re: What is the worst vacation you've ever been on...

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When I was 10 we took a vacation to Omaha. This has never been sufficiently explained.

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Sounds like pops was working a side piece. Or just loved steaks.

Orlando in mid July. My best bud and I, along with our wives, went to Universal Theme Park. It was miserably hot and my buddy's wife bitched enough about the heat he paid $20 for a little fan that misted water into the fins while they turned to keep her hydrated while we waited in lines for the rides. Then she bitched more because the water from the fan made her makeup run.

Last night there, his wife goes off on a tangent about him having a one night stand with some chic the same weekend or night she and he met. I calmly tried to get her to chill out and she turns her venom towards me, alleging that I've screwed around with the woman who cuts my hair. This part was true. The beautician, who was married, several years older than me, and quite attractive, is a cousin to my buddy. Once upon a time, she and I had an encounter. I had shared this info with my buddy and he, for unknown reasons, shared it with his wife. Now, she is sharing it with MY wife. Although the encounter with the beautician occurred before I was married, that didn't seem to matter to my wife because I was still getting my hair cut at the same salon.

On the flight home the next day, no one was speaking to anyone else. It was a long time afterwards before we ever socialized again as couples. Worst vacation experience EVER by far!

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Orlando in mid July. My best bud and I, along with our wives, went to Universal Theme Park. It was miserably hot

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I went to Miramar Beach, FL for a wedding last summer. Never again. I'm not built for that heat anymore.

it could be the 7 day carnival cruise I get on sunday

Transportation is definitely #1 now. We got stuck eating Hardees that soaked grease through the bag at 9AM on the trip there (we don't eat breakfast at all) and they decided to skip lunch altogether that day. Our stomachs were dying. Then the couple ignored our requests to stop at a specific store on the way home even though we had asked all weekend to make the stop. They were too "ready to be home" to make a 5 minute stop but they decided to stop at iHop instead (on a Sunday at noon) and make us sit there for well over an hour among the church crowds while they ate breakfast again.

They had the car packed up by 7AM on our last day and got visibly annoyed that we weren't awake yet. Dude, it's vacation!

Never again will I be without my own transportation.

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We had to go to this park on this day, go to this parade at this time, ride this ride at this time, meet up for meals at this time and at this place. After the first one stressed me out I said "no more." I go on vacation to have fun not to stress. I hurt some feelings at first, but now me and my kids have fun.

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That's my biggest problem with my family. They plan everything to a T. I can't stand it. This is the last time.

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Never again will I be without my own transportation.

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Amen.

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I've been on a fair number of group trips. Usually it's renting out a large beach house, so it's not really structured. Everyone wakes up when they want, goes to the beach when they want. Each family took a turn cooking for a night.

We also did a group trip to Vegas one time. We set aside 1 night as a group night. Made a huge deal about the plans, and they were great. The rest of the trip was open for each couple to decide what they want to do. Sometimes it's hard for my wife and I to agree what show we want to see. Multiply that by 10 couples with the variety that Vegas has to offer, and there's no way to make everyone happy planning every hour together.

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I think the problem is.. When everyone starts talking about going and everyone is like "I want to go see _________" then someone else is like "yeah, we planned on going last time and never made it there, but I do want to go see it as well" then at the time they look up the times together and just sort of plan in the moment. Then when the time comes they all feel like they are stuck with those plans..

But like you said, the more couples included the more chaos there is so when its not bad when its just one other couple.

For some reason, I always think its funny when a wife tells her husband she doesn't want to do something, but expects him to speak up as if he is the one who doesn't want to do it..

When I was a kid in the early 90s, my family went on a cross-country road trip from Atlanta to the Grand Canyon in an Aerostar minivan.

This was back before smartphones and Nintendo DS, for any of you youngins. The only entertainment kids had for road trips back then were books and your own imagination.

This was also back before CDs and iPods. Just cassette tapes. And the only two cassettes my family had for this weeklong road trip were the soundtracks for Top Gun and Phantom of the Opera.

We listened to each probably a dozen times.

You did Boston wrong then.... Seriously one of best trips I've ever been on. Stay near the subway downtown and walk or take it anywhere. I took it all the way out to chestnut hill. There is zero need for a car in that city, so no reason to even care about traffic. The food is amazing even at dive bars they got killer 10 dollar lobster tails, not the crap we get down here. As far as women, centerfolds is best strip club I've been to in my life. Plenty of history to see. Can't imagine anyone disliking Boston.