The traveler who checks the return route has helped the future tired version of the whole group.

Planning is usually done by a rested person for a rested person. The outward journey gets the attention because it is the exciting part, while the way back is left to people who are footsore, cold and short-tempered. Fifteen minutes spent on the last train spares everyone an argument nobody will have patience for. Foresight is a favor done to a version of yourself you have not met yet.

Before the next outing, settle the return: the time, the route, and who is driving. Tell the group, so the tired hour has nothing left to decide.