Is it fair if one friend always has to plan the trip?
Both at fault
The short answer
No, planning is real work and it should rotate. The court also looks at whether the planner lets anyone else help.
The ruling
From the public record. Names are replaced with roles.
Small claims division
Case no.PC-2026-00491
The friend who plans every trip v. The friends who just show up
Filed 10/05/2026
- Plaintiff
- The friend who plans every trip
- Defendant
- The friends who just show up
Statement of claim
I plan every trip: flights, the house, the restaurants. The other two just show up. When one of them booked a restaurant last year I canceled it because it was not good enough.
Charge
Leaving all trip planning to one friend, and that friend canceling the one booking someone else made
Judgment
Both at fault
Trip planner and travelers found both at fault
Sentence
For the next trip, flights, house and restaurants each get a different owner. The plaintiff may not cancel anyone else's booking.
How the court usually rules on this
The court sees planners who feel used and non-planners who feel shut out. It often finds fault on both sides: the others for leaving all the work, the planner for rejecting help. The sentence usually splits the next trip into tasks with one owner each.
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