Bournemouth trip!

He travels with family to Bournemouth, three hours from home, gets a single room, and enjoys its sea-facing view. The clean, spacious hotel disappoints through sparse amenities, dim lighting, thin walls, poor Wi-Fi, and missing the planned beach sunset. Waking hungry at 4 AM, he pays about £5 for faster Wi-Fi to upload daily, abandoning a combined trip video.

Domestic travel feels foreign, but family companionship does not resolve recurring loneliness and night-shift disruption.