Anything you DON'T bother doing anymore on trips?

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Anonymous wrote:I love how we travel now - its all about walking and exploring and meeting people vs. an action packed day full of "experiences" and activities when we travelled with our kids. Yes, we will rent bikes, but go out by ourselves- the internet or chat GPT is the most amazing resource for off the beaten track places to avoid the crowds. Yes we will go to a vineyard but skip the tour and the VIP tasting or whatever. We wander - it's so romantic and we are older - in our 50s - but still fit and able to do many active things. It's amazing how many people you meet and talk to when you are not with kids or a big group, and that has become the beauty of travel. It's amazing how liberating it is to not have reservations or a strict agenda for every moment. We stay at properties with pretty sunsets and just enjoy a snack and sunset at home many nights. The best!

Aspiring to be this person in 10 years or so when we're empty nesters!

A lot of women want to be this person and a lot of men don’t. My mom would love this and my dad completely refuses to travel anymore. I’m only 40 and this sounds great but my husband is already grumbling about travel. He said this year that he’d prefer only road trips from now on because air travel is too stressful. I guess I’ll be traveling with my friends.

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I haven’t tried it since the last attempt, but I don’t think I’d travel internationally with my parents again. They expected me to arrange everything and play tour guide and gave few opinions to help guide me. I was working full time with kids, they were retired, yet all the organizing fell to me. But, at least they didn’t complain about my choices and generally did go with the flow. It was still stressful!

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No longer concerned about obtaining foreign currency before the trip. Now I use the atm at the airport wherever we land to have some cash on hand. Not concerned about transaction cost.

No longer concerned about buying expensive bags oversees. If I want a bag, I buy it in the US.

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Anonymous wrote:We dont bother going inside of most castles, churches, temples, even lighthouses. The view OF the building is better than looking around inside of it. Once you've seen one, say, lighthouse, you've seen them all.

I don’t think I would put any effort into a lighthouse, but castles, churches, temples….sigh..I love them all..

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t really do big churches. I got dragged into them a lot as a child during European trips. No interest now.

They look alike after a while.

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t really do big churches. I got dragged into them a lot as a child during European trips. No interest now.

They look alike after a while.

Only if you don’t know anything about architecture, etc.

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Trendy food halls. They are popping up all over the world. No interest in paying restaurant prices for take out and then fighting for an uncomfortable seat.

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Anonymous wrote:I would do beach vacations if I weren’t so pasty. I burn too easily to make it relaxing.

For a day or two.
Then anxiety sets in because you have done nothing but sit.

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Anonymous wrote:Refrigerator magnets are the way to go, souvenir wise.

My brother(or sister) from another mother!
You should see my refrigerator!

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Anonymous wrote:Refrigerator magnets are the way to go, souvenir wise.

My brother(or sister) from another mother!
You should see my refrigerator!

and the steel door that leads to the garage!

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t really do big churches. I got dragged into them a lot as a child during European trips. No interest now.

They look alike after a while.

I'm glad I went to quite a few of the churches. When being taught about the Protestant Reformation, I heard a fair amount about objections to the ornate Catholic churches - unnecessarily dressing up religion while the people starved or what have you. I sort of understood those critiques intellectually, but didn't really get it at a gut level until I actually toured some of the places. Being in those places, I could envision being a reformer, thinking that the Church had lost its way - more focused on material concerns than spiritual ones.

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Anonymous wrote:We stopped buying souvenirs. Sure, I might buy a purse, clothes, etc. but I’m not buying traditional souvenirs. I do still pick up a Christmas ornament if I come across something unique.

I will get a magnet if the kids aren't with me. On family trips, we try to buy every day items - clothes usually. And then we call it 'My London Hoodie', clothes in other places are just slightly different to be special, yet functional.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't want to be a sucker waiting in line for anything hip and viral and trendy. If there is a line outside the door I will not be joining it.

Same.

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Anonymous wrote:Trendy food halls. They are popping up all over the world. No interest in paying restaurant prices for take out and then fighting for an uncomfortable seat.

Same, we're in DMV with a million+ restaurants.
Unless it's a local dish to the area - I'm not hunting down/waiting at "trending" restaurants that's on/below par from home, waste of vacation time.

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Not me, I try to see and do more, not less.