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Originally posted by: daisybasket
Like any activity, you should know your travel companion. I can go on the cheap or I can go on the splurge. It depends on your company, but you should expect and know your travel partner. If I had comped rooms and invited someone as my guest, then I would not "expect" anything from them in return...that being said, most of my friends would pick up a dinner check or show ticket as a thank you...but we also share our "freebies" or whatever and don't keep score. I am very grateful to not have friends that don't do their fair share and we don't have to worry about that. We came across one person that wouldn't "have cash" and so on and within a few months, she was quickly noticed by all and cut from the pack. We all started having "exact" cash at the dinner table and so forth...but that is just a buzz kill and those kind of people are not our style. I have only had one person I would never travel with again and one person that was another person's guest that I would never travel with again...well, and the aforementioned person. Travel or Tuesday dinner, my qualifications for friendship are on the same lines. No score keeping, sharing and consideration to the "group consensus" and if you do have someone on more of a budget, be considerate and kind to that persons needs. Often, we just split the check among the table and my husband and I don't drink, so we are shorted at times, but we just don't worry about it...in the end, we work it out...we don't have everyone put $5 in for the pizza and so forth, just people take turns picking up the check in fair time. I wouldn't travel with people who I didn't know well.
This pretty much nails it on the head, couldn't agree more and it's also how we are with our friends.
