The idea of a big ol’ group of friends taking a vacation sounds so fun…in theory. In practice, though, the museum friends and the beach friends are forming opposing factions, and the vegetarian friend is hovering between malnourishment and total banishment. But these problems have one elegant solution: the parallel play vacation.Guest: <a href="https://slate.com/author/luke-winkie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Luke Winkie</a>, Slate staff writer and author of “<a href="https://slate.com/life/2026/08/friends-vacation-friend-group-kids-parallel-play-paris.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">There’s Only One Palatable Way to Travel With Friends</a>.”This episode is member-exclusive. Listen to it now by subscribing to Slate Plus. By joining, not only will you unlock exclusive episodes of What Next —you’ll also access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts.&nbsp;You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis/id1438906889" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7IT5Yn1zGDH1cYXh38dned" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>. Or, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://slate.com/podcast-plus?utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=plus_pod&utm_content=What_Next&utm_source=episode_summary" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">slate.com/whatnextplus</a>&nbsp;to get access wherever you listen.Podcast production by Rob Gunther, Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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