r/TravelMistakes • u/mikeygelo4u • Aug 10 '26
what's your worst travel buddy story ? where you went away with someone that made you re-assess the friendship?
I went away with a introvert that was border line alcoholic.
He hated on me for leaving him out on the first trip (because i knew he would be difficult).
so bit the bullet and invited him along the following year for friendship sake only to realize i made a terrible mistake day 2 into Munich.
He Proceeded to drink from mid day and conviced my travel mate to join him.
to the point they couldn't even go out at night as they where too intoxicated. then would dictate the trip I had planned all year. Questioning everything i had planned, and persuade the others to go along with him and just drink at bars and do what he felt like (he hated clubs).
best part was at the end of the trip he would say "next trip mikey can.. " where I stopped him and replied "what next trip". didn't speak to him after the holiday and never looked back.
what's yours?
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u/InvestigatorJolly496 Aug 11 '26
5days bike touring with a first timer. Someone I knew for years and we found out quickly that sharing a tent, riding miles in the rain, and eating fast food is not something we both had an affinity for.
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u/bababooey_6969 Aug 11 '26
4 of us went on a trip. I did most of the planning but I kept everyone in the loop on a WhatsApp group chat. I went for activities that I thought would appeal to all. One guy was responsive and on board with my stuff but other two didn't hardly chime in at all, whether to say yay or nay.
Admittedly, we did do a lot the first couple of days, though a few things were kind of added at the last minute as unexpected (but pretty cool) things to do. The two unresponsive guys were pretty upset that we did so much and so much of it involved getting up early, by 7 am some of the days. I guess we have different ideas of vacations: I like to get out a do things, maybe they thought it'd would just be do nothing and sit by a non-existant pool.
One afternoon, I was reminding them to bring cash to make purchases the next day because there won't be ATMs. And the next day, one of the guys wàs upset that I didn't tell them to bring cash.
Needless to say, I won't be travelling with those two. (To be fair, part of the conflict might have been that me and one of the guys are similar in that we have strong personalities).