Traveling with Cara revealed incompatibility in travel styles, particularly in budgeting for accommodations and luggage. Attempting to save costs on hold luggage resulted in extra fees at the airport, prompting frustration. Cara insists on tight packing and budget hotels, while preferring to allocate money for dining experiences. Previous experiences indicated that cutting corners affected overall enjoyment and led to lost opportunities for better accommodations, highlighting tensions in their differing priorities when traveling together.
Cara tries to cut corners, but it can end up costing us money. First, she didn't want to pay for hold luggage. We were going away for 12 days and she insisted on squeezing everything into her backpack. Some of it didn't fit, so she made me pack it in my suitcase. And when we got to the airport, she was asked to pay extra as her backpack didn't fit in the holder by the check-in desk.
Last time, because she got charged we lost money that could have gone towards a meal out. If I had my way, I would just share one big case, but Cara is a bit of a control-freak and she likes her stuff to be separate. She is a tidy packer, whereas I am a bit more relaxed and just throw everything in, which she says stresses her out.
Cara also prefers to stay at the cheapest places so we can save money for eating out and activities. In Greece we stayed with my family for one week, but we disagreed on which hotel to book for the rest of the trip. Cara wanted to stay in a tiny attic room and go to five star restaurants in the evening, but I wanted to splurge on a nice hotel.
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