Field & Notes

ISSUE No. 11The MyPerfectStay Journal8 ESSAYS · 3 GUIDES

Our journal of trip planning, group dynamics, and the small operational tragedies of travelling together. Long reads, honest opinions, occasional research.

Group planning

5 STORIES · SORTED BY DATE
01
Essay

The tyranny of the WhatsApp group trip: why the same person always ends up planning

There is one in every group. Here's why they appear by default — and what changes when the planning load is shared by design instead of by accident.

Basel Khalifa
April 25, 2026 · 2 min
02
Research

We studied 1,840 group trips. The bottleneck is never the flights.

Eight months of data, four distinct failure modes, and one surprising finding about how long groups actually take to commit.

Salih Kayiplar
April 22, 2026 · 2 min
03
Group planning

Five people cannot agree on dinner. Here's why — and what to do about it.

A very short paper on cognitive overhead, the paradox of choice, and the surprising power of a forced ranking.

Basel Khalifa
April 15, 2026 · 2 min
04
Research

The decision-latency graph of a group trip looks like a hockey stick. Then it flatlines.

A small data study on when groups actually commit, and why mid-week is the new weekend for planning.

Salih Kayiplar
April 1, 2026 · 2 min
05
Group planning

Splitting the bill is a solved problem. Splitting the blame is not.

An unserious piece about a serious thing: how to handle the one friend who always adds cocktails at the end.

Salih Kayiplar
March 24, 2026 · 2 min
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