Student gutted after buying Wowcher mystery holiday and discovering she’s paid to go to the city where she lives

A student was left gutted after buying a Wowcher mystery holiday and discovering she’s paid to go to the city where she lives.

Cara Piper splashed out £129 on it and had high hopes for a weekend away in New York.

The 23-year-old opened an email from Wowcher and discovered the trip was to Edinburgh, the city where she’s lived for the past four years.

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“I saw the Wowcher master holiday on social media and impulsively decided to do it for a cheap holiday,” Cara told What’s The Jam.

“I was honestly happy with anywhere as long as it wasn’t the UK.

“I opened it in Edinburgh because that’s where I’ve been living for the past four years.”

Cara, originally of Derry, Northern Ireland, filmed herself revealing where she was going to jet off to.

In the clip, Cara shouts “no” as she discovers that she’s paid to go to the city where she goes to Queen Margaret University and studies education.

She said: “Me and Ethan decided last night to book a Wowcher mystery holiday.

“It’s £129 each if we want to go during the summer months.

“We want to go in July I think and we’re redeeming it right now.

“The only problem is, we have to travel from Belfast. We’re limited on where we can go.

“We don’t think it’s going to be New York or anything like that. We’re happy with anywhere.

“I’m nervous.”

Cara is on the phone with a friend as she anxiously opens the email from Wowcher.

She said: “No, no, no, no.

“We got Edinburgh. I’m in Edinburgh right now.

“We did not just pay £130 each to go where I go to uni for the past four years.

“For f*cks sake.

“We can ring up and change, I think.

“I literally live here.

“I actually can’t believe that.

“I was saying if we got somewhere in the UK I’d be fuming.

“I’m going to see if I can change it.”

Cara shared the video on TikTok where it racked up more than 126,000 views.

Morgan Mcsherry said: “I’m not joking, as soon as you said Wowcher I was like ‘they’re either getting Belfast or Edinburgh’“.

Claire Ferguson added: “I honestly would have ended it right at that minute. Devastated for you.”

Keisha Deane said: “This is heartbreaking.”

Another viewer added: “No, literally, out of everything I would be fuming.

“Bless you.”

A fifth person said: “Oh my God, I’d be raging.”

Anna MacAuley added: “I’m dying. What are the chances.”

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