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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok so explain to us. In what context, if ever, are we allowed to mention travel such that it won’t be considered bragging?[/quote]

If someone directly asks you, “so did you travel this summer?” you can respond with where you went. If they ask follow up questions, you may answer.

It’s that simple. If no one asks, don’t bring it up and definitely do not post on social media. [/quote]

One could say this about almost any topic of conversation. So don’t talk about your kids, your job, your house, etc. Perhaps you could discuss the weather?[/quote]

Yes, generally speaking you don't walk up to someone and start randomly bragging about something they didn't ask about it. That's how polite conversation works. [/quote]

Who the hell does that?

I seriously think the people who claim these sort of obnoxious travel conversation happens have never been part of any of those conversations and are instead just making things up because they’re bitter they never go anywhere. [/quote]

Good grief, everyone isn't jealous of your cliche-filled travel escapades. I know a few very rich who find traveling annoying and overrated, especially international travel. Their primary home is a mansion, they might have a second vacation home on a Delaware or Florida beach and that's pretty much the only place they go. They're not too poor to travel and they're not narrow-minded rubes. They're just rich and confident and don't need to try to buy a personality with airline miles and passport stamps.[/quote]

Yep, my trip to Pskov and Chernobyl were so cliche. I mean, everyone goes there … so overrun with tourists.[/quote]

Honestly plenty of people did the Chernobyl thing. I was in Ukraine twice this year. No big deal really. [/quote]

“The Chernobyl thing”? That’s a very cynical and hateful way of describing visiting the site of a horrific disaster. Visiting Chernobyl and Pripyat was one of the most wrenching experiences of my life.

As it happens, Chernobyl got roughly 73,000 visitors in 2019. When I went in 2008, fewer than 1,000 people went.

So while you might have gone after it became relatively more popular, when I went there was no tourist infrastructure whatsoever. [/quote]

Meh. It was heavily promoted by tourism operators in Ukraine prior to the war. Like I said, no big deal. And I was in Ukraine twice this year and once last year (for tourism, not work). Again, no big deal and not really worth mentioning. Same with Pskov, Narva in Estonia, the Saatse Boot, Belarus and so many other places in the region. All quite pedestrian and common. I’m sorry these experiences were so impactful to you that you go on and on about them nearly 20 years later, but for the rest of us, it’s just business as usual. So as much as I enjoy travel, guess I agree with the OP![/quote]

You went to Ukraine three times in the last two years for tourism…while a war was going on? Bizarre.[/quote]

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