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I have a friend who travels with extended family several times a year. That's my friend, her mom, her dad, her siblings, their spouses, and their children.

Have you ever done this? How did it go? Would you do it again?

 

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I did it once, it was quite stressful. I wouldn't do it again.

I like privacy. I like to move at my own pace, and I like to relax. I travel with my husband and we just do our own thing. If one of us wants to just sleep on a flight, the other one just reads or does whatever and respects that. When I'm travelling with other people they always want to talk, or decide to wait until you're fast asleep before deciding they want to go to the bathroom :(

I could do it if most of us went. Then I think it would kind of balance out, the people who want to sleep vs. talk, eat dinner in their room vs. go out to a restaurant, etc.

Otherwise, if it were just a few of us, I know there would be trouble. My daughter and grandmother, for instance, don't see eye to eye and they are a recipe for lots of bickering.

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wouldn't you just love to beeeeeeeeeee me? "-)

We'll be traveling over Thanksgiving with my parents and sister (along with myself, my husband, and my 1 year old).  I'm actually glad that we're all flying together as there with be others to help me entertain my son on the flight.  However, no one is very decisive so we spend a lot of time trying to make decisions on what to do.  It'll all work out though.

I have already experienced travelling with my mother-in-law and her husband, my brother-in-law and his family of course with 2 kids.  My God, I find it not so good.  That was a family holiday, so we spent together.  I never enjoy anyway because, everytime we wanna go to a nice place, we see to it that everybody is there before leaving the hotel.  I hate waiting for someone longer as half an hour.

I have traveled with my husband's parents for just a few days at a time.  I've also traveled with my daughter and her son for several days.  That was a wonderful trip to Savannah!

I don't think I would want to travel for more than several days with anyone other than my husband.  I think it would be too easy to get tired of each other's company after a while if you aren't accustomed to extended visits with them. 

 

 

The same stuff applies to travelling with friends two - a bunch of my friends (who bicker if they end up even sharing a hotel room for a night on a short trip away) want to go on a cruise together.

I think they'd argue so much the crew would just throw them overboard to shut them up!

This is the problem if travelling with friends.  There is no silence time.. talking and chatting 24 hours straight..hhehehe

For example, they have gone in the same place and watch the same thing, they even talked and talked about that.  To think that they have both experience! These are friends!

Hehe, I know what you mean - it gets annoying after a while, especially if you're the introspective sort.

I think I'll avoid that holiday and just take quieter ones with just me and my husband.

etali:

Hehe, I know what you mean - it gets annoying after a while, especially if you're the introspective sort. I think I'll avoid that holiday and just take quieter ones with just me and my husband.

I don't really mind talking while traveling... I actually like it.   I'll admit that there are some

times when I'd rather have it quiet, though; at least for a little bit of time once in a while.

I think if I travel with friends in the future, I will insist on having a private room so that I can at least be alone during part of the trip.  The last time I shared a room with a friend, we ended up talking and goofing off most of the night.  We were really tired the next day!

Isn't talking and goofing off part of the fun? :)

The problem with my friends is they have annoying habits, and very strange foibles. To be honest, i'm not sure how they even ended up being friends - they're so different in every way you can imagine.