We are going on a group holiday, four couples. All good friends. We booked a villa to share in Italy for a long weekend.
When deciding who should come, Couple A suggested we invite X. Two of the already invited couples said no way, we don’t get along with X.
We really really dislike X. They are genuinely one of the most unpleasant and scheming people we have ever met. For some reason Couple A are friendly with X, but no one else is. We have been adults and just not invited X to our own dinner parties etc.
After booking flights, hotels etc it seems Couple A have invited couple X to stay in the same city as us as when we are there. There is no room in our villa, but they would obviously expect to come along to dinner or trips planned.
We are absolutely furious. We really really do not want to spend any time with X, let alone our holiday!
Now I know it’s a free world etc, and we can’t bar someone from visiting the same time that we are there. But it now means I will be stressed all holiday, as X has a dislike for me. Couple A will clearly have told X that we didn’t want them there, and so it will be awkward.
What would you do? Cancel the trip? Find our own hotel? Remove Couple A from the villa?