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Post by ReignMan19 on Mar 2, 2012 16:25:26 GMT -5
Do you prefer to travel in groups or alone?
If alone... why?
If in a group... Do you prefer same sex, opposite sex or co-ed?
Any funny or nightmaric stories about traveling why with a group?
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Post by ReignMan19 on Mar 2, 2012 16:29:47 GMT -5
For Me:
I like traveling alone... I have loner tendencies. I like to sit and people watch. I actually find it easier to meet new people when I'm by myself than traveling with a pack..
When I do travel with groups I prefer to travel with my good friends.. We all like the same type of recreation, parties etc... they understand my loner tendencies, so when I wander away from the group they aren't tripping (cause it will happen), we all believe in being prompt to shit so there is no waiting around...
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Post by Chal™ on Mar 2, 2012 16:33:54 GMT -5
i'm not sure if I have a preference. I love to be alone insofar as the actual traveling (ie. driving, flying, whatever), but there are some times and some things that you want another person or people there to share with you.
if I'm alone i know that I don't have to consider the interests of others. sure, it sounds selfish, but usually on group vacations, i'm the odd vote, and well, majority almost always rules. so i end up going places that had i had my way we wouldn't have gone.
in a group, i've done the same sex thing. it was ok. not great, but ok. i've also been the only chick on a 7 person vacation. Sure they were my brothers and we could do almost everything together, but that was just too much testosterone for me. As for co-ed, for me it would have to be either ALL couples or NO couples at all. There's nothing like that one couple to ruin the vacation for us single folks because they won't stop fighting. yesh
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Post by ReignMan19 on Mar 2, 2012 16:37:58 GMT -5
There's nothing like that one couple to ruin the vacation for us single folks because they won't stop fighting. yesh this happened on my last trip.. Luckily it only ruined their fun. I had a horrible co-ed trip experience in Chicago that sort of turned me off from them... It would have to be a group of people who I knew were really similar for me to do it agian... Traveling with the opposite sex I would prefer 1 on 1... |
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Post by Chal™ on Mar 2, 2012 16:49:43 GMT -5
Nightmaric stories? Sure. Went San Juan with 2 other chicks and one of their dudes. 6 days, 5 nights. Day 1, cool. Day 2, even better. Night 2, went to this lil club-like place where single chick meet herself an authentic Puerto Rican hottie. Come time to leave, single chick says she's staying with PRH. Other chick says, nah, you rolling with us. We return to hotel. Lil later, I'm feeling like I might need a drink, I head to the ice machine. I see single chick coming out of her room giggling and laughing with PRH. She has a little (overnight?) bag in her hand. She sees me, laughs, and says "I'm gonna go party with him and his friends tonight." Uh, ok, yea, you're grown, but still, we don't know these cats so I say, "Fine. I need a number." Rico Suave gives me the number and they leave. Day 3, no single chick. Day 4 no single chick. Day 5 No single chick. By now, we've called the number (some older lady, no english whatsoever), worried the ish out of the hotel staff, and have contacted the authorities who contacted her parents.
Night 5.... single chick shows up to pack and stuff because we had an early flight the next day.
the nightmare wasn't that we couldn't find her all those days. the nightmare is that I would have been in a puerto rican jail cell had i pushed her over that balcony the way i envisioned while she was bragging about all the "fun" she'd had on vacation.
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Post by Chal™ on Mar 2, 2012 16:55:48 GMT -5
There's nothing like that one couple to ruin the vacation for us single folks because they won't stop fighting. yesh this happened on my last trip.. Luckily it only ruined their fun. I had a horrible co-ed trip experience in Chicago that sort of turned me off from them... It would have to be a group of people who I knew were really similar for me to do it agian... Traveling with the opposite sex I would prefer 1 on 1... the couple thing happened on my trip to Florida last summer. My cousin and her girlfriend fought about EVERYTHING! I made sure to steer clear of them the whole trip. Come to think of it, I pretty much stayed to myself the whole time. I've done the 1 on 1 opposite sex trips with some really good friends. My favorite was when we made it a 6 day road trip (3 going and 3 returning) to his family reunion. We figured out what we wanted to do, plotted routes, and hit the road. It was a lot of fun. My worse vacation was also a 1 on 1 opposite sex one. Let's just say I ended up moving to a different hotel and enjoying the rest of my trip solo. |
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Post by QueenOH on Mar 2, 2012 17:04:05 GMT -5
I like to travel in a group because that way I can have witness. Sometimes things happen and you need a alibi. Also since I mostly travel by car, I can sleep while someone else drives.
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Post by Chal™ on Mar 2, 2012 17:13:35 GMT -5
see, it's the "people in the car" that gets me. I like peace when I'm driving and I rarely trust other people to be as alert as I am when on the road. Normally, if it's a group car trip, i sleep all day on the day we're leaving so I can be fully alert when we leave at night. That way, I'm not tired and they are asleep. They'll take turns waking up and sitting up front with me to keep me company, but for the most part I tell them I'm good, pop in my music, open my cheese its, and just drive. The only chick i need talking to me is Karen Jacobson.
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Post by LejaOMG on Mar 5, 2012 9:43:50 GMT -5
Gather 'round children. It's story time *cue sitcom dream-sequence harp chords*
I went to Atlanta (ATL Caribbean Carnival/Memorial Day wknd) with my cousin and she brought along her skanky room mate. (Her room mate is white. We called her Kelly Pitts. I'm sure this isn't relevant to the story, but I just wanted to throw it in to help you paint a picture). We did lots of cool stuff, went out drinking, had 2 parties in the hotel, went to a friend's day party and went to the club.
Kelly was, for want of a better term, an attention whore. Also, she abided by different rules than I'm used to. For example: a female acquaintance takes you around a group of dudes. Where I come from, you inquire after which, if any, of the dudes belong to your companion before you start cozy-ing up to anyone. Not Kelly. Kelly saw you, spotted you, and promised to fellate you. All before the music got started.
Example #2: you go to the club with 3 girls. Where I come from it is etched in stone that the number of girls who leave with you is equal to the number who came with you. Not Kelly. I appointed myself the designated driver (for my own reasons), so I had quit drinking about midnight to prep for the ride home. About 1:45, I rounded up the girls so we could go. Kelly, who had met, fell in love (and most likely fellated) some dude in the reggae room announced that she would not be leaving with us and that her new boyfriend, "umm, what was your name again? Reggie?" would transport her drunk azz back to the hotel.
Nope, sorry. I know I'm not your mom (or even your friend, for that matter) but nah. You're leaving with US, pimp. I realize you ain't got no home training, but you gon' fake it til you make it tonight. I physically removed her from the club. On the way to the car, my cousin began to scold her for "behaving like a hoe (lol!)" and the two of them decided to have a knock-down drag out in the streets of Buckhead.
I was hosting the afterparty, so I kinda had to go. I kick off my stilettos, get outta the car, drag these jawns into the backseat, lock the doors and pull off fast. The ride home was filled with drunk-girl tears and past due arguments. We got to the hotel, I parked, got out, closed my door and took the keys with me. At that point, I didn't care if I saw either of them again. When I got to the room, I'm changing into my bathing suit (afterparty was @ the pool) and here they come laughing and joking like the last half-hour never happened. "Oh, our bad, L. We just get like that sometimes when we've been drinking."
big, fat, steups.
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Post by ReignMan19 on Mar 5, 2012 10:09:25 GMT -5
Ha!
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Post by Chal™ on Mar 5, 2012 10:21:02 GMT -5
Loved it!!!
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Post by Rare_Commodity on Mar 5, 2012 10:32:21 GMT -5
Kelly Pitts lol too funny. I like traveling with others but it is hard to find someone with similar interests and traveling habits so I've been doing it solo. Thanks to some advice from folks on the board.  |
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Post by LejaOMG on Mar 5, 2012 11:25:40 GMT -5
Traveling solo is the MOVE. I absolutely love it. Next alternative is traveling with ONE other same-sex person with darn near identical preference. For me, that's my LS. We just came back from Carnival in Trinidad and I couldn't have done that with anybody else.
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Post by DamieQue™ on Mar 5, 2012 19:22:25 GMT -5
I prefer to either travel as a couple
or as a group.
Sometimes you just need a witness to corroborate your version of the story when the authorities arrive.
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Post by Sapphire on Mar 5, 2012 21:12:18 GMT -5
*rubs eyes* Damiepoo is that you?! Wow. As I live and e-breathe.
I prefer traveling with at least one other person or in small groups. If the group is too big I might do my own thing. I don't like being forced to follow someone's personal agenda for the entire trip. But traveling alone is a bit boring to me unless you're meeting up with people at the various stops along the way.
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Post by Chal™ on Mar 6, 2012 9:58:58 GMT -5
That's it right there, Saph. If I'm travelling alone, it is usually to some place where someone I know lives or someone I know lives nearby.
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Post by ReignMan19 on Mar 6, 2012 11:33:29 GMT -5
Right I only travel alone to places where I know folks... (I'm not trying to get kidnapped) ... It gives me time to venture alone and be that creepy staring, picture taking guy... then when I'm ready to be social I can call up folks..
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Post by nyunupe on Mar 6, 2012 14:36:50 GMT -5
Traveling solo is the MOVE. I absolutely love it. Next alternative is traveling with ONE other same-sex person with darn near identical preference. For me, that's my LS. We just came back from Carnival in Trinidad and I couldn't have done that with anybody else. 100. Solo or with a guaranteed piece of ass. |
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Post by Chal™ on Mar 6, 2012 17:29:43 GMT -5
100. Solo or with a guaranteed piece of ass. So, um, yea, NYU, I'm sure you're familiar with the corner. It's waiting for you. |
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