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Dearbhail

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Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

And coming home with a quiet resentment on top of all of your other luggage.

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

What are the popular destinations for group holidays at present?

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

Do you know what one surprised me is getting more popular?

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

And maybe it's because the other places are too popular.

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

Albania.

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

One of the things I've kind of noticed is that, you know, there are a lot of ads kind of being directed at women and women to go travelling together.

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

Is that sort of part of that trend?

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

Are women travelling more than groups of men?

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

You still see a lot of men, whether it's golf holidays or, you know, sports related or like football, things like that?

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

I mean, particularly hiking groups, walking groups, you know, people that can actually march on activity-based holiday as well as going away with a group of friends.

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

On the wine and the food and the list of kind of things to do, one of the where it gets political on group holidays is who pays for what?

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

And is it assured kitty?

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

Are you getting the most out of that if drink is not your thing?

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

Or if somebody is like...

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

Or they're huge off the menu and you're not.

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

How do you manage the politics of budgeting or managing that on a trip?

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

But it might seem sort of silly now, but actually that's another one of the quiet resentments that can build up when you do group travel.

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

Oh, listen, it's brilliant.

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

Before I let you go, very quickly, one top tip, one golden rule that you could give for a successful group holiday.

Brendan O'Connor
How to holiday with friends without falling out

It's funny, Lisa, one of our listeners, Caroline, says, I so agree with I Don't Minds.