@07e2d0cd That sucks! I don't think people realize the effort put into projects sometimes. That's also something that really bothers me, don't say you're going to do something if you're not. Growing up around farmers, a lot of stuff was done on handshakes and their word and I put a lot of stock in that.
@a2f3726b Weβre pretty disappointed. Better not say more publicly π€£
@07e2d0cd Like you said, at least it's refundable on your getting your money back.
@a2f3726b Yeah. Weβre just stuck with 3 plane tickets we canβt change
@07e2d0cd Downsize your lodging and enjoy yourself still.
@07e2d0cd @a2f3726b I second Brian's suggestion. Is there any reason you can't go to the same destination with the people you've got?
@51fb1883 @a2f3726b Itβs just that we only bought tickets to this specific airport to go to that specific villa. If weβre not going to that villa now, we could go anywhere in Portugal- but weβre stuck with 3 tickets to Porto in the north and weβd like to look in the south. They can be amended but at a ridiculous cost
@07e2d0cd This will sound very American of me but what about flying in then renting a car and driving to your final destination? Obviously I'm just throwing ideas out but a van might do the trick. We've flown somewhere before then drove back to experience the parts we skipped. @51fb1883
@a2f3726b @51fb1883 Itβs more complicated that thatβ¦ Tom and I are not flying, weβre driving. Weβre getting an overnight ferry from the UK to northern Spain then driving southwest to Portugalβ¦ my BIL and SIL are taking the train from where they live in Barcelona and meeting us on the Spain/Portugal border and picking up a car there. My head is hurting trying to coordinate it all
@07e2d0cd That sounds like a proper headache. There's a lot more moving parts there than I originally thought. @51fb1883
@a2f3726b @51fb1883 A headache is right.
@07e2d0cd @a2f3726b I've got a headache now just reading this! I'm ready to charge the dropouts a fee for messing things up, and I have no skin in the game!
@51fb1883 @a2f3726b Haha I hear you! Canβt really do that as they never put in any money in the first place, Tom is treating us all
@07e2d0cd @a2f3726b Well, in THAT case, I'll take a spot on that trip! π Seriously, though, what is WRONG with those people?!! And now I know how you got roped into organizing this. Like they say, no good deed goes unpunished.
@51fb1883 @a2f3726b I knowβ¦ my kids canβt afford another holiday, so theyβre really looking forward to it
@07e2d0cd It sounds like a wonderful trip. Portugal is supposed to be beautiful. I wouldn't mind a holiday but probably not until my wife shuts down her law practice. Last vacation we stopped midway back for her to argue with an attorney in front of a judge on "legal Zoom". Meanwhile my daughter, my niece and I are waiting patiently outside the van on the side of the road... @51fb1883