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To ask you to tell me about the worst group holiday experiences you have had?

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piney07 · 13/01/2022 10:20

I have recently returned from a group holiday that really threw me, most friends were completely lovely but one couple was so anti social and stingy - didn’t tip despite being wealthy and didn’t come out with us in the evenings despite everyone being very friendly and welcoming, then left the holiday early without warning or saying goodbye except to WhatsApp us after they’d left early one morning while we were asleep.

They haven’t thanked the organiser or said anything nice about the trip, which frankly was a massive ball ache to organise (usually people would thank whoever organised different bits etc and everyone else has been lovely with post trip follow-ups).

It’s really thrown me as I previously thought these people were so lovely and now I have a totally different perspective. I’d love to hear some stories about your horror group holidays to cheer me up/get some perspective as I understand that the above is not that horrific in the grand scheme of things and I’m probably just being over sensitive 🤣

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TropicThundder · 13/01/2022 10:23

I went on a “girls holiday” where one woman took it upon herself to arrange some expensive activities without asking anyone if they wanted to go (we didn’t) and she got the absolute hump that no one was going to pay her back. Then she took a taxi to the nearest supermarket and bought loads of stuff for the house and asked everyone to pay it back. Was all stuff people didn’t want, so there was a bit of a bust up about who was paying what. She then sent a WhatsApp to the group saying we were all stingey bitches who wouldn’t even help her carry the shopping and left on an early flight

SquarePeggyLeggy · 13/01/2022 10:23

Everyone took magic mushrooms except my husband and I and didn’t tell us. We just had to work it out.
We also left early and lost touch with them all. And didn’t thank them. It was really horrible, to be honest. I cried the whole way home.
If they’re normally lovely, something must have upset them.

Annabelll · 13/01/2022 10:32

We went away with two other couples and all our kids to a seaside property owned by DH’s family.

Despite that we’d provided free accommodation, they didn’t so much as offer to buy us a drink and didn’t lift a finger all weekend. One couple wanted everything to revolve around their toddler’s naps and mealtimes despite the fact there were 5 other children there.

Won’t go away with any of them again!

Mincingfuckdragon · 13/01/2022 11:13

Well there was the time that my MIL, two BILs and SIL came on our honeymoon. And one BIL shared a room with us on several nights to save money. That was...fairly subpar. (Then they all whinged that it took us too long after the wedding to conceive - WELL I WONDER WHY Grin )

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