Being good friends doesn’t also mean being good travel buddies. For a 30-year-old woman, two five-day trips with her friend were enough to notice they were not compatible for traveling together. 

Two people can be good friends but enjoy vacations differently. But realizing you’re not compatible during a trip together can be hard to take. For a woman in today’s story, researching destinations, exploring museums, and discovering local dishes are key to having a good time while on vacation. Instead, her friend focuses more on keeping expenses low, which affects the activities they can do together as tourists in a new city.

To accommodate her friend‘s budget, the traveler accepted shared rooms and bathrooms, even when she clearly preferred staying in a private space. Apparently, she could handle that. It wasn’t that important among her vacation priorities. But then she agreed to eat at restaurants with limited menus when she actually likes discovering a wide variety of local dishes and would rather spend more money on food. Even after sacrificing those things, her friend still talked about how expensive everything was and how financially drained she felt. Well, neither of them was actually enjoying the trip at this point.   

The worst thing is that now her friend is planning a new trip to travel together, but the traveler needs to kindly decline the third trip and explain to her that their priorities don’t match. Travelling should be an enjoyable experience. Otherwise, why would you travel if it’s not to have a good time? It’s an activity that people often work, save, and plan carefully to enjoy. So, she can still value her friend while explaining her decision respectfully and choosing a more compatible companion for future adventures.