Ok, genuine question here, I'm in a conundrum that I'm not normally in. I'm in my mid twenties and have just reached that stage where my friends are moving to different parts of the country and are earning different amounts of money. So, when we want to go on holiday, everyone has different amounts theyre happy to spend. I understand that you have to accomodate a little, the point of holidaying together is to be together, not exotic locations etc.
But, here's the issue: planning a trip to London with friends. Initially one friend suggested prices that were, whilst not out of my league, unecessarily expensive and everyone went mad. Since then planning (on facebook) has been a fiasco. Everyone is arguing and insisting we spend less and less. My problem is that this is starting to affect the things we want to do - people are not prepared to spend money on activities and I think this will spoil the holiday. I also feel people are being unreasonable in their expectations. We're staying overnight and traveling from the North of England and someone has put their budget at £100. I just dont think this enough! They dont seem to understand how expensive London is and also how pointless it is to go to London to do things we could do at home or, worse, to do nothing. True, London has lots of activities that are free but not all of them. We've all been to London before so sight seeing isn't really on the cards.
Should I just accept that people have different amounts of money and go with the lowest budget? Theres only 4 of us going so its not really an option to say 'people just do the things they want', we've decided to do things together. Or do I say 'you are being unreasonable, this is not enough money, if you dont like it then tough!' (Though perhaps not in so many words)