Non compatible holiday companions

I don’t even like shopping with anyone I prefer to potter round on my own as I would only be worrying I was holding them up or boring them they may not like the same shops as me, no much rather go alone
I did have a festival friend and we used to go away for the weekend and we never had a bad time we were both grown up enough to go to separate shows if we had different likes but enjoyed ourself so much with the ones we both liked and the evenings
I ve never been on holiday with anyone other than family

grannysyb - we know two couples who did similar after holidaying together. The two guys had been best friends for years but after a holiday abroad in a Villa one husband told my OH they would never speak again and they haven't. He has since commented that they made his wife cry nearly every day.

Once had a short break with two other couples. One lot fine the other two just drank so much they were boring and rude to the restaurant staff which was embarrassing.

They key to holidaying with friends is to say beforehand you do what you want during the day and we will do likewise. We can then meet up for a drink/meal in the evening and catch up.

The last time I went away with a friend, we really got on eachothers nerves.
Every day at 4pm on the dot, we had to go and get ready for the evening, which involved her prancing around the boiling hot room, ironing everything, then announcing she couldn't go out as she looked fat and "everyone" would be looking at her.

We quite often holiday with friends or family. We do like to have separate lodgings though, and will make plans for the next day over drinks in the evening. If someone doesn't want to participate, no offence taken.

There are some small annoyances which we have worked out to avoid. Over the years we have found a few couples that we mesh with on vacation, so we enjoy travelling with them. My younger sister though, is impossible. Sleeps in too late, is late for everything, and a fussy eater. I love her, but don't want to vacation with her! Love vacationing with brother and wife; they enjoy the same things we do, and are always good for a laugh. It is hard to plan with one couple and not offend the other though.

Many years ago I was asked by a friend to go on holiday with her and her son. I was pleased she’d asked me. I paid a full 50% share of the holiday she booked and was looking forward to it. When we arrived I found we were all in one room. This was after I thought we were in separate rooms as she had told me there was no single room supplement.
Unfortunately she was the holiday companion from hell. She hit the bar on the first afternoon we arrived, starting as she meant to go on. I ended up as an unpaid nanny, looking after her son who was eight, while his mother behaved like a teenager. Two nights out of seven she didn’t even come back to the bedroom.
I did everything I could to make the boy’s holiday as good as possible but was secretly fuming with my friend.
The last day I could have cheerfully strangled her.
When we returned I never spoke to her again.

We often go on holiday with friends and dogs. If our pets can get on well, so can we.

My holidays with two single girlfriends tell a tale. One is easy going like me, but the other is very wrapped up in herself, she actually stood up the first night expecting us to leave our evening meal as she had finished and wanted to go clubbing (we were dressed up for that). She loves singing karaoke, so instead of enjoying the sun or beach (she doesn’t sunbathe) we were expected to join her in dark places during the daytime as she ran through her repertoire. If we stopped to look at shops or stalls she puffed with impatience. Hours spent getting ready in the evening whilst I read my kindle and once we actually missed a flight as she turned up late.
Family holidays for me are a joy, no problemo and by myself, heavenly.

The very worst for me would be s "lie in the sun" companion.

I’m on a three day break in Bude as I write this……just me….

My bloke is one that these days I REALLY don't want to go away with. His idea of fun is go, go, go. But I'm still at work and want to be able to relax.

I once got strong armed into going away with a friend on a trip I wasn't keen on the idea of. She wanted to fly between locations (3 different stays) and I HATE flying, so she compromised and we used the train. But then she whinged about it later. She also wanted to pay a HUGE amount to do a bus tour of a certain location and I found a personalised tour, just the two of us, a driver AND a tour guide for half the price.

Overall, we had a good time. She'd once worked in the hotel trade and managed to get us upgraded in one of the locations to a very luxurious suite, instead of the usual double room. Two enormous bedrooms, three bathrooms and a living room. It even had a grassed roof terrace. So I forgave her a bit after that!

Going on holiday with friends has never appealed to me.
I don’t see how it could work, unless each couple agreed to do their own thing during the day and then get together for a meal in the evening.
That would probably defeat the object though.

The only people I'm happy to go away with are those who are prepared to go with the flow. Someone doggedly determined to do something 'because we've paid for it', when everyone else is pointing out lazily that it's raining and let's have a relaxed breakfast and read the papers, or someone sighing and moaning because somebody's lost their train ticket and we'll have to get a later train and then we won't have time to do the castle and the cathedral just puts me on edge.

Yes I’m a ‘go with the flow* type. I always make sure I have time away from the others and do my own thing once in a while. Some days just meet up for evening dinner .

Once a year 3 girlfriends and I go away for a long weekend. Always have fun. The only thing I insist on is a room to myself.

DH and I used to go cycling and camping, dine at a little bistro each evening and enjoy a mid-day picnic in the open air in rural France.

One holiday we stayed with a couple in their 'doer-upper' farmhouse, they turned out to be very heavy drinkers, (possibly to take their minds off the absolute tip that was their project) cooked at home almost every evening (or parties with neighbours) and went out for just one very expensive meal at the end - a 'blow-out' as they called it.

We spent a few days with them at the start and end of the holiday and did our own thing in the middle of the fortnight. Blazing hot sunshine while with our friends but torrential rain during the camping bit in the middle. We enjoyed being independent but really the whole thing was a nightmare.

I had my misgivings when the idea was suggested but I went along with it so as not to be awkward. Never again!

This makes me smile because of a difficult memory at the time many years ago. When we were toying with a holiday (for a week) with friends my husband agreed with one proviso. We had to have one day independent of each other and this day had to be nominated in advance and adhered to no matter what. Well, I could see his reasoning but I was left to transmit this to my pal who found it an extremely unfriendly concept. However, we went ahead with this and her partner agreed at the end that it had been a very good idea. My pal was more reluctant to concede. Future trips - yes, there were more - included a compromise in that the day was flexible and not rigid. Happy but crazy memories indeed.

I love going away with my mum and my sister. We head off somewhere interesting in the morning, have a níce lunch, then drive back to the hotel and split up for the rest of the afternoon.

My mum likes to relax in her room reading the paper and doing the crossword, my sister likes to go out and do a bit of exploring and I usually go for a swim and sauna in the hotel pool.
Then we have a drink together in the lounge and go for dinner in some nearby restaurant that involves no driving or taxis.

Beswitched that sounds a perfect solution.

There is one family we were close friends with, when living overseas, who we rarely see now, because of distance. However when our children were all younger we enjoyed several brilliant holidays together.

And much more recently, we thoroughly enjoyed a holiday with just the four of us. Although we see each other so rarely now, when we get together it’s just the same as ever.

Except for the odd close family member, I’d have to think very hard before holidaying with anyone else, though.

Agree with others it’s vitally important, when holidaying in a group, to be able to do your own thing when you choose and to not be offended if others do likewise.
Nothing worse than those who think we’re joined at the hip.

Agree with Meryl Streep…….deep pockets, short hands, worst kind of holiday companion..I had one of those ?