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Page 36, March 11, 1979 - Sunday News

Horror stories”
of holiday couples

_FROM PAGE 35

. Many people have asked

me how I would go about
’ choosing a travel companion
should I run out of relatives.
(Not much chance!)

Before I even considered a
long trip with another
person, I'd take a weekend
holiday with them. It doesn’t
take long to discover areas
of incompatibility. “Hawks”
and “doves” don’t mix ‘too

____._well. Neither do “larks” and

‘Petty annoyances are best

dealt .with right away or

overlooked. My own mother
has one habit that drives me
wild—she pack-rats fruit. If
the restaurant serves a bowl

-of the stuff, you can be sure

mony will squirrel away an
apple or a pear. By a few
days our-room smells like a
market garden. Every night
before she goes to bed, she
crunches an apple, piece by
piece. Yeetch!

Never mind—she doesn’t

HERE’S A COUPLE that seem quite together ... of is this just the beginning of their holiday? Or did they just meet?
Do they in fact even known each other? Is he trying to pick her up?

.

“owls”. No dam way would I
want to travel with someone
who bounded up every
morning at six, raring to go.
By the time I wanted to
swing into the night life,
they’d be asleep. Aggressive
people aren’t always the best
companions for timid or
easy-going people.

’ Next, I'd make some plans
about money. The best
system F’ve heard about is a
sort of “community pot”. A
certain amount of money is
kicked in every few days
and all joint expenses such
as cab fares and tips come
out of the bag. This can work
for food, too as long as
people eat about the same
amount.

Separation from time to
time helps too. I know it's
more expensive to take two
hotel rooms instead of a
double. Sometimes it’s
better to stay in a third-class
hotel and take separate
rooms, than to go first class
and double-up.

Many people find that
their best travel companions
are close relatives. Granted,
a lot of families are at the
hair-pulling stage after an
hour or so but in lots. of
cases, sisters (brothers) or
parent/child combinations
work out well. As that
commercial says, “The best
surprise is NO surprise!” It's
often easier for one sister to
say to the other, “Will you
please get that damned
laundry out of the bathtub?”

complain when I read in bed
until four a.m. or festoon the
bathroom with my entire
wardrobe—all dripping.

She loves to shop aiid I-
despise it. Oddly enough,
her purchases are usually
small items while Ill buy
some crazy thing like a full
set of china. She even helps’
me carry my packages.

Husbands and wives can
make terrible travel part-
ners. If fighting is your way
of life, you'll probably have
some lulu’s. I met one
couple—or at least, the
wife—on a cruise. He never
poked his head out of the
cabin while she complained
constantly that he was, “As
mean as cat dirt!” Whatever
that means!

My own husband and I
enjoy travelling together,
perhaps because we are
much alike. Except that he
loves sports and my idea of
exercise is turning the pages
of a good book or walking in
the sand. We compromise—
he digs up a tennis partner
and I watch the game (with
book!).

Many people are afraid to
travel alone. Because of this,
they may have a miserable
time with an_ ill-chosen
companion. Give it a lot of
thought before you ‘commit
yourself if you're acting out
of desperation. You will be
happier if you get your rules
straight in the beginning.

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