All available Sims now can be selected for travel even if they are currently not on the current lot.
Fixed in Patch 1.90.375/1.62
If you're still experiencing this issue, please create a new thread.
I am having exactly the same problem.
When I go to travel (mainly using the phone), I can only select the people in my household or people I know who happen to be on the street walking past. For example, if Bella Goth was walking on the street in the neighbourhood my sim is currently in, I could choose her, but if she was in a building, walking on the street in another neighbourhood, or at home I couldn't select her.
I can't select anyone from any other household. This is happening with all sims at all times of the day i.e. the fact the sim is at work has no baring on it. My sim can travel alone and when I get there, I can invite them to hang out at the current lot but I can't travel with them.
I have no mods or CC and never have used them either. I have also tried a full game repair to no avail.
If memory serves, 'M' did work, but like before the update it automatically brings everyone from the household with you.
Using the phone, you can invite people from your household with you and anyone you know that's on the street nearby, but no one else. This means my teen sim, for example, couldn't travel with a group of friends who all live in other houses.
