To be annoyed at partner booking a trip…

[inkyspells]

I have wanted to go away for ages but due partners work we have to wait till June for our main holiday.
Today he texts me saying he has booked 2 nights in Gran Canaria next weekend.
We don’t get there till 5pm Saturday and come home 5pm monday.
What is the point
The flights were only £40 return but still ridiculous
Aibu to be annoyed ?

It’s still not tiring. Maybe if it’s a really early flight, being tired that day is understandable. But if you’re healthy and exhausted for that long after travelling, you need to see a doctor.

Again: people are different. HTH.

Sounds great! I know it isn’t a long time there but as soon as you get off that plane you’ll relax & feel like you’ve been away for ages. A change is as good as a rest.

Perhaps your partner doesn't know you as well as you thought? Many people do this and enjoy it, many don't. I think if this isn't your thing you're entitled to feel annoyed - at the lack of thought for you?

I don't think she does! I would hate to do all that traveling for 2 days, costs so much to get to airport, transfers etc. plus it's a good 4.5 hours flight, which could get delayed! I've traveled to canaries a lot and would not consider going for less than 5 days for above reasons! Obvs this is just my view but if someone sprung a two day trip with that much traveling on me I wouldn't be impressed no matter how kind or thoughtful they were trying to be!

Relax and treat the whole trip as part of the break, the airport is much better with just a tiny bag, have drinks, buy nice snacks for the plane, and enjoy a couple of days of sunshine and meals out

@Whaleandsnail6 presumably he knows the op better than you or I do. If you know your partner loves surprises or spontaneity and would see a very short trip as an adventure then fair enough. However, from the op that doesn't sound like him or her. Instead it sounds like she has been wanting a holiday and he's booked a quick trip without properly considering flight times and how much actual time they will get to spend there. Again if it's an addition to their main holiday then fair enough but if it's not then I would be disappointed that he has given no thought to flight times. The op doesn't say if she has dependants.

I personally dont see the point either. Some people like trips like that but I dont. Unless you two have a habit of going away for such short trips or discussed that you would like to do that he is very unreasonable to book it without checking it with you.
Not sure why people are calling you spoilt. I would hate if someone sprung that onto me.

I’m deffo not spoilt at all
its the fact it’s only going to be 1 day in the sun
We will get there and he will say he is too tired to do anything the first night.
So the second day will come and go and if it’s a rubbish day …we have travelled all that way for mothing
I Honestly would of preferred a couple of nights in the lakes or something
obviously I’m going and I’ve said Thankyou

Depends how close you live to an airport.

it doesn’t have to cost a ton, my local airport has buses at the £3 cap. Honestly how do some of you survive, making everything into a great ordeal?

Whats that saying? Count your blessings

How do you know how OP is going to feel?!

Lots of people wouldnt feel relaxed as soon as they get off a plane. Many feel exhausted and need a nights sleep to get back on track.

I did 2 nights in fuerteventura last winter. It was great, lovely sunshine and meals out for a couple of days, gave me a real boost! I think it’s really thoughtful of him.

No good deed goes unpunished.

You do sound spoilt. Finding all sorts of issues.

Which airport are you flying out of? Make it a treat, go early and book the lounge.

What time do you arrive? Go to bed early, get up early and see the most that you can, and then spend the day relaxing before your flight.

Honestly, there are worse problems to have!

I’d kill for a day in the sun right now. Back in the day I used to fly to Italy for the day to buy cheap cigarettes. It was a lovely thing to do.

You don’t sound spoilt, OP. Having preferences of your own is not spoilt,

You aren't spoilt OP for wanting a say in where you go for a mini break. It's a lot of hassle for a couple of nights. I'm with you on this one.

flying for at least 4 hours to go somewhere for about 30 hours? Air travel isn’t exactly relaxing and once you’ve had the fuss of getting there, departures and then getting to accommodation from the airport and doing the same in reverse, it’s such a time sink and usually I’m pretty pooped from it all. It’ll probably be about 16h of travel for 1 day of sun. What is the point.

It depends on the airport. If it's a small regional one where you park up and go straight through an empty security and then you're right by the gate - not so bad. If it's Stansted or Gatwick and you have to park, then get a bus, then queue for security and then a train to your gate - much more tiring.

People can become mentally drained by traveling. It doesn't mean they have something wrong with them.

We are flying from Newcastle

You sound very ungrateful. I’d be thrilled to have two days in the sun away from home

🙄🙄🙄 no wonder people divorce left right and centre….

They aren’t married.

But impossible to know from your post if you are rolling eyes at the man who didn’t consult his fellow traveller on where she would like to go, or at the woman being berated for not being fawningly grateful for a trip that’s not what she wants.