Sick of travel?
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Anonymous
| I love travel when it is quieter and off season. I find places really hard to get to tend to have less tourists. Not naming them! |
Anonymous
| Loving life out here in the Northwest! |
Anonymous
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Yeah OP it sucks.
You really have to go somewhere you REALLY want to go for it to be meaningful enough to go. Too many people. Too much greed. That's just where we are now. I'm not sure going to the Vineyard in Aug was ever going to give you a different experience? You do need to manage your expectations or just do what you want to do and not complain. |
Anonymous
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I grew up with my grandparents retiring on cape cod and it was always a zoo in summer. I’m sure moreso now but we always loved September and thanksgiving and Christmas there. Off season Nauset is magical.
I moved west and we were in MD this summer for DCs sports tournaments as he is on a national team and the northeast corridor is intense. My family is in VT so a lot more mellow up there. |
Anonymous
I don't think that would be any better if you concentrate on major cities suffering from overtourism. |
Anonymous
| Go to a lake somewhere (Tahoe, Great Lakes, etc) or Maine/Vermont if you want more space and less people. Vacation shouldn’t suck. Maybe time to change things up. |
Anonymous
Maybe you need to change up what it means to you to travel. Go to second cities in states. Go off season or shoulder season. Try renting an RV and see the states not usually on people’s lists to go. Get off the coasts. |
Anonymous
Maine and Vermont require planning if you want to avoid crowds. If you follow the tourist trail at popular times it will be very disappointing. See all the posts about how unpleasant Bar Harbor can be. Same is true of Stowe and other spots in VT. |
Anonymous
| We are on cape cod now and it's lovely. But in a small town, in a big house with friends. Not going shopping. Just biking and beach etc. I expect our day trip to MV to be crowded but we will go on a weekday and early. |
Anonymous
Europe is crowded with tourists, too. Perhaps even more so in some places. |
Anonymous
| I prefer smaller cities these days |
Anonymous
Yes this is why we have a second house in Europe. We just go there, no fussing around with too much sight seeing nonsense. |
Anonymous
| Nope. We don’t have the money for a vacation. Lots of people don’t. I’m sure they love to have your “problem.” |
Anonymous
Wrong. The more I travel internationally- and I love going abroad, the more I realize how many great destinations we have right in our own borders. |
Anonymous
+1 And in Canada. |