places people travel to. Simply because you would not do something does not mean that everyone else won’t.This type of scaremongering is exactly why certain countries have misleading reputations. Many places have changed their reputation but you continue to spread fear that these countries are as unsafe as they were 10-20 years ago.In future they should consider focussing on the job at hand rather than unsolicited advice on matters they quite clearly don’t fully understand. We have spent months researching and understanding the risks involved in travelling it is not for you to have an opinion and make people feel uncomfortable on their decisions.This was meant to be a simple vaccination but turned into an unwanted lecture.
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