Have You Ever NOT Looked Forward To Going On Holiday

Oh believe me, when you have a brother like mine, going on holiday with family is a real eye opener lol. My brother and I decided that we would all go on holiday together last year. It was myself and my hubby and 4 kids, and my brother and his son. Now, my brother was separated at the time but we had booked two houses to stay in. We were away for 5 days, I ended up doing all the cooking for all of us including my brother and nephew in the house me and my family were in. Thankfully my hubby helped with clean up while my brother sat on his behind with his feet up and not even a "thankyou" or "can I help". He even tried to get us to babysit every night so he could go out! I said never again and my hubby agreed with me straight away lol.. My brother suggested that we all go away again this year but I had to tell him that we were not going this year that we were going to get the kids a tree house this year instead...

I love this question, coz it reminds me of an experience I had when I was 18 (30 years ago!) I'd booked a holiday with "the boyfriend" to a South France camping site. Two weeks before we were due to leave we had the biggest fall out (he had gone and done the dirty with another girl) and the hols were still booked. In the absense of finding anyone to travel with me, I went alone. It was a long coach journey from London to Canet Plage and I was quite nervous. However I met some nice people on the coach, and once there was able to make friends. It turned out that I got a job on the site I was staying at, remained the entire summer and had just the best time of my life. I made some fantastic friends and learned a lot about life in the "real" world. Dont cancel, go for it, you never know what doors it will open!

Yes, when I was really tired and knew that I needed to rest. It also seemed at times that maybe the holiday should have been shorter. I think it is because when I am tired, I am not enough of a social bird lol. I just like to be alone and work on getting refreshed . Next, there are some people who were just pressure to me. They were interfering and trying to force their beliefs and views into my life. I am talking about x inlaws. The visits were more set up just so that they could push their agendas. As you know that was moving back to where I did not want to go. Much of it lead to the end of the marriage. To me, a holiday should be just that, a fun time, and a good time, not something that you have to dread.

i dont mind going on holidays but i am the one that has to do all the packing and i am the one that ends up doing all the washing up when the holiday is over, so sometimes i dont look forward to going away, but we generally cannot afford to go anywhere these days anyways.

I think perhaps only the bosses won't look forward to the holidays. They like to work all the time. Since I am not a boss, so I look forward to the holiday so much because I am tired of my work. Even if I don't have a travel, but at least I can do whatever I like rather than going to work. I love China

I think a Holiday time away is a great thing! I wish I could do it more often. But I am like you, I agree to do something, and when the time comes, I really don't want to do it. I think it's because we get into a rut and living a day to day routine, that when something different comes along, we hesitate, or get anxious about it. But we will only find life's enjoyments if we take the step and go for it....stop listening to our inner minds because that can destroy life for us. Don't give into it, and just go....and usually everything turns out wonderful, and we are glad we did.

ehmmm... this is really a very interesting discussion... i have actually... once... it is actually march this year... me and my hubby already plan to go to perth since half a year before and 4 days before we are due to go, we have a really big fight and the holiday is almost cancelled... being that we have pay for everything, we went ahead with it but the atmosphere is not good at all and we don't really enjoy ourselves that much... hopefully it won't happen again... take care and have a nice day...

Well, I can't say that about an actual proper holiday as I haven't had one of those for a while but I have been known to have similar feelings when going on day trips and things. You just know that it's not really going to be as much fun as you anticipated when you arranged it. The worst thing for me though is knowing that I'll come home to the same humdrum and mess that was there when I left! That's particularly annoying when I've had some of that elusive "me" time. Lovely and relaxing for a bit, nice to think about but you just can't relax that much knowing you're coming home to other people who won't have done anything. So, while I can't say that I have ever not looked forward to a holiday, I have had disappointing times and I can understand where you're coming from.

"Go to a place you’ve never been to every year. " That makes great sense! When we traveled to some place, we might not be so lucky there! Then, we would think we were not worth it for the journey, But who knows? Maybe next stop, every place is a new place, it is better that our present position is great. If now, we should rather be exact. Then when luck comes, we are ready! I have never thought I wasted time or money on travel, which always enriched my mind. Even a bad person had its strong point that was worth learning, not to mention a big place!

Well to put it bluntly, h*ll no! I love going on vacation and I don't go places I don't like and I've never had a falling out with anybody like that, thank goodness!

I did once cancel a holiday. I'd booked to go to England with a boyfriend of three years. It had gotten to the stage where I realised he wanted marriage, and a few weeks before we were due to leave I had an epiphany and realised I couldn't see myself spending the rest of my life with that particular person. I ended the relationship and cancelled the trip - my heart just wasn't in it anymore.

Last summer we had the worst holiday ever in the summer my son played up.He decided at the age of 14 he was old enough to stay at home on his own.We had row after row before we went.My husband all but dragged him down to the car and forced him in,he even put the child lock on the door so he oould not get out of the car.All the way to the new forest with him shouting and trying to get us to turn round,on that occasion I wanted to come home and never go away again in our caravan.It rained 14 days out of 16 so we tried to take him out and entertain him.He moaned everyday where ever we went ,what ever we did.I nearly had a nervous breakdown ,my husband said I was making to much fuss and stopped talking to me.He sided with my son against me and I can say it was the worse fortnight of my life.I spent the entire time in the awning bed room and it was windy and wet,they stayed inside laughing and joking taking the mick out of me.I hated both of them.It took me months after to forgive them,as soon as i got home I went on strike,no washing,household chores.My husband told me he would leave me,so I went and got his bag and one for my son as well.Gave him a list of why I would not be sorry and openned the door,the look on their faces was of great shock.We have been away a few times since and I always say to my husband if you think you are going to put me through another holiday like that I shall stay at home.He was so sorry and he never ever falls to keep reasuring me that he will treat me properly.I have no choice but to beleave him.Since then he has stopped being so hateful.

Yes, I always look forward to a week of rest just doing nothing but rest. I take a week off whenever I have time. Its good that we have days that we can spend for a holiday vacation.

Hi I don't look forward to any holidays at my moms. Every time someone there is in a bad mood.Usually my sis. She ends up saying something rude and we both snap at each other. We end up running the whole gathering. Mom gets mad, step father stars with mom. I always say next time I'm just staying home.But never do.

Oh yes!! A couple of years ago my ex partner and i were brought a cruise vacation by his sister ... i absolutley hate boats and will not set foot on one. I convinced myself it would be fine in the lead up to the vacation and i managed to fly out to the south of France, board the plane for two hours and that was it, i couldnt stand it any longer. We got off and stayed in a hotel in Monaco for the rest of the holiday. I really worked myself up over that but gave it my best shot as i didnt want to seem ungrateful for my gift

hello, i have had a fall out with all 11 girls on our holiday booking.. over something and nothing and there is no going back. things have been said that are unforgivable.. we are due to fly in four days. i have tried to sell my ticket but i have had no luck. i cannot cancel my name and get money back from the travel agents due to the little time we are travelling in. i am lead name on the booking. another girl on our booking has the tickets and says she will not give me mine. i cannot afford to lose the 280 i paid for the holiday and dont want to go in fear all choas will start. please help!! is there anything at all i can do to get my money back?