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Modern Mentor

161 GID How to Plan a Successful Group Trip

Modern Mentor

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Business, Management, Careers

4.3726 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2010

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Going on a group trip with a lot of people can be hard. Get tips on how to plan a successful group trip and learn how making sure you meet everyone's goals can make for a smooth trip.

Modern Mentor is hosted by Rachel Cooke. A transcript is available at Simplecast.

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0:00.0

Steveer Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

0:09.2

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0:17.4

It's holiday time. In today's fast-paced hectic life, people move, and our families get separated.

0:24.3

Holidays are that special time of year when we all meet together someplace, someplace special, like Wally World.

0:31.7

We spend days together and remember all those reasons why we moved out in the first place.

0:36.5

We leave happy to have spent time with family, and happy that we'll soon be 3,000 miles away.

0:43.0

How did the same genes that produced us in all our glory also produced the rest of these people?

0:49.4

If you plan to vacation with your family anytime soon, learn from my recent travel experience. Melvin, Bernice,

0:56.5

Europa, and I went to Wallyworld. Europa brought eight-year-old Thomas, her genetically engineered child

1:01.9

with an IQ of 410, and the cutest little hobby of toppling governments that won't comply with

1:07.2

Europa's wishes. Otherwise, he's a typical eight-year-old. He likes to skateboard. Melvin

1:12.6

is a planner. He spent each morning calculating the perfect order in which to see the rides,

1:17.7

while the rest of us, the doers, kept wishing he'd hurry up. He spent so much time planning to have

1:23.4

fun that he never actually had it. If you travel with planners, have them do their planning

1:29.1

before you take the trip and after you're done for the day. In fact, if they really like planning

1:33.9

so much, leave them at home with the map and have them call you once a day to tell you how you

1:38.4

should really be having fun. They'll have just as good a time and the money you save can buy

1:43.2

an extra Wally World hot dog with sauerkraut.

1:46.9

Doers, we have our own special quirks.

1:49.6

We have so much fun just being there that we can never make a decision.

1:54.1

If your group is all doers, appoint a decider.

1:57.5

Europa appointed herself.

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