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[quote=Anonymous]I'd change my plans and go somewhere else.

I had a similar thing happen.  It wasn't a friend of mine, but an associate of my husband's.  They booked at the same hotel, knowing we booked there, too.  They didn't expect to hang out with us, though.  But it ruined the vacation for me because I felt like I couldn't relax b/c I was worried we'd bump into them.  For example, I wanted to go relax in the hot tub, but I didn't because I knew I'd feel awkward if they were there and it would be too rude to up and walk away.

We didn't find out until last minute that they were staying there, but if I had known in advance, I would've just canceled and booked somewhere else, accepting whatever loss of money came with cancellation.

The reality is that it will be on your mind the entire vacation, so you're either out the money you spend to cancel and book somewhere else or your entire vacation is ruined/overshadowed.

And yes, the lesson I learned was not to mention specific plans to anyone.  I don't even pinpoint where we're going until afterwards.  And I've told my husband to do the same.

I don't think people do it intentionally.  In our case, I think that the associate, when told about the hotel where we were staying and the location, thought it was cool/sounded nice.

But for me, a huge part of the value of vacation and travel is getting away from it all -- that includes people, even people I like.  I want a break.  I don't see the point in traveling and spending money to spend time with the people I spend time with all of the time anyway.

Another thing I value about vacation/travel is that I get to let my guard down and even take a break from myself for a while.  It's easier to do that among strangers.  [/quote]

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