In a country where parents often do not let us travel alone within city limits, having to ask your parents for permission to go on a trip with friends is often a harrowing experience. If you want to convince your parents to allow you to go out of town, you must plan ahead meticulously. Here are a few ways in which you could convince your parents to let you go on a trip with your friends.

Ask your parents when they are in a good mood

Asking your parents when they are super busy or frustrated with work is probably the most rookie mistake one can commit when it comes to this. Them being in a bad mood means that they are much less likely to thoroughly consider the request and chances are that they are going to lash back at you. Therefore, you should ask your parents when they are in a good mood.

Do their chores for them

Since it is often difficult to find our parents in a good mood, there are a few things you could do to be on their good side. The most obvious and easiest is to help them with their daily chores around the house. These small actions mean that parents often have less work to worry about, and thus they are much more likely to spend some of their extra free time doing things that they love. This might put them in good mood, giving you the perfect opportunity to ask them for permission for a trip with friends.

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Share details of the friends you plan to travel with

This is one of the most important aspects you need to keep in mind while talking to your parents. Most parents, including yours, are simply concerned about the safety of their child when they are on a trip with friends. Therefore, you should tell them which friends you are going with, how you know them, and provide your parents with their contact information. Get your friends to meet your parents if possible. This lets your parents know that you know the people you are on a trip with and that they can trust them.

Share the tentative itinerary with your parents

Telling your parents about your whereabouts in detail and providing them with a document even before the trip shows them that you are a responsible individual and this will definitely do a lot to convince them to let you go.

Provide them with emergency contact information

Be sure to provide your parents with information about your accommodation alongside emergency contact numbers, especially the hotel staff. This gives an extra layer of cushioning as it allows them to have a method of reaching out to you in case your phone is unavailable.

While these tips are definitely going to increase your chances of getting your parent's permission, it is difficult to say if Lady Luck is surely going to favour you. Therefore, keep your hands up in prayer and keep your fingers crossed. Hopefully, you will be able to go and enjoy that trip with your friends.

Hrishik desperately needs a break from Dhaka. Send him travel plans at hrdibbo@gmail.com