The Golden Rules when traveling to Europe with friends!
Apr 2nd, 2008, 08:32 AM
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I agree with bdjtbenson!
On our trip to France last summer, I made it very clear to everyone that if they didn't speak up in the planning stage, they couldn't complain later.
I even had to gently remind a few of our travelers that during our trip.
On our trip to France last summer, I made it very clear to everyone that if they didn't speak up in the planning stage, they couldn't complain later.
I even had to gently remind a few of our travelers that during our trip.
Apr 2nd, 2008, 08:50 AM
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Great rules! It reminded me of a trip to Australia with 2 girlfriends years ago. At the end of the trip, we took a cab to the Sydney airport and agreed up front that friend #1 would pay for the cab. Friend #2 was sitting in the front seat and as soon as the cab stopped at the airport, she quickly gave him the fare, jumped out of the cab and grabbed her bags to checkin. Friend #1 was pi--ed and the funny part was that their seats for the return flight were right next to each other!
Apr 2nd, 2008, 10:22 AM
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I would like Friend #1. And I agree that we all need our alone time to do what we like. If there are nappers, let them go to the room and sleep...gives me the perfect opportunity to shop. I always hope they take long naps.
Apr 2nd, 2008, 11:05 AM
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Ira, Hungary for one. http://www.eons.com/money/feature/st...in-europe/6315 I am just saying not "ALL" include tax and service charge. That's all!
Apr 2nd, 2008, 11:38 AM
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My Golden Rule for traveling with friends, Europe or almost anywhere:
DON'T.
I cannot muster the kind of good will and sense of humor some here seem able to display. And it took only one normally good-natured and pleasant friend, but clingy and whiney and unsatisfied with everything when traveling, to make me realize how much I enjoy traveling solo.
Even my trip to London last year with my sister, with both of us trying to play nice, was a little touch-and-go.
DON'T.
I cannot muster the kind of good will and sense of humor some here seem able to display. And it took only one normally good-natured and pleasant friend, but clingy and whiney and unsatisfied with everything when traveling, to make me realize how much I enjoy traveling solo.
Even my trip to London last year with my sister, with both of us trying to play nice, was a little touch-and-go.
Apr 2nd, 2008, 06:27 PM
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I am in the process of planning a trip to Europe next spring with friends, so I read these rules with great intrest. All of them seem pretty good to me. I'm hoping others well post their ideas for rules, as I'm currently having a brain fade and can't think of anymore myself.
Apr 2nd, 2008, 06:58 PM
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Splitting the bills evenly: reminds me of my first trip to Europe. I was with my cousin who is NOT someone I would ever travel with again.
She had her two children with her (I love them both immensely) but wanted half of every bill from me. Half the room (Usually for three or four people), half the car (for four), and then when she got the film developed, half for the pictures.
I paid because she was nasty and I wanted to keep family peace, but never, ever again without getting all the rules straight first.
Oh, at the time, I was young and poor, and she lived in a penthouse on the UEC of New York.
She had her two children with her (I love them both immensely) but wanted half of every bill from me. Half the room (Usually for three or four people), half the car (for four), and then when she got the film developed, half for the pictures.
I paid because she was nasty and I wanted to keep family peace, but never, ever again without getting all the rules straight first.
Oh, at the time, I was young and poor, and she lived in a penthouse on the UEC of New York.
Apr 4th, 2008, 06:36 PM
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In Memoriam
It is a very sad day. Julie was shot and killed today by the husband of one of her patients.
Julie and her husband were part of our group of 8 Texans heading to Italy next month.
Philip
It is a very sad day. Julie was shot and killed today by the husband of one of her patients.
Julie and her husband were part of our group of 8 Texans heading to Italy next month.
Philip
Apr 4th, 2008, 07:54 PM
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I appreciate your kind words.
Julie spent her entire adult like trying to heal people. We don't know the entire story yet but, as Naxos said, it is completely senseless. She was in the parking lot of her office. Julie was a wife and was only 47 years old.
Time for tears.
Julie spent her entire adult like trying to heal people. We don't know the entire story yet but, as Naxos said, it is completely senseless. She was in the parking lot of her office. Julie was a wife and was only 47 years old.
Time for tears.
Apr 5th, 2008, 01:22 AM
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would never travel with friends
cos i want them to stay friends
travel brings out the worst in people i say!
and i dont want to know my friends in that way ..let them keep their secrets
i want to be as free as possible when travelling..spending all that money and time i want to savour every detail
so my OH and i are the perfect companions
we are not joined at the hip but we have the same needs for food ( he has more coffee)the same standards in accommodation ..the same sense of adventure and the same sense of humour
when things go awry we are supportive of each other and he lets me rant and rave whilst he makes up a few funny quips to let the steam out quicker!
when he experiments with melatonin to beat jetlag, i understand and leave him to his naps hahah and go off on my own as the ' jungle reporter' and come home with news of 'the best little restaurant/ cafe'or what we have to check out on the morrow ... and thats when i fit in my womanly needs of souvenir shopping, too
i admire those who can travel in and enjoy the company of friends but its not for us...i am tempted to organise a group of colleagues to come to russia with us next year but when i look at the individual personalities...nahhhh...too hard...work relations are good..will leave it like that
cos i want them to stay friends
travel brings out the worst in people i say!
and i dont want to know my friends in that way ..let them keep their secrets
i want to be as free as possible when travelling..spending all that money and time i want to savour every detail
so my OH and i are the perfect companions
we are not joined at the hip but we have the same needs for food ( he has more coffee)the same standards in accommodation ..the same sense of adventure and the same sense of humour
when things go awry we are supportive of each other and he lets me rant and rave whilst he makes up a few funny quips to let the steam out quicker!
when he experiments with melatonin to beat jetlag, i understand and leave him to his naps hahah and go off on my own as the ' jungle reporter' and come home with news of 'the best little restaurant/ cafe'or what we have to check out on the morrow ... and thats when i fit in my womanly needs of souvenir shopping, too
i admire those who can travel in and enjoy the company of friends but its not for us...i am tempted to organise a group of colleagues to come to russia with us next year but when i look at the individual personalities...nahhhh...too hard...work relations are good..will leave it like that
