A woman who travelled to the Dominican Republic with her ex-boyfriend has gone viral sharing behind-the-scenes of the awkward trip – which took place just a month after they split.

Lydia Bird, 18, from Connecticut, US, was determined to still go on the non-refundable holiday – even if it meant going with her ex, Jaeden Lemelin, also 18.

The couple, who had been together for two years previously, booked their spring break holiday to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, in early January without ever thinking they'd break up.

Lydia, a student, initially planned to cancel the trip and didn't expect any issues however, after calling Cheap Caribbean, the company they booked with, she found out that there was no way to cancel the trip or receive a refund.

"We had been broken up for about a month – at the time of planning the trip we did not anticipate a break up at all," Lydia told Jam Press.

"I ended up breaking up with him a little over a month before the trip, there were a variety of reasons, but basically things weren't working and we ended things on relatively good terms.

"I spoke with my mother and she agreed to take Jaeden's place on the trip, I called to change his name, and we found out she would have to purchase an entire vacation to be allowed to come.

"The first thing I did was text Jaeden to offer him the tickets, and I would pay my half.

"He then attempted to persuade me to go on the vacation because it was such a cool experience – we either would pay to not go or pay to go.

"Since there was no way to get a refund, we decided to go to visit an exciting new place.

“Although I was excited, I was very hesitant to travel especially because the break up was so new.

"I am a firm believer that exes can be friends, but one month was a short time to make that transition."

The couple's flight ended up being delayed for over 10 hours so they spent some time at the airport in the morning, however, the holiday ended up being just like any other – if not better.

Lydia said: "We spent tons of time at the beach and pool. Weirdly, after two years being together this was our first big trip together even though we were broken up.

"We went out to dinner, enjoyed the ocean, the shows at night, as well as all of the entertainment.

"I would love to go back, Puerto Plata was beautiful."

As much as the holiday was amazing, Lydia found it hard at times.

She said: "Traveling together this soon after the break up was a challenge because he and I have been so close for so long.

"We dated for over two years and it wasn't a 'see each other a couple times a week' relationship, we spent every day together, so we became insanely close.

"Although we both know we will always be close, I think Jaeden would agree that we needed to focus on building our friendship so we can still be in each other's lives.

"I told him before the trip that I wanted to stay strictly friends, especially because the break up was so recent."

Lydia shared the crazy experience on her TikTok account, sharing clips of the duo travelling.

Her post garnered over 13 million views and more than 2.3 million likes, and people were quick to share their thoughts.

“Yep, they’re def gonna hook up,” one viewer commented. [sic]

Another person added: “Are we all just doing stuff with her ex over spring break."

“I went to Disney with mine, it was a 5k trip I wasn’t wasting it,” someone else wrote.

One person said: “I actually did this once – we called it our farewell tour and it was the best week of our relationship, we left on a good note with good memories."

“Low key a good movie or book idea,” another viewer said.

Someone else guessed: “$20 they get back together.”

“Girl are you alright?” asked one concerned viewer.

Another person dubbed the trip an “unhoneymoon”.