LVdisneyChick
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- Jun 29, 2008
my sister did this to me a few weeks ago. she decided she was going to come with us, started asking me where we are booked...blah blah blah. she called yesterday. she can't get the time off from work
Just noticed my tag. I rock so much.
I know exactly what everyone means because I am planning our trip for October and I invited family. My cousin and his wife said they would come and they up and invited my other cousin who has a brand new baby. I didn't invite them because it would be a pain in the butt to do things with them. Also they don't really cover their share of the bill at restaurants. On top of them inviting my other cousin, they also asked their friends if they wanted to come to. It was kind of annoying to hear it come out of their mouths but I didn't really know how to respond because I was so flabberghasted by the whole thing.
Everything fixed itself though. I just hope that they don't invite more people as the months go by. If they do I'll just have to say we'll meet up with you later when we get there. There's more stuff that has happened while I've planned this trip but I don't want to rant on and whine. Ick what a nightmare.
Just in case anyone's interested, I would think that the OP has figured it out - the question was asked almost 8 years ago.
TinkerBell7:
Man, I feel for you. I would be annoyed too if that happened every time!
I think sometimes we are victims of our own vacation-planning success. Those of us who do our homework, ask lots of questions, find great discounts, etc., end up with great vacations that get the most for our money. When we tell our friends/family, I think some want in on the deal.
It sounds like you have become an unpaid travel agent/tour guide because you probably have had some great vacation successes. They want your expertise and deals because they don't want to do the work involved.
Is this an American thing? I can't Even fathom the idea of anybody inviting themselves on somebody else's vacation, I haven't even heard of such a thing. It seems so outside of normal social boundaries for me.
does anyone have any advice for this?
every single vacation we've been on in the past 8 years except for 1 someone has invited themselves to go along on. sometimes i don't mind but i'm getting really tired of this. just found out that my sister has invited herself & her family on our oct. DLR trip (not that they can afford it but somehow they always manage to find money to go on vacations, even if they lose jobs & don't pay bills).
i want a trip that's just for the people i planned it for for once. i feel like saying "if i had wanted you to go I would have invited you in the first place". i have a friend and other relatives who have also invited themselves to go along. my friend has invited herself on 4 trips to wdw, she doesn't pay her fair share & has also invited herself to go to DLR but says she doesn't think she has enough money "this time".
what can i do about these people??????? i'm tired of pretending it doesn't bother me.