traveling along with them

Last night mom and I git the bright idea to follow my sister's itinerary via You-tube. My sister woke my mom up at three in the morning to bitch and complain about her travel companion's choices of the hotel. Mm of course bolted up and could not go back to sleep under the circumstances. I have told mom many times that I really hate that my sister does that to her. She calls in a frantic way and she doesn't ever ask whether it is a good time or what mom happens to be doing. I also got really pissed because the person she is travelling with has organized the entire trip and is paying for her, so she is a guest and the whole affair is a gift, so carrying on as she is smacks of lack of gratitude! So, we decided to check out what others have to say and recommend about the entire trip that she is taking and in a flash, the behavior changed considerably. We can see what other travellers have done, how they have recommended using means of transport...what they ate, what it cost. What the weather is like...it is an excellent way to see in real or recent time frames what to expect. Mom and I are absolutely enjoying being able to be on the vacation with her of sorts. We can see where she is going next, see whether the hotel is actually nice and what ot really offers. We know that it is a town with a large shopping mall and western eating places. My sister cannot seem to stomach the natural foods! Waw! Imagine always wanting to go to that part of the world and then not liking a big part of the experienceOur neighbor is also going to the same place. She is in Amsterdam right now with the intention of travelling there in a day or two. We suspect that like my sister's friend, she too did not get a visa for the place. So we shall see what is going on with that. Travelling has changed, and mom and I are saying that we love the change. We appreciate being able to see what a place is like so that we can actually know whether we want to visit a temple on a Tuesday, or take a taxi to a night market or an artisan village. What all of this has done is make us excited to plan something soon perhaps even a staycation sort of thing, as there are a few places we keep saying we want to go to and haven't.