Two things I've learned in life: be very careful about who you live with and who you vacation with. Some people who are good friends might not be the best person to live or vacation with.

As soon as she would have told me how much she had, I would be like 'see ya then'. I would have just had my own trip and left her to her own devices. She obviously does this a lot and relies on others to bail her out. Nobody would bring so little money to a foreign city unless she has done this before. The only way she will learn it's unacceptable is if people are strong and tell her she's on her own. No way would I have spent a single penny on someone that stupid enough to bring so little money abroad. Just so arrogant and entitled because she expects others to pay for her and she thinks it will all be okay.

This is why I prefer to travel solo, or have an understanding that we will share "x" sites or events together and that's all.

Stop the friendship now. She is a user and this situation will keep happening. She is not a friend or being friendly. Anyways, she could've cancelled the trip if she was low on funds. If i were you, and she turned up to the airport with so little cash for a trip she planned, i would've cancelled and taken credit for your ticket for future use. Not worth the hassle to " keep" a friend that just wanted to use you as a purse!

I had to have my friend pay for everything during the last few days of trip abroad as my effing card wouldn't work all of a sudden and the bank was giving me the run around, and I paid it back the second we came back home! I suppose that's the difference between travelling with a good friend and an acquaintance

The friend is irresponsible with her money-that's her problem, not yours. She will not pay you back any more than what she reluctantly all-ready gave you. Cut your losses & don't go on any more dates with her. I don't get how some ppl don't feel at all bad any using others with no intention to repay.

Friends aren't always the best travel buddy. Few years ago, I went to an oversea trip with some friends. I have never know this particular 2 persons can be so picky on food, so calculative on the day tours, and even disrespect the timing of tour by being late etc. Never again will I want to go a trip with them.

That's where my RBF comes in handy. I help people if they ask or something but most just don't dare to approach me 🙂 the op should save up all the receipts and make the friend like sign them or something to make her pay them back (for the stuff that op already bought her and im not talking about coffee money)

Cut her off as a friend. You don't need her in your life. She's purely a negative influence. People that always take but never contribute are just as bad as people that always talk down to you, they're negative influences in your life. Get that negativity out of your life. Your life will be better in the long run.

You're going on a 4-day vacation with somebody you've known for 6 months? Am I missing something here??

I've had this type of thing happen to me a few times with weekend road trips to Vegas and Big Bear. One friend kept inviting himself on our trips and he never had enough money for dinner, drinks, and fun. We all made sure he never found out about any future trips. This happened when we were 21 to 25 years old.

If y’all are in separate rooms, leave her behind for everything-no meals, no sightseeing, and definitely no shopping. If sharing a room, go home. You have no idea what she’d do with your belongings while you’re out. Save your nerves & cut your losses and warn others when you get back home. She knows what she did was wrong & that’s why she’s avoiding you and not even attempting to pay you back. She’s a POS and lucky you hadn’t taken legal action against her. Take out an ad in the paper to warn people about her. It’s not libel/slander when it’s true……

Sorry but OP is a fool for not giving the 'friend' cab fare home right after they had coffee at the airport.

The relationship is done. The "friend" is an opportunist piece of trash!

Yep, this happened to me once. A weekend trip which was the idea of friend X. Nothing fancy, but we did want to eat well and check nice museums. Red flags started from the planning: friend X complained about flight ticket price (actually quite cheap), museum price, everything. She mentioned she was used to people (men) paying for her stuff, so this was the first time she actually had to pay (oh oh). She had no idea that many things had a price. I made it clear with her of the budget we had. Well, she expected us to survive with kebabs the whole weekend, got mad everytime we got into restaurants. She ran out of money but wanted us to go to party and pay for her drinks. No way. Even set up tinder so she could find a dude to pay for her. I learned my lesson: travel with a person with same budget and interests.

Why u still need to ask? If it bothered you, talk to her. Go without her for city trip

You were letting yourself be used. Your fault to not say no.

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Sounds like they just had different expectations for the trip. One thought "we'll do a budget tour and lots of sightseeing" and the other thought "we'll go and live it up a bit". So it's understandable that they are getting on each other's nerves. They just need to talk it out & meet in the middle.