Online friends and travelling

[Sundae]

I have travelled twice to meet a man who I got on well with via email/ phone.
In one case we both realised within about ten minutes that things were not going to work out that way. We had a lovely time, no strings attached.

The other still held out hope until the minute I got back on the train - he was quite pestering and despite assuring me in advance that there was a spare room and an empty bed, tried repeatedly (only verbally I admit) to get me into his.

I think the advice the others have given is very sensible. Which I wasn't in my youth! Hotel. At the very least. And I hope it works out, even in friendship terms. My first long distance friendship survived the meeting, although there was much less banter and no flirtation. The second absolutely did not.