Hey there fellow travelers, Mark here with Waltus World
Today we're in Krakow, Poland, and today we're going to talk about are the five type of people
you shouldn't call your fellow travelers, i.e. the people you don't want to travel with
And I'm going to start with one that is really important that you need to remember when you look at your friends, we all know we have the drama queen or the drama king, and they might
be the one that brings the drama, or they might be the one that causes the drama. But the thing is, if you're going to be going on a week-long trip to Cabo, or two weeks to
Southeast Asia or wherever, do you really want that drama with you all of the time? Because you know, they're going to bring
the drama and so you might want to think about that. And maybe if you do want to travel because they are your friends, instead
of doing a long term trip, maybe do a day trip with them or a weekend trip and handle it with that and have that be your kind
of travel together time. Because you don't want to deal with the drama they bring the headaches they cause this the issues they
bring up the the kind of frustrations have with their drama coming into your vacation time. So that's one thing. Sometimes the drama king and the drama
queen, you need to leave them back home. I know it sounds rough, but you know who those friends are
And if you're like, I'm not sure if we should take this person, you probably shouldn't. Now
similar to the drama king or drama queen is the buddy who likes to get into a fight or the buddy
that likes to rile people up. You know, your friend that'll try to, you know, get people upset with
you on the L in Chicago, and you're like, dude, what are you doing? Oh, your friend that like, will go to a bar and
intentionally bump into people to see what happens or to upset somebody by pinching somebody's butt or something like that
Those kind of friends are going to cause trouble And the thing is fighting is not a thing you want to do You not 12 years old Alright But also if you going to get in trouble in other countries yeah maybe where you live it no big deal Nobody
does anything. But other countries, you might end up in jail. And you know, it's not going to be a friend that likes
to cause fights and get into fights is the one who's going to get arrested and put in jail. It's going to be you. Yes, you
Okay, so those kind of friends you don't want to travel with. I have specific friend, I'm thinking about this right thing
and I have that Chicago El example was him. We were in Barcelona together. It was not a fun time
at the bars trying to get him out of fights all the time because I had to do that instead of you
know having fun of my trip. I had to babysit him. So do be aware of that. So your buddy that's a
tough guy kind of stuff again goes with the drama king leave them at home. Let them have their drama
fights and stuff back home. All right now number three on my list has to do with money and it could
be either this way. Your cheapskate friend don't travel with them or your extravagant
spends tons of money, friend, maybe don't travel with them. Or your friend who doesn't split the
bill correctly. Yeah, that friend right there, those ones together, the money thing, that might
be somebody you don't want to travel with. Because if you've got a friend who's a real cheapskate, who doesn't want to spend money on anything, well, we're here in Poland. Could we go into the
Wawa and go into the residence there? No, no, we can see it from outside. Oh, well, maybe we could
go to one of the nice restaurants here. Oh, no, we can get the kiosk food outside. We can go to the
grocery store and get food instead to save money. I'm like, I came to Poland to enjoy Poland. I
I wanna have pierogi, I wanna have the pivo, the beer, I wanna enjoy my time here
and not eat food from Aldi, all right? So if you have your cheapskate friend
maybe that's not one you wanna travel with cause it'll take away from your enjoyment. But the other side if you have your friend that always wants to have the five star restaurant Michelin star kinda place that a lot of money and it out of your price range that also might be a friend you don want to travel with That why it really important to talk about money before you travel with your
friends. So everyone's on the same page. So you understand. So you can travel with your friend
that's a cheapskate or an expensive person, but realize that you know what, we're not going to have dinner together, or we're not gonna have lunch together, we'll do our own thing for that
And we'll come together on things we do agree on. And another thing I think is important is the
splitting the bill friend. You know the friend that'll order five items and you get a glass of
water and like split the bill in half? Yeah, those kind of things. No, you don't want to travel with
that friend, especially when you go abroad, because some places don't split the bill very much anyway
and it's a little bit more of a complicated to get a split bill. So it really is going to fall on you
financially. So that's another friend I would say, you know what, we'll go meet for golf instead of
going to Scotland to play golf, right? Now, another person you might not want to travel with is the
person you're in a relationship with, but you're not sure about. And I say that in the nicest way
possibly because traveling together is a 24-7 thing. If you're dating someone, you probably
have a job. And so you go to work for eight hours. They go to work for eight hours. You meet for
dinner or you live together. You have time apart. And when you travel together, you're together 24-7
And if you have issues in your relationship, those relationship issues will boil up to the top. And
I cannot lie to you. I have met a lot of people in my travels that say, oh, I started on my trip
with my boyfriend or I started on this trip with my girlfriend. I'm like, oh, where are they now
Oh, they're in Germany. I'm here in Poland. I'm like, oh, yeah, it didn't quite work out
So it is one of those things that you might want to evaluate your relationship before you
go on the trip. Or maybe you do want to go on the trip You can see if they worth traveling with Because if you see somebody you travel with for 24 for a few weeks in Europe or Southeast Asia or wherever you see the stress you see how they handle it and you see the real them and you realize this is somebody I can spend my life with
Or maybe someone, you know what? Maybe we're not going to make it to this Valentine's Day
All right? So that's another person. And then I think another one that's important not to travel with is people that don't align with kind of your idea of travel
Okay? So like for me, my idea of travel is I want to get up. I want to see the sights
I want to try the food. I'm not necessarily looking to like go party all night in the clubs, right
Whereas if you have someone that like my mom, her idea of going, she's like, yeah, I want to do a little culture, but then I want to go shopping, right
And so if you have that two different kind of goals for your travel, that can cause conflict
Now, I'm not saying you can't travel with them, but it's good to have that discussion of, hey, are we going to shop
Are we going to travel? Are we going to do culture? What are we going to do to kind of get everybody on the same page
Because otherwise people will be resentful. Like I've met people here in Krakow that were upset with their mother-in-law because they
They wanted to, the mother-in-law wanted to shop and not see the sights. And they wanted to see the sights
I'm like, well, you know, you can do two separate things. But sometimes people don't want to do separate things
So that's why if you have someone that does things differently than you, it might not be a good idea
Because if you're an early rise that wants to go do things and your buddy is the one that wants to get up at 2 o'clock, it might cause some resentment
You're like, I spent all this money to come to Europe and we're just sitting in the hotel. Let's go do something that can be an issue
So I hope this helps you know maybe some of the people or friends you don't want to travel with
So you don't have the frustration and you can enjoy your travels better than dealing with their travel issues
So who are the people you would say not to travel with? Let us know in the comments below
And if you have some stories of friends like this you travel with, let us know as well so we can share in our misery together
Bye from here in Krakow