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Mother-Daughter Destination Hell

For those women who don't get along with your mothers, Budget Travel has come up with a horrible idea--Mother-Daughter destinations. For those of you who do like your mothers (and we're assuming this is because your mother doesn't nag you about long your hair is, how short your nails are and why you can't find a normal job), Budget Travel says imagine the two of you as Southern belles in Charleston, South Carolina while staying at the Ashley Inn.

The combination of hospitable people, cobblestone streets, old buildings--more than 600 date from before the 1840s--and an overall genteel atmosphere makes Charleston, S.C., a perennial favorite for anyone who appreciates elegance and good manners.

However lovely as this sounds, reviews of the budget Ashley Inn (room rates start at $108) aren't quite so peachy. One reviewer, who had some of the nicest things to say about the hotel (those Southerners and their manners!), couldn't even overlook the hotel's biggest fault:

Our only issue with the Ashley was that the Inn is situated on a very busy street near the hospital. Our room did have a sound machine to help cancel out the traffic noise, but it wasn't very helpful.

We don't know what's worse--hospital traffic or a malfunctioning noise cancelling machine or the fact that this place was recommended for a mother-daughter getaway. On the plus side, the noisy traffic may cancel out whatever your mother is going on and on about.

Related Stories:
· Four Mother-Daughter destinations [Budget Travel]
· Ashley Inn reviews [TripAdvisor]