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Travel Troubles and Triumphs: Brittany Unveils Her Girls' Trip Nightmares and Planning Tips
Ever had a girls’ trip go horribly wrong? Picture this: friends disappearing, financial tensions brewing, and plans falling apart. Tune in to Brunch with Brittany as I unravel my own travel nightmares and transform them into valuable lessons for your next getaway. This episode is packed with candid anecdotes and essential tips on creating a trip everyone will love. From selecting a destination that caters to all tastes to avoiding the common trap of overscheduling, I cover it all. You’ll hear firsthand how proper planning and mutual understanding can make or break your trip.
In this episode, I dive into the nitty-gritty of communicating your trip's vibe, energy, and budget. Booking in advance and ensuring everyone is on the same page is key, and I share practical advice to make that happen. Listeners also chime in with their own experiences and tips, fostering a community of shared wisdom. If you’re aiming for a stress-free and enjoyable girls' trip, this episode is your go-to guide. Join the conversation every Sunday on all platforms and let’s turn those travel troubles into triumphs!
what's up? It is brunch with britny. Welcome to my podcast. I am so happy to be back. Welcome back. I hope you uh have something to drink.
Brittany Gonzalez:Okay, I'm doing some rosé today and I was thinking, like you know what we need to talk about. Let's talk about girls trips. Okay, because I don't know if you have had the problem that I've had, but I think out of all of my girls trips, they've all gone terribly. So I I'm like maybe we need to really visit this topic and figure it out. Okay, because I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. Maybe you can help me, but I've been through so many different friend groups with girls trips and so I looked up some like good tips on how to ensure you have a better girls trip where you remain friends after the trip, because that's the other thing. For some reason, after every girls trip, you lose either one friend, you lose the whole crew, like nobody likes each other. At the end of it, in the middle of it, so many things can go wrong and, like I said, I think I've been through every situation that could go wrong, so let's get into it All right. So it says that some tips for planning a good girls trip is to pick a place with lots of activities that your group enjoys. Okay, like it says, hiking, water sports that is not for me. Okay, if the girl group wants to go somewhere like that, I'm not going. It's not for me. I know I'm going to sit that one out Like go, have fun, I support it, but I will not partake in it.
Brittany Gonzalez:Shopping, you know, make sure everybody's on the same page, that they're going to be able to go shopping or they're going to enjoy window shopping. Okay, because some of the girls come with no funds, which to me boggles my mind. But everyone has, like that, one girl in the group that can't afford. Now, I want to say can't afford. She didn't plan properly to bring the funds that were needed to really enjoy the trip. You know where she's trying to stay at the hotel and not spend any money. You don't want to go with that girl. You don't want to be that girl either. You drag the group down. It is horrible, it's like so annoying and everybody hates you on that trip. Just know, if you are the broke one in the group going, still showing up like you paid for the ticket, you pitched in for the room, but other than that you don't got it. You shouldn't have went, sis, you're ruining everybody's time. Trust me, don't do it, you'll lose a friend. Like that, nobody wants to be around that all right.
Brittany Gonzalez:They say, be flexible with splitting up into smaller groups doing different things. This one I always felt like if we're doing a girl strip, we're doing everything together like duh. Why else did we choose to go together for with the girls you know, so that one I wouldn't like. But if you're with a girl who doesn't like that, who's like totally okay with going somewhere on her own or splitting off from the group, right, like she sees a cute guy and she's like the wild one, so she goes missing, you know, and you're in a different city, and it's not like you're back home, somewhere local, where you're like she'll be fine. No, we're in a different city, like you cannot just be running off with other people, but maybe there's a friend group that loves that. That's like, hey, girl, we're doing whatever, wherever the wind takes us, like that's what I'm doing. So do your thing, I'll text you, you know.
Brittany Gonzalez:And and I think that's the other thing is that the girls don't do that. They're not texting, they're't do that, they're not texting, they're not communicating that part. They're not communicating, they're disappearing. And then you're like where did Stacey go? Like, answer your phone? Her phone's dead, you know, and that's the time she chooses to disappear. It's so annoying, so unsafe. I don't like that. I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that to someone. So that's not for me, not for me, all right. So they say don't overschedule, allow time for downtime and individual activities. Again, that's not for me. We're not doing individual stuff like, we're doing this stuff together, otherwise why are we here? So that wouldn't work for me.
Brittany Gonzalez:Plan meals, decide how you're going to eat out and if everyone has to help out with cooking. I guess that's kind of like if you do a hotel versus an airbnb, because when you do the airbnb, like I remember one girls trip I went on and we did an airbnb. It was somewhere in like fort lauderdale area, super chill side of town, was beautiful, had a pool and everything was relaxing. There were like eight of us girls, maybe six somewhere around there, and we all got groceries. And we had one girl that was like she liked to cook. So we're like you're in charge, we'll help, we'll pitch in, we'll buy the groceries, but you are in charge. So she did.
Brittany Gonzalez:She was a Latina, so she cooked like a Spanish meal. I don't remember what it was, but it was Spanish, so it requires some deep frying. So tell me why. This is the other thing. Okay, so she cooks, right, and we all eat. It was good. Well, it was late night, so at the end of the night she goes by herself outside and she pours the hot grease out into the grass and she's trying to dispose of the grease. Like if you've ever deep fried something, you know there's a lot. You can't leave it behind at the Airbnb. So she does that, right, and none of us know. Again, she did this late at night, decided to do this on her own, so she was not the girl that the credit cards the Airbnb's credit card was attached to. All right, it, it was attached to one girl, because you know how that works and then everybody gives the money, which is another whole. It can be a whole nother episode but so she did that. Tell me why.
Brittany Gonzalez:The Airbnb, the owner, sends an email when we get back from the trip with a charge. Okay, it was like a $300 charge for pouring out the oil into some fake. It was fake grass. We didn't know it was fake grass outside, but it was completely fake grass and she threw it out. So obviously, like, where's it gonna go? It's fake, it's burnt, like you could see it. And then the funniest thing was it was all on video. You know Airbnb, like they, they got their cameras out, security cameras. So, yeah, they sent the video with it too. Oh, it was so legit we couldn't even argue it Right, like there was no, we have to pay this. So it goes on my girl's credit card and she is livid because she's like why would you do that? What were you thinking? I get both sides Okay, it happens, but the girl did end up paying her. However, it could have went the other way, where the girl was like I'm not paying for that. Cheers.
Brittany Gonzalez:What's up everybody? It's Brittany Gonzalez here and my Brunch with Brittany podcast is back. Look out new episodes coming your way. It is a girl's girl podcast and, fellas, you'll learn something too. So make sure you are following Brunch with Brittany on all platforms YouTube, iheartradio, tiktok, brunch with Brittany Catch me there. Get ready, there's more coming, all right.
Brittany Gonzalez:So it says set a budget. I think that's number one. Number one you should already set a budget. Like what is this going to cost.
Brittany Gonzalez:A lot of the girls want to go on trips and they're not really taking into account, like for me, I like to go eat, I like to eat good food. I don't want to just eat a slice of pizza that's you know, uh, $6.99 somewhere. And like I went on a girl's trip with a girl like that she didn't care where we ate, I did so. It was like she was always trying to pick those kind of spots and I'm like we're out traveling. That's not my thing, I'm not going to have a good time doing that, you know. But in her mind she's like well, I'm on a budget, well, I didn't know that ahead of time, so I'm not going to budge for her budget. So it was some discourse there Didn't end our friendship, but definitely made me rethink why we should have had that conversation to begin with.
Brittany Gonzalez:You know you got to go with people that, with the girls that match your energy, that match your vibe Right. Like I like, again, I like to eat, I like to, I don't care about that. So if it's important to you, then you need to make sure that you both think it's important, because otherwise pick a different friend. Oh, my goodness. All right, consider creative activities. Make sure that you both think it's important, because otherwise pick a different friend. Oh my goodness. All right, consider creative activities. I like this one.
Brittany Gonzalez:Like, try thrifting. I have a girlfriend who I didn't know she thrifts, she can thrift. When you have those conversations you can figure that out. Like, oh, are we going to this city? Okay, what do they have available there? Now, that being said, there's activities that you can do. Some of the girls may not mention that like oh, I'm not really into that. They might go along with it.
Brittany Gonzalez:Then you get there and they're like wishy-washy, don't want to book it. You better book in advance. Okay, if the girl does not book with you in advance, do not wait until you get there to the location to book that trip, because I promise you she's going to oversleep it, she's not going to show up, she's not, she's going to be like ah, whatever, I don't want to do it. Meanwhile, the whole time you're like we said we were going to do this. Don't disappoint yourself. Like that, it will happen way more than you would like it. To um, invite the right people.
Brittany Gonzalez:Like I said, you got to have those conversations in the beginning, girl, because even if you get along right, like you're like I always have fun with this girl or this group, it's different when you go into a different city with that group. You know again, everything changes the budget, the location, the safety of it, all you know, and some girls just don't care. So you need to make sure that you're like no, this is important to me, that we stick together. We came together, we leave together, things like that. Uh, the group chat, okay. So you definitely I think every girl girl trip does this Like we start a group chat and we talk about like this is what we're going to do, or you know we're, we're just all excited about it.
Brittany Gonzalez:But with the group chat, you also need to be active in that group chat, because I've had you know where you, where there's someone who kind of takes control of it and it says, hey guys, I was thinking about this and they'll send the links right. They'll say like we're going to go kayaking at night with you know, go in the dark kayaks. And some of the group is like excited about, or nobody responds at all. And then that person is feeling like I'm over here, planning, thinking, trying to interact with you girls, and is dry in the group chat. No, you are that red flag. You definitely don't want to go with those girls. You don't want to go with those girls. It is a sign that they are going to be disappointing you every step of the way. Okay, like they're not committal. They're not committing, so you don't want to deal with that. That's a red flag. Don't even go on that trip, I promise you. I had to learn that one the hard way and I hated that.
Brittany Gonzalez:Okay, um, have a general dress code. Oh, this is a good one. Okay, so I remember I went on a girl's trip and I like to wear outfits, go take pictures, get dressed up. That's my thing, I love that and I have. Maybe I shouldn't say it's like me, right? I should be saying like, oh, this other girl that you know, I know, did this.
Brittany Gonzalez:But I had a girlfriend love her, love how she dresses. You know she dresses up when she goes out. But for some reason on this trip she she's decided, oh, I'm just going to wear jeans and a bun, jeans and a bun, and I was so not expecting that. Okay, I'm dressed to the nines, in heels too, walking around the city and she's like in sneakers, messy bun, hair's not done, you know, jacket I just didn't, was not expecting that. I was like, no wait, but you dress up. This is what I'm saying. You don't know until you're there in the moment you're assuming like, but she dresses nice, so why would she do that on a trip? I don't know you, you can't, you can't assume for people. So plan those outfits together.
Brittany Gonzalez:An idea like girl day one we're to go more comfy but cute. Okay, hair done, buns we're not doing that. You know, don't Match my energy, or don't you know? And some girls are fine with it. Some girls will be like I'll be dressed up and I don't care what you look like. That's cool too. Just know what you're getting yourself into when it comes to that, because you, if you, if that's important to you, it's going to be a problem.
Brittany Gonzalez:And it was for me, because I was like girl in my videos, if I was panning, I was panning the place and like she'd be there, I'd be like I can't use that content now Cause she's not going to feel good about it. So now I can't use that. So that was one of my many experiences of learning that, the hard way of those things, and I just want us to have better girls trips and if you are really good at them, like, what am I doing wrong other than not communicating well enough? Because clearly it's, it's just been a disaster for me bad experiences. I think I've met one girl that was like I always have the best time on girls trips and I'm like no, I'm ready to like, fight at the end of it or leave that friendship. So I got a lot of work to do but I need help and I don't want other people to go through it.
Brittany Gonzalez:If you are planning a girls trip, start that group chat. Be very clear about the vibe, the energy, the budget, what you want to do and anything. Like I said, when you want to book, book ahead, do not wait until you get to that city to try and book. It's not gonna happen. Okay, it's just not. It's probably not. Nine times out of ten it's not gonna happen. So those are my tips, my advice for girls trips. But, um, you can always feel free leave in the comments stuff that went right, stuff that went wrong, something I didn't cover, let me know, this is the brunch with britney podcast. It's a girl's girl podcast and I just want us to, you know, be better. So that is it. You can catch this on iheart radio on our app. Make sure you're following it. Hit subscribe, subscribe and click that on the top right for getting notifications for when this podcast drops Should be every Sunday. Look out for it. I'm Brittany Gonzalez, and that's Brunch with Brittany.
