Take a trip with your best friend

“Wow your experiences sound eerily similar to mine on a trip I went to with a friend earlier this year! Originally we were going to see a concert, concert got cancelled, we still went on our trip anyway, shared a room and I found out she most likely has undiagnosed severe sleep apnea, so I did not sleep for most of the trip. On top of that we also suffered frustrating flight delays and cancellations leaving to go back home that didn’t help matters. I definitely agree with other commenters here who say that you really discover how someone is when you travel with them because my god there are things I discovered about my friend during our trip that really opened my eyes to the kind of person she is, to the point that a few months later her problematic behaviour led me to severing ties with her.”

“A friend and I did this in Feb. to the Western Caribbean out of Charleston on NCL. Can't say I was crazy about NCL but I'm not going to trash it because even having to fly to Charleston the whole trip was reasonable. My friend had never cruised before so she really enjoyed it and is looking forward to another cruise. It was a bit strange not having my husband around being so far away, but I was able to keep in touch with him, sporadically by cell phone and also by internet on the ship...ouch, pricey. Did not feel unsafe going into ports but then we didn't stray. We went on one excursion booked through the ship. Another excursion was cancelled because we lost an engine, limped along and got into that port late so we just hit the beach. Even though you are best friends, it's a little different when you're spending 24 hours a day together in a relatively confined area. And if your cabin is small, smallest I've ever been in, sometimes you need to just be off by yourself at times. My friend is a really good travel companion, VERY easy going.”