“I am on day 17 and country number 12—I am beginning to regret traveling to this few countries over break and wasting one full day in each to check them off my bucket list. Will need to totally rethink my strategy for spring break.”
“I cannot believe Jessica split the DAMN BILL evenly, since I only had three cocktails, not four. Absolutely zero consideration to anyone else in the group. Selfish as ever.”
“I am really glad that I spent five years in consulting and staying in luxury hotels and am now sharing a bed with two other people in a disgusting AirBnB so I can afford all these trips—SO GLAD I CHOSE TO COME TO BUSINESS SCHOOL. SO GLAD. SO GLAD.”
“I felt really bad abandoning two of my friends at the lounge entrance, but a two-guest limit is a two-guest limit.”
“THIS HAS BEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL. I have LOVED understanding the people of this foreign land and really GETTING IN to the culture. I have never seen a Marriott so in tune with a country as this one.”
“I went in thinking that a trip with seven people in my section that I absolutely can’t stand would be a good idea. And it turns out, I absolutely can’t stand them.”Tripp also provided statistics on the travel journals:
142 students confessed to waiting up late at night or waking up early to check grades given their timezones, and they later denied, to themselves, that they cared about grades
492 friendships were ruined, 617 friendships were created, 19 relationships were ended, and 14 relationships will be ending based on the events over HBS travel
104 dinners were ruined due to pointless political debates over cocktails
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