11 Stages Of Planning A Trip With Your BFFs

Do you have a WhatsApp group of friends where you guys are planning a trip for ages but it never really happens? Relatable, right? Well, you’re not the only one. Here are 11 stages of planning a trip with your friends and trust us, we’ve all been through these stages. Read them now and tell us how many of these do you agree with?

1. The ‘It’s-Been-So-Long’ Stage

Whenever you meet your friends, the hot topic of discussion is how it’s been a long time since you guys went on a trip together and hence, the first stage. 

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2. Planning, Planning And A Little More Planning

Then comes the planning, where you basically discuss all possibilities of how and when it’ll happen. 

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3. The WhatsApp Group Stage

And then one of your friends make a WhatsApp group. You realize it’s all too real and not just mere planning.

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4. The ‘Where-Should-We-Go’ Stage

The topic of the discussion has now shifted to where should you guys go and while one of your friends wants to go to a hill station, one of them wants to go to a beach. 

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5. The ‘Let’s-Go-To-Goa’ Stage

When the discussion is endless and no one seems to agree with anyone, someone says, “Let’s go to Goa” and everyone agrees. 

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6. The Date Deciding Stage

Then comes the real struggle – the date deciding stage. To match your schedule with your friends and deciding on a date takes you ages.

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7. The Denial And Delay Stage 

By now, few of your friends are in the denial and delay stage where they are no longer interested in this trip because it’s taking too long to happen.

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8. The Convincing Stage

But there’s that one friend who is still quite enthusiastic about this trip and they take it upon themselves to convince the group. 

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9. The Internet Surfing Stage

So you start looking for hotel rooms, flight rates, food expenses etc. You become an excel sheet of all possible information and share it with your friends.

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10. The ‘I-Can’t-Afford-This’ Stage

And then there’s that ONE friend who says, “Damn, this is expensive. Can’t afford, guys.” That’s when you give up too.

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11. The ‘Let’s-Can-The-Plan’ Stage

Finally, someone says “Let’s cancel the plan for now” and in your heart you know it is never really going happen.

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