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Follow up to my Holiday Dilemma

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Youngerthanspringtime Sun 05-Jul-26 10:44:55

In case anyone still interested - I packed my case, got everything sorted. meds counted out etc and was good to go the day before departure date.
Not a peep out of my friend one way or the other.
Day of departure I rang her and she said she wasn't going.
I suppose I was waiting for a change of heart. So I decided last minute not to go, my heart just wasn't in it.
Only seen her twice since then and no mention made of the holiday so of course there is no way I'd plan another with her and I'm about £1k out of pocket.

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Calendargirl Sun 05-Jul-26 11:26:26

I looked back for your original thread on this.

It seems your friend has health issues which meant she was undecided about going, but had offered to reimburse you the cost of your holiday, but you didn’t expect her to.

If that were me, I would have needed to know earlier whether or not she was hoping to go, I couldn’t have left it up in the air until departure day.

I can appreciate why you didn’t want to go on your own.

Disappointing obviously. Lesson learned, no more holiday plans with her.

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ExDancer Sun 05-Jul-26 11:41:35

How did you find her original thread? Is there some box i can click to read it?
As it is, I can't understand why on earth you didn't just go on your own. I am in my 80s and mostly go abroad on my own, its great!
But as I have no idea what you're really discussing I can't comment.

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butterandjam Sun 05-Jul-26 11:55:09

I'd have gone on my own.

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Imarocker Sun 05-Jul-26 12:05:08

If she couldn’t go due to health issues couldn’t you have both claimed on insurance. Anyway, I would have gone

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Astitchintime Sun 05-Jul-26 12:11:37

I also looked for the previous thread but couldn’t find it.
FWIW I would have gone on the holiday by myself, at least the money wouldn’t have been wasted.

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ginny Sun 05-Jul-26 12:16:19

I remember your post.
I too would have gone on my own.

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notgran Sun 05-Jul-26 12:18:32

Had she also left it to the last minute so will be losing £1k also. I couldn't have been able to cope with the uncertainty and would have had to have made a decision before departure day. Who needs that unnecessary stress?

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Ladyleftfieldlover Sun 05-Jul-26 12:26:17

I would have gone on my own.

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Graphite Sun 05-Jul-26 12:47:52

www.gransnet.com/forums/ask_a_gran/1357992-Holiday-Dilemma-what-would-you-do

You always knew this was a possibility and she did offer to reimburse you.

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Calendargirl Sun 05-Jul-26 18:58:54

ExDancer

At the top of the thread, it was ‘Ask a gran’, so I assumed that was what the OP had posted under before, and I looked back on that forum.

If the ‘Search’ facility works, you could try it also, but it doesn’t work for me, nothing comes up, so I have to think of other ways to find things.

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Youngerthanspringtime Sun 05-Jul-26 19:19:55

Thanks, I have gone on my own before as I did say but just didn't feel in the right frame of mind.
She refused to put an insurance claim in and made no mention of reimbursing me in any way so I' ve just written it off to experience. C'est la vie!

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