Over spring break i went to Indianapolis and I had absolutely no fun!!! I had planed to go down to Indianapolis to visit my family and I had also planned to go to a Jay-Z concert there. The planning was no fun, the drive was boring and I spent way to much money. I was upset, and on top of it all I didn't enjoy myself at all. It was a disaster. I have had the chance to live through and experience a vacation gone bad.My friends were all last minute decisions and we had talked about this whole trip prior,at least a month. After they decided to go they had not packed, no money to give for gas and barely any money to give for a two night hotel stay. So luckily I have family that cares and loves me because they allowed four fresh twenty one girls to stay with them and on top of that they were all loud and obnoxious. After this trip I vowed to never take a road trip or to foot the bill for others because they don't appreciate it and they take advantage. This short vacation made me realize that preparing is a necessity and you only travel with people you trust. If you don't than everyone will become unhappy.
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ReplyDeleteMy spring break was really the worst one so far and if I could redo it all I absolutely would. I can honestly say that this is my first time ever and I hope my last time experiencing this. I just wish my friends had been more organized and I wish I could have helped them be more prepared. I learned a valuable lesson and i really wish that no one else has to go through this situation.
ReplyDeleteLast minute situations are so difficult to deal with and frustrating! I think that many people can relate to your experience because it happens so often to people. Sometimes last minute plans work out awesome but sometimes they crash horribly. I’ve found that any last minute things that deal with major expenses usually do not end up good in my own personal experiences, and it’s so tough to be the one person who ends up paying for everything. Every now and then it will work out and you and your friends will have a great time but those “times” often involve very little money for example a last minute camp fire. The first warning sign is that you’re with college students, and most people in college have very little extra money for things like a vacation. That situation right there can ruin the whole trip because you either stressed about it or annoyed with the people. In the end I think many people can agree that planning is best.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you had a rotten vacation. There is nothing worse than putting all that time, money, and effort into something and not getting what you want out of it. Might I suggest vacationing solo next year? There are several websites geared toward the solitary traveler, this being one. http://hubpages.com/hub/Ideas-Traveling-Solo I think you'd have a much better time.
ReplyDeletePlanning is a valuable tool in making any endeavor more successful. I think you were very lucky to have family subsidize the accommodations and that your friends were lucky to benefit from your careful planning. Don't give up on road trips--they can be an excellent experience!
ReplyDeleteI hate when things go wrong on a vacation. After all, before you leave, you are usually pretty excited to go, and when things go wrong it ruins everything. Going with the right people can make all the difference, especially when it comes to going somewhere with friends. I once went down to Bloomington to visit my friends at school for the weekend. That will never happen again as it was the very worst weekend of my life. They left me alone for many parts of it (in a place I had never been before) and I couldnt wait to get home that Sunday evening. Needless to say, I wasnt very happy at all with some of my friends and it put a strain on our relationship for a little while afterwards.
ReplyDeleteI'm really sorry to hear you had a terrible vacation. I recently went with Florida with someone that I didn't know very well, and it was because of this vacation we became really close friends. We planned it together, and knew to respect each other, so it worked out well. I also believe that it was a good idea to only travel together, not with a large group of people. If a large group of people are traveling together, it makes for too many ideas, too many opinions, too many potty breaks. No one likes having "too many cooks in the kitchen." I loved being able to basically do whatever I wanted, because we are both similar and each idea one of us had, the other liked. Maybe next time you can plan something with just one or two other people that you can trust, like you said. I hope the next time you plan something, it works out better! Now you need a vacation to recover from your vacation!
ReplyDeleteI know what you are talking about. I always hate it when a group of people or friends plan in advance to go somewhere and we talk about it and eveyone gets their own part in the vaca, and a month or so into it people start dropping like flys and saying they can not go now or they do not want to. I hate getting that high expectation on going somewhere fun with friends and planning and saving and then a month into planning people start to not want to go anymore. Now, when someone or a group of people say that they want to go somewhere for vacation or spring break, I do not get overly excited about the whole idea because I have had too many experiences with others dropping out.
ReplyDeleteWhen your vacation plans take a turn for the worse all you can do is learn from the experience. Remember experience is our best teacher. Next time you choose to do things with your friends,let them know up front how much it will cost each of them up front and get it before you even pull out of the drive way. Alwaysm Always BE PREPARED for the Worse!
ReplyDeleteWhen your vacation plans take a turn for the worse all you can do is learn from the experience. Remember experience is our best teacher. Next time you choose to do things with your friends,let them know up front how much it will cost each of them up front and get it before you even pull out of the drive way. Always Always BE PREPARED for the Worse!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with everything you are saying in this post. I once had a bad experience with a road trip that I was invited on. I don't know how I ended up paying for the majority of the trip and I wasn't even the one who wanted to go. My friend wanted to ride to Detroit to visit a guy that she liked but didn't want to be alone. Her father was supposed to fill up the gas tank for the round trip. She couldn't get a hold of him the day that we left so I helped out with gas. When we arrived, the guy that she rode three hours to see couldn't even pay for her to eat, so as her friend I fed her for two days. As if she was paying herself, she continued to order the highest priced items wherever we went. I told myself that I would never agree to go with someone unless I knew for a fact that they would be paying for themselves. Then she had the nerve to get mad because I didn't want to drive back because she had to go directly to work when we got back home. I sat on the passenger side and went to sleep; she clearly was dealing with a personal problem that I was not a fan of.
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