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We’ve done the groundwork so your next group holiday is
smooth sailing, or skiing, or restauranting ... By Fleur Bainger
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HOW TO PLAN A HOLIDAY WITH YOUR BESTIES
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PICK A LEADER
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Trying to get your friends to book
flights, accommodation, transport
and tours separately can be like
herding cats. Far better is to
appoint one person to coordinate
the lot, says Claudia Rossi
Hudson, who started work in the
holiday trade 45 years ago and is
now managing director of luxe
Sydney agency, Mary Rossi Travel.
That person needs to be
across everyone’s likes and
dislikes, which activities they’ll
be devastated to miss and theexperiences they’re most excited
about, so the trip can be tailored
to meet everyone’s expectations.
They’ll also need to get on top of
personal deal-breakers, such as no
wi-fi or no air conditioning.
Pick someone who has
excellent organisational skills,
plenty of patience and is a good
communicator. Oh, and they
might need a resilient sense
of humour – Rossi Hudson
warns it can be a thankless task.
“They have to put up with the
frustration of gathering
money and paying the deposit
when not all the money is in,
which is stressful,” she says.Taylor Swift
(second from
left) and her
girl squad
in Hawaii.