Travel bloggers spend more than £9,000 on Maldives trip that doesn’t look like photos

A couple warned tourists “don’t take travel advice from social media” after they spent almost all of their $12k Maldives holiday in – “thick clouds and pouring rain”.

Oskar Kappland and Dan Goz, both 26, booked the no-expense-spared nine-day trip to celebrate their nine-year anniversary of being together.

They were expecting to experience picturesque sunsets and shimmering crystal seas at the two resorts where they stayed.

Instead, more than half of the pricey trip was spent under shelter due to poor weather – despite them going in December, which is “high season” for weather.

Dan, a travel reviewer, said it was “the opposite of travel inspo.”

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