According to the Oxford dictionary, a friend is ‘A person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection.’ It’s probable, that when you cast your mind’s eye to your group of friends, a beautiful mix of different personalities that balance each other out harmoniously, springs to mind. But sometimes these personality types clash, and that can make planning and organising a group trip extremely taxing and even cast a pall over the whole holiday. Even best friends of 10 years can have completely different preferences and habits when it comes to how they travel, and just because you trust these people with your life doesn’t mean you won’t drive each other crazy when you go away together.
With our Trips tool, you can plan and organise multiple itineraries for your entire group, all in one place. Trips is also available on our mobile app, meaning everyone can stay updated anywhere, anytime. When planning a trip with as many types of travel personalities as colours in a rainbow, we have you covered.
The friend who is a discerning expert
We all have that one friend, they might be the person who makes you laugh the most or is always there when you need them, but they have that one really annoying habit. They will always say they are happy with any decisions that you make up, until the point that you arrive at that new restaurant or the new couch you ordered had actually been delivered. Only then will they complain that your decision wasn’t “quite what they had in mind” or that they ” would have chosen a different colour scheme”. If you are having to organise an entire trip for you and your friends, keeping everyone happy is an exhausting and often thankless task and filtering and consolidating multiple options for the group is extremely time-consuming.
With Trips, you can save the hotels, flights and car hires you’re interested in and share them with everyone and they can share their ideas with you. Spend less time re-entering search criteria, and more time building your ideal holiday.
The friend who is a deal grabber
The last straw in many close relationships has occurred when either planning trips or travelling together – some people want to take the morning flight so they can start shopping the second the luggage has been dropped at the hotel, while another friend may prefer the cheaper, red-eye flight saving you a whole night on accommodation. Finding a compromise can be difficult and great travel deals can vanish in seconds. When it comes to booking tickets for a group, timing is key.
Because over 1 billion searches are performed on our various platforms every year, not only can we provide up-to-the-moment data we also provide forecasts so that Trips can update prices on your saved items every day. With this useful tool, your friends can simultaneously see the best deal for the group and always get a good deal, whether at the hotel or in a favourite boutique.
The friend with the spontaneous soul
Some people are naturally impulsive and approach life with a look-before-you-leap attitude, and while a lot of us wish we were a little more adventurous, responsibilities and daily life mean we have to pay attention and give a little forethought to the details. This can mean that, as much as we love them, we sometimes have to put in a little extra work when it comes to our impulsive friends. And that’s where our cool-headed, calm and calculating friend comes in again. Whether building customised itineraries or opting for holiday packages, handling booking details from flights, hotels, and activities, as well as ensuring everyone is up-to-date with the latest agenda, is a massive challenge.
Simply forward any booking confirmations to trips@kayak.com.hk or link your e-mail account with Trips, and the tool will automatically add, update and organise these into one single itinerary, which can then be shared with all travel companions, keeping everyone posted, even the most spontaneous of them.
The friend who likes to cut it close
There is always that one friend whose concept of ‘on-time’ is 5-minutes later than everyone else, and who always cuts things close. When travelling as a group, this can create unnecessary stress. Your group might risk missing the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, sunset Champagne in Santorini, or most important of all, the non-refundable flight! When away with friends who barely make the train because they were taking selfies in front of the station, or stay in bed “just 5 more minutes” when the taxi is already waiting, Trips presents the perfect solution.
Users can sync all bookings in Trips and receive timely notifications on check-in, gate information, flight delays and other real-time updates.
The phubber (or the friend who over plans)
Have you got friends who are phubbers? You know the ones. Always on their phones, reading reviews before you get to the restaurant, constantly checking the best route, instead of being spontaneous and living in the moment? Travelling should be about relaxing, being adventurous and being in the now. Not stressed out by what is next on the agenda or whether to get there by bus or subway. When travelling with people who usually worry about where and when to be next, our mobile app is an absolute lifesaver that will keep everyone’s mind at ease.
Travelling with family and friends can be incredibly easy and fun with help from our tools. Simply start by registering an account on KAYAK.com.hk and let us do the heavy-lifting.
