I definitely prefer to hunt alone, night or day. If I'm at the BM with a fellow CR vet or two who I know and trust I appreciate any advice they might share regarding particular targets, but that is about as far as it goes, after all YMMV. What buddies ARE mainly good for is sharing tales of our exploits
AFTER all is said and done while I recharge my batteries for the next go around. Some of them can also be quite helpful as translators when my somewhat limited spanish fails me and it is also nice to occassionally be able to hold a normal english conversation as opposed to the sometimes strained attempts at communication one has with the girls.
Monster get togethers, like the upcoming Don Gordo Birthday Bash, can be a lot of fun and gives one a chance to catch up with old friends and make some new ones. But one thing I
REALLY hate about them is going to an MP and finding that my favorita is booked up (she will go nameless, but my friends knows who she is), or at best(?) is available but has already seen half a dozen guys that day. (Yuck)
In general (whoring aside) I prefer solo travel. It is hard to find friends from home to travel with due to scheduling, lack of time off, availability of funds or issues with their significant others. Even when you find a travel buddy, you style of travel may be incompatible in terms of quality level of hotel preferred, diurnal/nocturnal preferences, active vs. laidback travel style etc. One of the nice things about going to places like CR is that are a really great group of guys you can hook up with
WHEN you want to (you can usually find at least one person who shares the same interest at the same time) and still feel free to go your seperate ways when you want to do your own thing or simply can't find anyway else that wants to do it.