To be annoyed at partner booking a trip…

See OP's second update for how 'lovely' it's likely to be (clue: it's not). How dare he indeed.

I would be incredibly annoyed at the total lack of consultation too and agree that the flight times are ridiculous.

How dare he, who do he think he is, thinking about you, giving you a lovely surprise....What planet are you on, you are very ungrateful, l hope he went with someone else and left you at home, sulking...

If it helps, I would feel the same. I could go to see a place I love for 2 days in a couple of weeks. 2 hours in the car there and the same back.

Decided that after all the faffing to sort out other things to make it doable, I would be too knackered to enjoy it, so sacked it off.

You have 9 hour total in flights, plus the airport arsing around, all for ...what? At best 24 "holiday" hours (assuming your prediction about DP being correct and you know better than we do)? Nah, fuck that.

Nice thought, which I would be grateful for.
Poor execution, for which I wouldnt be.
As for being guilted into going because other people have low expectations and are grateful for crumbs.....not a fucking chance!

I hope you lead by example & take all your holidays in your own garden

£40 doesn’t get you far in the uk. Hand luggage only so limited airport faff or packing stress needed, have a glass of wine and read a nice book or watch a film on the plane, stay somewhere near the airport, lovely dinner Saturday night, a full day in the sun or exploring on Saturday and Monday morning. A lovely treat imo. Assuming you don’t have young kids, I’m not dragging my 3 anywhere near an airport for anything less than a week 😂

You can have a 'city break' in Gran Canaria - Las Palmas, the capital and where the airport is located is a proper city. It has a population of nearly 400,000! Lots of shops, restaurants, an IKEA even. There's an historic area with museums, cobbled streets, culture etc and there's a beach on the edge of the city. Don't go to the touristy development on the south coast - stay in LP and travel with cabin bag or underseat bag only so you get out of the airport quickly.

Yes, it's quite strange the number of people saying they'd love this so OP should do it too.

This is exactly what I was going to say.

I don't know if this is an issue for you OP, but if would be for me, and for this reason, tho in a way I would appreciate the fact my partner had tried to do something nice, I would also be very annoyed that he thought I would appreciate something so harmful to the environment..... But I do tend to make my views on unnecessary flights quite clear, so any partner I had would definitely know that this was my view on the matter.

Lots of people have to wait til June, or August if they've got kids, for a holiday.

Id rather go away for a couple of nights or even an extreme day trip than be bored at home

Not everyone is bored at home though. My home is never boring. It's a source of comfort and delight. I love foreign travel too. But if the price to pay is 4/5/6 hours on planes trains and automobiles for a day away then. . . . . .that's more hassle than it's worth.

I wouldn't consider that a stress free break. I'd be slightly annoyed too.

Same here!

Is he/she paying? If so, I would not complain. Could you go somewhere else with someone else ( not sure if you have family) family or friends?

Maybe send a grateful for thinking of me message… but how about?

Are you seriously unable to understand that different people like different things?

Both OP and you sound like what my nan would term a right pair of misery guts.

Embrace the adventure, do something different, live life.

It sounds lovely but it is a long way for 2 nights and you only get one full day there , one evening and a morning.
I guess it depends how near you are to the airport at either end ?
I have only done such a short stay in European cities that are much shorter flights

There aren’t many cheap flights from Newcastle so kudos to your OH for finding these.

This ^^

I'd love that what a lovely thought

You don’t know anything about this lady. She may work really hard all week and not want to spend her entire weekend travelling.

YABU - life is for the living!
What’s wrong with being a bit spontaneous now and then? What would you have been doing otherwise next weekend?
You can presumably still have your main holiday in June can you? So this is just a little trip to the sunshine to tide you over. Wish my dh would book a trip like that!
Lighten up a bit, and have a brilliant time ☀️

I am in my 60s id do it. A bit of an adventure. Yes short but a bit of sun, good company..... well done to him for trying to do something nice

He has organised this rip to shut you up.
It's cheap and last minute..To siut him.And not in the month you wanted.

If you don't go l bet he will guilt trip you.
If l were you I wouldn't go.. Tough.

I've done a couple of "micro holidays" and It can be lovely. One was to a city in Spain. Landed 10am. Had a wonderful day. Drinks at night. Saw the city. Had a lovely lazy morning with breakfast at a cafe. Went to see a few more things and flew home in the evening. One night. About 30 hours. And it was great. Second time to one of the canaries. 2 nights. Again landed about 10am. Flew home 7am the morning after the second night. So just shy of 48 hours. Did a planned tour, swam in the sea, enjoyed the beach, had good food. It can actually be really lovely. I'd go and make the most of it!