# @thecut on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMShhkuOTAR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32506813-thecut-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-19T13:00:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Cut (@thecut) — https://gondola.cc/thecut

## Caption

It’s peak trash-smell season, which means it’s time to fantasize about a big house someplace beachy with all of your friends drinking margaritas around a giant kitchen island. The group trip beckons.

So you cobble together a half-baked plan in the chat. The Hamptons are expensive; is Maine too far? Should you invite more friends? 

Then the numbers start to come into focus. You thought this couldn’t possibly cost more than — well, you’re not even sure. Is everyone cool with this? Are YOU? 

When done right, group trips are worth every cent. But they can also be fraught, cost-wise — no one wants to be the wet blanket who can’t afford the fancier restaurant or will spend the whole time stressing about the Venmo requests afterward. For #TravelWeek, charlottecowles speaks with experts about tips for avoiding the financial pitfalls of group travel — and handling them when they inevitably surface. Read the latest edition of #MyTwoCents at the link in bio.

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut / Photo: Getty Images

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mytwocents, travelweek

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