Imagine planning a trip with a group of friends. Would you be annoyed if one friend decided to bring her entire family with her, or would you be perfectly fine with the extra people tagging along?

In this story, one woman finds herself in this exact situation, and she’s pretty annoyed that her friend is changing the dynamic of the trip.

Let’s read the whole story.

AITA if i got annoyed that my friend booked her family to our first international trip

We’re a group of four friends planning our first international trip together.

To make things easier, we let Friend A handle the booking for all four of us.

What she didn’t mention was that she was also bringing her mom, her sibling, and her sister’s girlfriend.

It’s becoming more of a family trip than a trip for a group of friends.

It would’ve been totally fine if they were traveling separately, but she even suggested that we should all travel together “cause it’s easier,” and she also requested that we book just one Airbnb/hotel for everyone.

She doesn’t want us to split up while on the trip, cause “it’s hard to meet up” .

For me, this was supposed to be a friends’ bonding trip.

I was honestly a bit thrown off that she didn’t tell us she’d be bringing extra people, and now it suddenly feels more like a family trip.

She’s pretty confused.

My other friends seem okay with it, especially since one of them is even considering bringing her mom too.

So now I’m confused, am I overreacting for feeling annoyed, or is it valid to feel this way since none of this was communicated properly?

This is NOT a friend bonding trip. If she doesn’t want to go with the new dynamic and extra people, she could tell her friends she’s not going.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

This person has a recommendation.

Another person think this trip is getting weird.

Here’s a warning.

Here’s another suggestion to cancel if she can.

A friend trip and a family trip are not the same thing.

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