To be annoyed at friends for changing mind about holiday trip?

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AIBU to be a bit peeved off with our friends for this?

We were on holiday together, sharing a villa.

We’d all agreed before we went and at the start of the holiday that we’d rent a car on X day of the holiday to do some sight seeing.

Rental cars are hard to get and are expensive in this destination. My friend’s dp is big into his cars and said he’d come if he could get a fancy convertible. I spent a fair while contacting rental places to find something suitable. It was £240 for the day.

As there were four of us, that’d be £60 each. Which is a bit steep but a regular car was £120 and thought it would be a bit of fun.

Then the afternoon before we were supposed to have the day of sight seeing, my friend’s dp decided that actually they wanted a day of lazing by the pool instead so they wouldn’t be going on a sightseeing day.

I was a bit annoyed but fair enough. I contacted rental places and no where had availability for regular cars for the next day. The only car was the convertible at £240. So if DH and I wanted to do the sightseeing day, we’d have to spend £120 each on a car rather than £60 if we’d gone and booked the regular one initially.

DH and I decided this was too expensive so we didn’t go. I’ve come home from holidays a bit gutted as the trip was something I was really looking forward to.

If you were relying on him to pay you should have got payment upfront.

Would you really ask a friend to pay up front for something you pay for on the day?

I wouldn’t. If we had to pay beforehand then maybe.

Yes if otherwise it costs you money or causes you to cancel. Never trust people to be reliable with money.

Did you do other sightseeing?
Was a standard car available on other days?

Yes to getting money up front. Otherwise you should have booked a car you were happy to pay for.

No we had plans on all the other days, so this was the only day we could have gone.

What did they say when you spoke to them about your disappointment?

I think you need to put this down to you live and learn. Next time book the cheaper car and the boyfriend can book the more expensive one he wants. The same applies to expensive meals, trips etc.

I might be mildly irritated by this but not so annoyed that I’d come home and start a thread about it.

It isn’t like you’d already paid and had to either go or lose money.

Were they enjoyable company the rest of the time or are they generally annoying and this was the last straw?

Generally good

But I guess we did mainly do what he wanted to do