When did this become the norm?

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Anonymous wrote:People are sheep, if I hear about one more person going to Portugal or Japan I am going to scream. A few years ago, it was the National Parks, it seemed like everyone was going to Yellowstone or Grand Tetons or whatever. The constant need to keep up with everyone else, going to the same vacation spots, same poses, same SM captions…Traveling loses its appeal when it becomes so common and predictable. It’s annoying waiting in lines and competing for photo ops. Too many damn people doing the same thing.

It is truly absurd the number of people going to Portugal lately. I suppose I am part of the problem as we travelled there for spring break a few years ago, but good grief. Oh, look, another picture of the pink street.

You are definitely part of the problem. You got yours and that was fine but now others are sheeple?

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Also it’s entirely possible people are going to places other people they know have gone because it puts it on their radar and it’s nice to be able to ask for recommendations vs creating a vacation from scratch.

Back in 2012 we had our honeymoon in Costa Rica, which was a popular destination among our friend group at the time. We weren’t trying to “keep up” with anyone but a number of friends mentioned how great their trips were and gave us some restaurant and excursion recommendations. We ended up booking some stuff from our own research but friends got us started with planning.

Not everyone has some deep seated need to prove how “original” we are with our travel destinations.

This. It’s only travel. If you’re on DCUM and making it a weird contest, that’s just strange.

Yes, let’s try not to assume the worst of everyone! I mentioned once on here that I wanted to go somewhere because I heard that other people had a fantastic time. I never would’ve thought of going to this destination otherwise. Someone called me “basic” and just trying to keep up with everyone else. It was super aggressive and weird. Why wouldn’t I or anyone else be interested in a place others enjoyed?!

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Anonymous wrote:I love to travel and we have a lot of money. Goin to a second home at OBX sounds super boring.

We travel to National Parks, Italy, the Islands etc..

OBX is kind of boring. That's the appeal. My kids, who have done a fair amount of travel, love our trips to Hatteras. Beach, boogie board, fish, kayak, beach volleyball, walks on the beach, just hanging out at the beach house, grilling dinner. Sometimes simple's good.

We also like Italy and National Parks too.

PP is a typical prole striver. Can’t afford a second home, so they own nothing and piss away their dough on rentals and hotels trying to appear worldly and sophisticated.

Interesting 🙄

Different poster- I agree about the pissing away their dough on rentals & hotels and being all about "image", but plenty of us don't want a second home.