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When I discovered I got a scholarship to study in Portugal in 2015 the first thing who came to my mind was: no matter what it costs, I'm going to London for New Year's Eve. But, I didn't know if I was going alone or with someone else. I didn't care, but I should said no if I knew what would happen on my trip. It was a total leap into the unknown. I had a crush on this trip in the first month of exchange, he was sweet and cute. We did a couple classes together, hang out with another friends and we went out to the club every wednesday. I took courage and said I liked him and I got rejected. I felt sad, but when I was getting over him he asked to go to London for New Year's Eve with me. I said okay and we staring planning your trip. We booked your flights, finded people who could host us and every thing seemed fine. A few days before your trip he was robbed and lost his documents, then was when the tension began. I had to help him to make a new passport so he could stay with his travel plans because he was lazy and the days was going by. The day of the travel we almost lost the bus to the airport because he overslept, that was just the beginning. At the immigration, his new passport didn't coincided with the dates in his student visa and he didn't take with him none of his exchange documents and more: he didn't spoke english, I was speaking for him (side tip: learn a few phrases for immigration if you don't speak english). The immigration officer started to suspect of him and he had to go to the some immigration room so they could check his luggage, as I waited outside. I was a terrible feeling not knowing if he was going to be able to enter England or not. He was sloppy for the whole trip. Woke up late everyday for the walking tours, didn't take basic supplies as towel or his cellphone. And bacause of him we almost didn't make in time to see the fireworks. Organization is key for every trip! Make a checklist before packing, check the weather, the documents that is needed in immigration. Because all that happened I should had travel alone, his sloppiness make the whole trip stressful and I wasn't able to enjoy the city of my dreams the way I planned. Your travel companion must have the same vibe as you for the trip to work. When you travel with someone very different then you, things start to get off track and the trip can be stressfull for one or both of you. That's was happened to me.