isnt it because of all the ICE RAIDS that have largely dropped from the msm, at least from LA because of the world cup. too late, people are already aware of it.
Oh well!! Next!! Enjoy hegemonic decline wankees!
Another insightful behind-the-scenes USA perspective from me:
Yup. Like, uh, nobody saw this coming? … Oh wait, absolutely everyone predicted it.
Fuck the world Cup, fuck FIFA, fuck giving Nazis tourist dollars. At least a few people feel like their integrity is worth more than watching a game.
World Cup hasn’t started yet idk wtf they were expecting. On top of prices and inflation being out of control people are waiting as long as possible to buy. Airfare alone is up like 200%
They are expecting to be booked already is the issue. Reservations are not as high as they expected.
Lemmy!? Where the fuck is the “Paywall” - “here ya go” thread? Yah slacking?
The AirBnB/VRBO owners in Seattle seem to think they hit pay dirt with the World Cup qualifier match there next month. I’ve had two hosts in a row claim they have ‘emergency repairs’ to do there that weekend (nearly two months after the day I booked) and demand that I cancel my reservation, so they can relist it at double the price.
I’m planning a birthday trip there that just happens to fall on the same day and it’s been a huge pain in the ass. One of the owners even called me pretending to work for VRBO then argue with me on the phone about why I need to cancel the reservation on my end. I spoke to customer service and forced the hosts to cancel in their end, which locks them out of relisting the property during that time. The above mentioned host had to claim “the property was sold,” according to my cancellation email, then presumably relist it under a new account but without any history or reviews.
Fuckin lobsters.
I mean vultures. Same thing really.
Those animals at least contribute to the circle of life. These hosts are parasites. Cancerous.
Why would anyone come here? Even white tourists have been detained. God forbid a person of color come here, they may not make it home.
It’s not safe here.
I have to go for work. Wish me luck…
Stay safe friend! Be careful out there!
Last time I was there, the yanks I was with saw a cockroach outside and freaked out by how big it was.
Here in Australia we call those small.
Also, it’s Denver, so I’m guessing safer than most states
Not sure ICE has been more aggressive in liberal states. It’s a beautiful state though.!
Exactly. I’ve always wanted to come back to the US for another vacation, but I won’t. Not with the current government.
Honestly, as an American, who in the fuck would want to come here and risk being shot by an government representative or sent to an internment camp for watching football?
I heard El Salvador is nice
Why would anyone want to travel to a fascist police state run by pedophiles? How is that fun? They’ve already said they are going to have their state sponsored terrorist police at airports looking through your phone to make sure you support the fundamentalist colonialist state of Israel and their genocide and to make sure you support king pedo and the fuck around gang or you could just go on a vacation to literally anywhere else and not have to deal with this clown show
Given past sports washing events, people don’t care about that.
It seems to be a combination of extremely high ticket prices combined with a fear that ICE is going to disappear you when you’re traveling the country.
also the protest and ICE attacks on LA, likely making people stay away.
This is idiocracy in action. These kind of propaganda ops only work if you can stop the bad stuff you are doing for at least 5 minutes.
When the Saudi comedy festival circus was going on they didn’t imprison and or kill the comedians they paid to go there. They could stop for the metaphorical 5 minutes - the current US clown show is too stupid even for that.
Also with how fucking spread out the event is. You HAVE to use the airports, so you’re forced to go through ICE. Its not just coming in and out of the country.
There are a lot of stupid football fans out there, but few are stupid enough to disregard their own safety.
Good. We deserve it.
Lifelong football fan, fuck fifa fuck the world cup. Ill be at the park volunteering soccer coaching for local youths while the fascists have their epstein files distraction cup.
