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Holiday Hijack.

57 replies

Floyd15 · 16/07/2024 12:38

We booked to go to Majorca at the end of August for a family holiday. I'm friendly with some school mums and told them in conversation we'd booked it. One by one other school mums have booked the same area for the same week. Three kids in my daughters year have told her they're coming on holiday at the same time and the fun they're going to have etc. They are lovely families but I don't want to spend all our holiday time with them. One of the mums this week created and added me to a holiday WhatsApp group so we can coordinate activities/meals etc through the week. I don"t mind meeting them for a day to go to a theme park or waterpark etc but I want to do our own thing. My daughter is thrilled that her friends will be there but our older son is also coming and wants to do different activities. Am I unreasonable by not wanting to spend all holiday with them? I don't want to appear antisocial.

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Wimbledoner · 21/07/2024 18:53

This happened to me with my SIL, it was a pure coincidence that we booked the same hotel for the same week. I changed my hotel and invented some reason for doing so.

FourChimneys · 21/07/2024 18:58

I'd rather not go.

ILostMyself · 21/07/2024 19:10

I’d change the booking. So weird that people do this. We have friends that we purposefully don’t mention holiday plans to as they’re prone to invite themselves along 🙄. They’re great apart from that!

Havinganamechange · 21/07/2024 19:48

I would be freaking, I want my holiday to myself and I can’t be doing with people I see all the time when I’m at home. Can you decline the WhatsApp group invite or not reply and just ignore?

Xsunshinelollipopsx · 21/07/2024 20:26

I love holidays with friends!

Spending every minute of every day with just my family is fun but it’s nice to have others to bounce off. My children have a great time with more kids around too. Could be the best experience you ever have, I don’t think anyone would be trying to ruin someone else’s time by going to the same destination.

Maybe they value your opinion on things and picked the same town because you do things well and they appreciate that?

wagram · 21/07/2024 22:25

Big difference from organising a holiday with friends and being stalked by randoms from the school gates though @Xsunshinelollipopsx

Xsunshinelollipopsx · 22/07/2024 18:58

@wagram I just feel adults don’t always put the effort in to make new friends. Clearly they aren’t complete strangers as they chat at the school gates possibly every day. Some of my best friends I met through my children. Yes sometimes it wont work out but you’ll never know unless you try 🤷🏽‍♀️

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