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Zsazsagirdlebuns21 · 11/01/2026 10:18

I think I posted this on another thread response earlier in error .

In a nutshell . Travel date is imminent.
3 siblings-
Issue is that one of us ( edit as TC 3 ) is less tnvested than others .

TC3 has consistently not responded to anything on our joint WhatsApp page or to emails .
Has also now requested that I Do Not send any other messages regarding the trip .

BTW The trip is a long planned booked long haul world 🌍 wide trip . Booked last summer with an upcoming departure date 📅

TC3 Has been consistently rude to myself over the whole trip. I offered & have booked flights / accommodation etc . Not without the added Whattsapp messaging or telephone 📞 conversation .
At every turn it has been documented via one or the other of these ways . TC3 has lacked the courtesy of responding directly. Choosing instead to lease ( moan/ complain ) to TC2 .
As we live in different areas TC2/3 in same area Myself. a 2 hour round trip each way .

On the occasion of an agreed meeting TC3 arrived 2 hours late !
Ignoring the paperwork I’d put together regarding what I’d already booked - printed flight details ( just in case ) all neatly put together in a ring binder . Given with a map of the country visiting, which coincidentally was my map as I had previously sent one ordered from Amazon , that had been lost . 😞
This is a multi stop trip .
Listed what we to also needed to get done ✔️
The inconsistency of f TC2 response in an ongoing .
The questions that are asked are not even asked to myself but put to TC2 which then means we have hours long conversations regarding this whole situation.

THEN we now have the added complexity of a post op surgery implication.
Heads up on this - TC2 was waiting for surgery which of course as far as TC2 & myself were concerned would impact my n travel, depending on when it took place as to recovery.❤️‍🩹
As it turns out it was Christmas week literally.
Issues now are that further medical issues may have to be resolved/ investigated.!?

TC3 has not addressed these concerns or any thing to do with this .

IE TRAVEL Insurance has not been brought !
I have had to desist in mentioning it as it was like lighting a firecracker 🧨
TC2 has taken this on & it’s still not resolved .
TC3 seems not to understand the importance or impact this issue s going to have .
The only time TC3 has spoken about TI it was to tell TC2 that Roadside Assistance was available via the banking insurance !
which basically shows the ignorance/ lack of knowledge regarding this !

Added to which we have now been told that there are additional problems post op that require investigation.

The sole purpose in planning was to visit our only surviving elderly relatives while we still could .
Plus various extended family members .

We will also do a road trip which one Cousin has said she’ll join us on . That was met by TC3 as a negative which tbh is the only way any feedback from them is !!

When I mentioned I thought TC3 was rude ( regarding a telephone conversation) I was told it’s ‘BANTER’-!!!

it’s rude .

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Zsazsagirdlebuns21 · 11/01/2026 10:20

TC3 nor TC2 waiting for op !!!

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AlwaysRightISwear · 11/01/2026 10:26

Sounds like they don't want to go. Is the trip affordable if they drop out?

MildlyAnnoyed · 11/01/2026 10:30

I hope you haven’t funded them for the trip? I agree, it’s extremely rude.

NeedForSpeedyGonzales · 11/01/2026 10:30

I don't understand - have you booked and paid for everyone? Are you owed money?

Will you travel if they don't come? If so, disengage and let them do what they want.

I have to say that a printed out set of info on a ring binder is WAY over that top to me. Could you be seen as too controlling / pushy?

itsthetea · 11/01/2026 10:33

This is unclear - what do you lose if TC whatever didn’t go?

Zsazsagirdlebuns21 · 11/01/2026 11:57

NeedForSpeedyGonzales · 11/01/2026 10:30

I don't understand - have you booked and paid for everyone? Are you owed money?

Will you travel if they don't come? If so, disengage and let them do what they want.

I have to say that a printed out set of info on a ring binder is WAY over that top to me. Could you be seen as too controlling / pushy?

I thought I was being helpful , to just discard without looking & then weeks later be asked about things that had been given . Well , what’s the answer to that !
if they’d bothered to even open & look 👀 then fine but even T2 commented on the uninterest & rudeness .

Especially as the person didn’t seem to understand the costs involving/ visa requirements etc .

No I haven’t funded , I may of paid some extra costs that it wasn’t worth telling T3 about it additional seat costs ie when the price was different to what we’d mentioned/ been told .
That was to stop any further delays. But as all the costs were then put on our Whattsapp group they could have worked it out themselves.
That apart only owed a few ££’s not hundreds which I know will be repaid . That’s not a concern.

Yes , Of course we will still travel it’s not just a world wide trip it’s a one off family trip to go together to visit relations .

NB: A trip I have done on 4 other occasions once with 2 other family members .

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Zsazsagirdlebuns21 · 11/01/2026 12:02

AlwaysRightISwear · 11/01/2026 10:26

Sounds like they don't want to go. Is the trip affordable if they drop out?

As we have all paid for ourselves T2 stands to loose her own money.
It will be affordable for the the two remaining of us but obviously those costs re accommodation etc will now be x2 rather than 3 .

Im hoping they back out despite the fact that I don’t wish them to loose the huge amount already paid on fares.
it’s not a package holiday , they’ve not insurance so stand to loose big money . 😞😢
But what a better trip it would be for sure 😎

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Zsazsagirdlebuns21 · 11/01/2026 12:06

itsthetea · 11/01/2026 10:33

This is unclear - what do you lose if TC whatever didn’t go?

What do I lose ?

Absolutely nothing tbh .Apart from my sense of well being it f they do come !!

It’s all the aggravation in between all the walking on eggshells meanwhile !!

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itsthetea · 11/01/2026 12:36

So stop walking of eggshells and ignore them

and if they come ignore them the too

Zsazsagirdlebuns21 · 11/01/2026 14:40

itsthetea · 11/01/2026 12:36

So stop walking of eggshells and ignore them

and if they come ignore them the too

Indeed, totally agree with STOP walking on eggshells .

Hard to ignore when we will all be together 24hours mostly . Long haul flights x 4
Plus away for 34 days in total its all very stressfull

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