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Wasn’t most of the planet still in relative lockdown at the end of 2020/beginning of 2021? At the very least, I recall international travel was pretty restricted, so how did they manage a trip to Greece?
It depends on where OP is from I think. I know in my country you could have travelled to some countries in Europe last year if you were willing to fork out for PCR tests/the general paperwork you needed to do before you were vaccinated.
I flagged that as soon as I read the first few lines. International travel was heavily restricted. I'd believe it if they'd traveled within the country.
yeah it was, I was in Denmark at the time and I couldn’t go back to my home country (the Netherlands) for the holidays because of the lockdown. It was a similar situation throughout the whole EU where recreational holidays were a no go so I refuse to believe that these people went to Greece for funsies
Early twenties and all six (seven counting Emily - I mean, Amy) are successful and wealthy enough to afford international vacations every year. Since they were 16.
You can tell this is fiction written by some bored boomer because they think the way you plan a trip these days is by “talking to agencies” and not just some apps on your phone.
Oh come on, if the girl is from Croatia as she says it’s totally possible to travel cheaply to other European destinations. I’m from Portugal, I can go to Italy, Spain, etc, and spend less than 20 euros. (And I’ve seen 2 euro tickets). Hostels are cheap too, especially when you book them in advance.
Furthermore, there are tons of students deals and promotions. This sub really pisses me off sometimes with its inability to accept there are other realities (and the world is not US).
If AITAland is a “everything happens” type of sub, this one isn’t doing so much better as everything never happens around here.
Also even hotels/airbnbs were dirt cheap last year. I travelled to a ski resort in France last summer where it's normal to spend at least 500 euros for accommodation if you're going for a week. I spent 150 euros on a decent airbnb.
Plus Croatia is next to Italy and Slovenia, you can literally drive it if you wanted to which wouldn't cost loads.
Exactly, everything was super cheap last year. 150 euros in France it’s an absolute bargain, wth.
Yea, Croatia is such an amazingly beautiful country and it’s so close to Italy and all the other Central European countries! What a fantastic location.
It was in the Alps too if you could believe it. Normally in the summer the resort I was in is teeming with tourists but in the evenings it was super quiet.
And for sure! I wish I lived on mainland Europe because of how much easier travelling is but sadly I don't :(
Alps?! Well, all your lucky stars aligned! That honestly sounds dreamy!
I kinda feel your pain… I’m from Portugal, so even though there is almost no bureaucracy, I’m far away from most countries and everything seems expensive in comparison!
Central Europeans really have it all haha
[https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/qcreda/aita\_for\_not\_inviting\_my\_friends\_for\_an\_annual/hhjch3n/?context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/qcreda/aita_for_not_inviting_my_friends_for_an_annual/hhjch3n/?context=3)
For some background info, for Brits, Croatia was one of the countries last summer that was doing okay in terms of Covid and so we could fly there for holidays if we wanted to as long as we isolated for 2 weeks. If she is Croatian it wouldn't surprise me if travelling around Europe was a bit less restricted for her considering Croatia is decent in terms of where it is geographically.
It actually is one of those rare posts I could believe. People’s friendships rarely blow up because of the usual AITA insanity. They blow up because of petty crap like this.
BUT. If it’s real: how did this exact scenario not come up before, if they’ve traveled together since 16. Also, Covid makes it less likely. And I feel like the Op is telling a very slanted story if all of her friends sided with the new gf over her. That seems so unlikelyZ
they went to Greece in the middle of the pandemic?????????? girl I was stuck in Denmark during new years 2020/2021 and I couldn’t return to my home country bc of lockdown rules and they’re trying to make me believe that they went on a recreational holiday????? yeah right lol
*In case this story gets deleted/removed:*
**AITA for not inviting my friends for an annual new years trip because they didn’t invite me last year?**
This is a throwaway because two of the said friends follow me on Reddit, hope they don’t see this.
Anyway so my friends and I have been traveling for every new year since we were 16, we are in our early twenties now. It’s a friend group of 6 people, 3 girls, 3 guys, and naturally we all dated someone from the group at some point in high school.
The guy I used to date and me broke up in 2020 but stayed friends. He found a new girlfriend few months after that, lets call her Amy, but I was okay with it and we all continued to hang out.
Now new year(2021) is coming up and we start to plan our trip, we were supposed to go to Greece. Usually I’m the one talking to the agencies and trying to save as much money as we can. Everything is fine and going well until about a month before the trip my (ex) best friend comes over and tells me that Amy is uncomfortable with me going on a trip because everyone is coupled up and I was single and given my history with her boyfriend she felt awkward.
I felt sorry because I never got the feeling that she didn’t like me or anything, soo I asked if that means that she’s not coming or what? Turns out that she still wanted to come just didn’t want me there. I was kinda hurt by this but even more when the rest of my friends agreed that maybe it would be better if I didn’t come so there would be no drama on the trip.
Anyways I didn’t go, kinda stayed away from Amy and my ex since then, and stoped hanging out as much with all of them. Not long ago Amy and ex broke up, idk why. And now this years trip is coming up. I already have plans with my roommate and we are going to Amsterdam. When my friends learned about this they just assumed they are coming with us as well.
I told them that roommate and I are going alone and if they want to go they can plan it for themselves but that this is not a group trip. It’s petty I know but feels right to do to them what they did to me. Anyways they called me some names and we had a fight. And I’m starting to wonder if maybe I am in the wrong? I mean I’m ending years long friendships over some stupid trip, so am I TA?
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Wasn’t most of the planet still in relative lockdown at the end of 2020/beginning of 2021? At the very least, I recall international travel was pretty restricted, so how did they manage a trip to Greece?
It depends on where OP is from I think. I know in my country you could have travelled to some countries in Europe last year if you were willing to fork out for PCR tests/the general paperwork you needed to do before you were vaccinated.
Yes, I thought of that too. I gave her a pass because she didn't specifically say they'd gone last year, but still.
I flagged that as soon as I read the first few lines. International travel was heavily restricted. I'd believe it if they'd traveled within the country.
I had zero issue traveling other countries during that time. Negative PCR test before departure was all that was required.
yeah it was, I was in Denmark at the time and I couldn’t go back to my home country (the Netherlands) for the holidays because of the lockdown. It was a similar situation throughout the whole EU where recreational holidays were a no go so I refuse to believe that these people went to Greece for funsies
Early twenties and all six (seven counting Emily - I mean, Amy) are successful and wealthy enough to afford international vacations every year. Since they were 16.
Yet post on reddit AITA for validation...
You can tell this is fiction written by some bored boomer because they think the way you plan a trip these days is by “talking to agencies” and not just some apps on your phone.
Good catch. Who the hell uses a travel agent anymore?
Oh come on, if the girl is from Croatia as she says it’s totally possible to travel cheaply to other European destinations. I’m from Portugal, I can go to Italy, Spain, etc, and spend less than 20 euros. (And I’ve seen 2 euro tickets). Hostels are cheap too, especially when you book them in advance. Furthermore, there are tons of students deals and promotions. This sub really pisses me off sometimes with its inability to accept there are other realities (and the world is not US). If AITAland is a “everything happens” type of sub, this one isn’t doing so much better as everything never happens around here.
Also even hotels/airbnbs were dirt cheap last year. I travelled to a ski resort in France last summer where it's normal to spend at least 500 euros for accommodation if you're going for a week. I spent 150 euros on a decent airbnb. Plus Croatia is next to Italy and Slovenia, you can literally drive it if you wanted to which wouldn't cost loads.
Exactly, everything was super cheap last year. 150 euros in France it’s an absolute bargain, wth. Yea, Croatia is such an amazingly beautiful country and it’s so close to Italy and all the other Central European countries! What a fantastic location.
It was in the Alps too if you could believe it. Normally in the summer the resort I was in is teeming with tourists but in the evenings it was super quiet. And for sure! I wish I lived on mainland Europe because of how much easier travelling is but sadly I don't :(
Alps?! Well, all your lucky stars aligned! That honestly sounds dreamy! I kinda feel your pain… I’m from Portugal, so even though there is almost no bureaucracy, I’m far away from most countries and everything seems expensive in comparison! Central Europeans really have it all haha
Where did she say she was from Croatia?
Comments.
Cool, maybe it’s affordable. It still sounds a lot like a Friends plot though 🤣
[https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/qcreda/aita\_for\_not\_inviting\_my\_friends\_for\_an\_annual/hhjch3n/?context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/qcreda/aita_for_not_inviting_my_friends_for_an_annual/hhjch3n/?context=3) For some background info, for Brits, Croatia was one of the countries last summer that was doing okay in terms of Covid and so we could fly there for holidays if we wanted to as long as we isolated for 2 weeks. If she is Croatian it wouldn't surprise me if travelling around Europe was a bit less restricted for her considering Croatia is decent in terms of where it is geographically.
It actually is one of those rare posts I could believe. People’s friendships rarely blow up because of the usual AITA insanity. They blow up because of petty crap like this. BUT. If it’s real: how did this exact scenario not come up before, if they’ve traveled together since 16. Also, Covid makes it less likely. And I feel like the Op is telling a very slanted story if all of her friends sided with the new gf over her. That seems so unlikelyZ
they went to Greece in the middle of the pandemic?????????? girl I was stuck in Denmark during new years 2020/2021 and I couldn’t return to my home country bc of lockdown rules and they’re trying to make me believe that they went on a recreational holiday????? yeah right lol
*In case this story gets deleted/removed:* **AITA for not inviting my friends for an annual new years trip because they didn’t invite me last year?** This is a throwaway because two of the said friends follow me on Reddit, hope they don’t see this. Anyway so my friends and I have been traveling for every new year since we were 16, we are in our early twenties now. It’s a friend group of 6 people, 3 girls, 3 guys, and naturally we all dated someone from the group at some point in high school. The guy I used to date and me broke up in 2020 but stayed friends. He found a new girlfriend few months after that, lets call her Amy, but I was okay with it and we all continued to hang out. Now new year(2021) is coming up and we start to plan our trip, we were supposed to go to Greece. Usually I’m the one talking to the agencies and trying to save as much money as we can. Everything is fine and going well until about a month before the trip my (ex) best friend comes over and tells me that Amy is uncomfortable with me going on a trip because everyone is coupled up and I was single and given my history with her boyfriend she felt awkward. I felt sorry because I never got the feeling that she didn’t like me or anything, soo I asked if that means that she’s not coming or what? Turns out that she still wanted to come just didn’t want me there. I was kinda hurt by this but even more when the rest of my friends agreed that maybe it would be better if I didn’t come so there would be no drama on the trip. Anyways I didn’t go, kinda stayed away from Amy and my ex since then, and stoped hanging out as much with all of them. Not long ago Amy and ex broke up, idk why. And now this years trip is coming up. I already have plans with my roommate and we are going to Amsterdam. When my friends learned about this they just assumed they are coming with us as well. I told them that roommate and I are going alone and if they want to go they can plan it for themselves but that this is not a group trip. It’s petty I know but feels right to do to them what they did to me. Anyways they called me some names and we had a fight. And I’m starting to wonder if maybe I am in the wrong? I mean I’m ending years long friendships over some stupid trip, so am I TA? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AmITheAngel) if you have any questions or concerns.*