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To want to do something other on holiday than lie on a sunlounger?

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Chocolatelover223 · 02/07/2024 11:54

The people I'm on holiday with just want to lie on the sun loungers by the pool all day every day. Is this common?

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Zwicky · 02/07/2024 12:02

I think it’s very common. Lots of people are absolutely shattered and really value the chance to “do nothing”. I despise hot weather and hate sitting/lying in the sun but I can go to a lodge/cottage somewhere like the Cairngorms or Eryri with a stack of books and spend a few days reading, watching tv, playing board games, walking (by which I mean 2 miles, not 20), and eating and nobody says a word about it. Do it in Crete and everyone is “I couldn’t bear it!”

HaveANiceFuckingDay · 02/07/2024 11:59

Normal for me . That all I do. Beer , crisps ,book and sunlounger. Its the best allllllllll day . I might venture to the beach but again , beer , crisps, book and sunlounger
Go and see sights if you want . You don't need babysitting

Waitingfordoggo · 02/07/2024 11:58

I don’t sunbathe so any relaxing I do on holiday is in the shade. I get bored quickly too so although I do a lot more lazing on holiday than I would at home, I generally need to do something most days of the holiday, but nothing too strenuous- going for a walk, visiting a market, sitting in a town square and people watching…

I think you can surely do that anyway though regardless of what your holiday companions are doing?

LoveWine123 · 02/07/2024 11:57

For me there are different types of holidays - the ones where you relax, eat, sleep and spend your time on a lounger in one of those big resort type places that you never leave. And then there are the holidays where you do lots of activities, go hiking and traveling around. Which one did you agree to go on?

Echobelly · 02/07/2024 11:55

It seems to be not uncommon, but has always puzzled me how some people can have zero curiosity about the place they are staying and just want to sunbathe. But each to their own - you go off and explore if you want OP.

Knea · 02/07/2024 11:55

People like different holidays, if it’s not for you, tell them you’re going out to the market or sights or whatever and meet them later, was it not discussed before you all booked together what kind of holiday it was going to be?