To say no to reunion

[HowToSayNoNoNo]

Hi,
Uni friends have arranged a reuinion after not seeing or speaking to each other for 2 years,
I thought itd be sonething simple like a meal so when one messaged asking if i would be up for a reunion, i said "aww that would be lovely",
Just been added into a group and it's a night out in a city which would be expensive for me to get to via taxi. They all live quite locally to each other, whereas im 50 minutes away from them.

Anyways, i dont want to go. I dont want to spend my money on a night out, im not a big drinker and i am currently saving for a holiday with dp once coronavirus hopefully dies down.
I havent spoken to these girls in 2 years. There's 4 of them but i dont know how to say no after i just said "aww that would be lovely",
I cant say i cant make the dates as theyve said theyll rearrange the dates if someone cant make it. Its arranged for May.
Any advice??

Just say it wasn't quite what you had in mind, and you can't afford it.

Just be honest

I was thinking of just keeping it simple like "sorry, i'm going to have to give it a miss but I hope you all have a lovely time and are all doing well"

If you’d be up for dinner why don’t you just say you’ll join them for dinner then leave them to it?

Because i realised theyre not having dinner, it's just a night out

If you initially wanted to go then why not see if they'd be up for meeting for a meal then they could go on to a club or whatever and you could head home??

drive then - if you're not drinking.

Honestly im not up for it, i havent spoken to them in 2 years and we were really only class uni friends, didnt do anything outside of uni and they live quite far that i just know i wont be up for it

So it sounds like you don't want to go whatever- bit confusing that you initially suggested you were very keen then.

I was taken aback by the message; like i said before i havent seen or spoken to them in 2 years, i thought it would be lovely but on second thought it's not for me so ive asked for some advice on how to politely decline

By May it will be cancelled anyway!