Crime in sunny beach

Hi everyone,

I am due to go to SB in august for 2 weeks and have been really looking forward to it but all these postings about crime and muggings etc are really starting to scare me.

Im not a silly person and understand just like anywhere if you dont take steps to be safe and keep your belongings safe or you are at risk from crime this happens everywhere but is SB as bad as everyone is making out??? for example people crowding round you and mugging you etc and the police not helping.... cos if someone tried to mug me i would fight back and probably try and deck them one, which raises another point what are the police like over there as i will not let someone try and steal my stuff i would fight back and wandered how the police would handle that or do they just turn a blind eye to everything that goes on???

As i say im just really concerned that there is going to be all this crime and if something happend we are left in a forgieng country with no one really giving a sh/*t???

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Sarah, If you go thru%26#39; all the postings on this and other Bulgarian forums you will find a lot more positive reports than negative ones.

Yes crime does occur in Sunny Beach, as it does in most holiday resorts, however,the chances of you being one of the statistics is very small providing you look after yourself and your possessions. Clearly from your posting you are aware of that.

Quite a few of the negatives this year are from people who have been %26quot;done%26quot; with the bike taxis, despite the fact numerous people on this forum have been warning future travellers about them.

Oxford St. in London is rife with pickpockets and thieves but it hasn%26#39;t stopped people shopping there, we just become more vigilant and security conscience.

From someone who has been going to Bulgaria for a number of years, without any incidents the best advice I can give is,

Try not to walk alone at night back to your hotel.

Do not walk about showing off loads of gold chains, camera%26#39;s or camcorders. Take a plain old plastic bag to hide them in. Try not to stand out like a rich tourist, and remember, Bulgaria is a poor country in comparison to the UK with a large gypsy population and it is they who give it a bad press not the normal hard working Bulgarian.

Hope you end up having a lovely holiday without any cause for concern. Looking forward to mine in September.

Toonman

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Hi

Just back Monday and we had a great time a party of 8 stayed at the Laguna Park plus Trakia Plaza

People are just trying to advise you what happened to them- as some folk let their guard down as they are on holiday.I did not feel unsafe

I witnessed lots of police wondering around and I was in Nessebar plus the bazaar no prob

There are beggers but there are few compared to city centres in the UK

It is common sense take a daily amount of cash with you - if people invite you to come into their bar whatever and you don,t fancy it just say maybe later

They are not offended in any way- its just their job

Have fun

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Hi Sarah, i have just got back from Sunny Beach, a brilliant 2 wks, as at home you have to be carefull, but we have been going to S/B for four years, and we have never encountered any of the things you fear, a friend of mine has been going for 22yrs!! which i guess says something.. we spent a lot of time in the corner pub, its next to the meridian hotel, if you go in tell kosta (kareoke man) hello from Diane again (thats me) go and enjoy your holiday, they really are very nice people.. x enjoy

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as long as u carefull you will be ok its no worse than any other place where are u staying

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