The phrase "instead of meeting" is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, "I decided to go for a walk instead of meeting up with my friends."
Family caregivers may favor internet interventions instead of meeting in a group or meeting with a professional face-to-face, due to lack of time or preferences concerning privacy.
Talk story about visiting Janet in the hospital instead of meeting her for lunch.
Instead of meeting up with family, he was back in the wilderness of the minors.
Instead of meeting up on the Internet, we'll meet up in bars and shoot the breeze.
Instead of meeting China in the final later in the evening, Pendleton and Varnish were out.
But instead of meeting Klingberg, I unwittingly became part of an east-west espionage drama.
He should give us land and jobs instead of meeting with imperialists".
The Catholic countries, instead of meeting the challenge, responded by closure and censure".
Instead of meeting and pretending to be friends and creating history, they had it already.
"Instead of meeting a suitor in the parlor, they started riding around and meeting people without supervision".
Perhaps instead of meeting a friend in town, they could come to your house, or you could go to theirs.
