Yeah, sounds like you dodged a bullet. Now you know why it’s a good thing that they never ask you to join them on trips. Looks like any trip with all of them would be pretty miserable.
My sister has a tendency to go on trips like this with groups of people, and where the different people on the trip have vastly different ideas of what they all should be doing on the trip. Every. Single. Trip has ended up with some sort of conflict. The conflict usually stems from 1 person wanting everybody to do everything together all hours of the day. But other people in the group would prefer to have a couple or a few hours to do different things.
On one epic trip that my sister had w/some friends, it was supposed to be a girls trip, but 1 of the friends had her husband tag along. And the husband was a bit of a butthead the entire time, whining, complaining. And on one of the days, he made a disparaging remark about how some of them looked in their bathing suits. After that trip, my sister told the friend that she’s fine w/going on trips in the future, but if the friend’s husband is tagging along, she (my sister) won’t be going.
Sounds like in your case, NOT being included is a blessing. So count your blessings and be glad that you dodged this bullet.