Did I do the right thing declining a work team dinner after an all day offsite (aka team building all day)?

[Anonymous]

I'm feeling really conflicted about this. Basically, my company is flying people out from around the country to my city and we're going to spend two days in a row together (which was optional, but I decided to go to the offsite to meet people).

After spending all day together, we're going out to dinner on one day and doing an activity on the other day. I agreed to do the activity, but told my boss I won't be attending the team dinner on the other night.

I'm an introvert, and I wanted to have that time to decompress, but now I'm feeling bad since people are traveling so far for this.

Did I do the right thing declining, especially since I'm spending the rest of the two days with them?

Yes

No

[slatyb]

If you aren't being paid for your time, then it's perfectly reasonable for you to do what you like.