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"File this under &amp;amp;#8220;Ideas that are good on paper, maybe not so in real life.&amp;amp;#8221; It sounds like a dream: You guy surprises you one morning, telling you that you won&amp;amp;#8217;t be going to work today because he&amp;amp;#8217;s taking you away on a surprise romantic vacation. He&amp;amp;#8217;s taken care of everything--booked a flight, found a great hotel, and even packed your bags. So why do three out of five women say they would totally hate this? Well, it turns out most women want some time to prepare and plan for a vacation. Like, seven days and eleven hours notice and three shopping trips, to be exact, according to research from British Airways. Says one woman whose boyfriend planned a surprise trip to Morocco for their one year anniversary: &amp;amp;#8220;It was a really sweet idea to celebrate our first year together but really I hated it. He packed my bags so I had all the wrong clothes and my hair straighteners had been left behind. I had to grin and bear it because the trip showed he cared, but it was awful.&amp;amp;#8221; That sounds kind of ungrateful when it was such a thoughtful gesture, but&amp;amp;#133;.I totally get it! I&amp;amp;#8217;m an obsessive planner when it comes to packing for vacations. I may or may not have but definitely did take photos of full outfits with corresponding accessories before going on a cruise this summer. And you know what? It was totally worth it when I felt prepared and relaxed my whole trip (or as relaxed as one can be with 28 family members in close quarters). Part of it is vanity--hello, must look cute in vacay photos!--but another part is that not having the right comfortable shoes or necessities like the one sunscreen brand that doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t make me break out can really affect how much I can relax and enjoy traveling. I&amp;amp;#8217;m really the only person who knows which sandals don&amp;amp;#8217;t give me a blister, and since blisters are not conducive to romance&amp;amp;#133;I can&amp;amp;#8217;t say I would love to be surprised with a trip. Maybe surprised, but with a week&amp;amp;#8217;s notice to pack and prepare? But, if surprised with a trip that involved a hammock on the beac like the photo above, I think I could probably relax and enjoy. Of course, this is probably a hypothetical question for most of us. In fact, a fourth of women said that planning a romantic trip wouldn&amp;#x27;t even cross their partner&amp;#x27;s mind, and that said partner&amp;#x27;s idea of spontaneity was ordering takeout. Um, swoon? What about you? Are you the spontaneous type that would enjoy such a surprise? If your partner whisked you away for a romantic weekend, would you consider it a DO or a DON&amp;amp;#8217;T? Advice for a romantic vacation (or maybe just take your own): *10 Ways to Go on Vacation with Your Boyfriend without Killing Him *6 Things To Remember If You&amp;#x27;re Going To Have a Vacation Fling *DO or DON&amp;#x27;T: One Couple, Two Separate Vacations (Is This Even a Big Deal?) Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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