Hope + were

[Allen165]

"London, I hope you were worth the effort."

The above sentence, posted by a friend of mine on Facebook, struck me as odd. It's meant to express that his working hard to save up money for a trip to London will pay off. However, "hope" refers to the future and "were" to the past, so I don't think you can combine them as above. What do you think?

Thanks!

[5jj]

As it stands, the sentence is meaningless.

From what you say, your friend should have written, "I hope it is/will be/will have been worth the effort".

You can hope that something happened in the past:

So, you spent your life's savings on that trip to Australia. I hope it was worth it.

[philo2009]

As it stands, the sentence is meaningless.

Actually, the sentence is perfectly possible:

A: My husband fought a duel to the death with ten suitors in order to gain my hand in marriage.
B: Well, I hope you were worth the effort!

, but would certainly not have the intended meaning.