Reply to Why is travel such a big part of our lives?

Forum Index » Travel Discussion

Reply to "Why is travel such a big part of our lives?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because we have become a society that values things rather than people and we are constantly in competition with each other. We are increasingly more obsessed with people thinking we are as much if not more “educated” than they are.

We travel to see things not to get to know the people.

We travel because we want people to think we are “educated” or to show our wealth.

We value the wrong things.

Our minds are racing 24x7 and we can’t quiet them without digging into a book, binge watching TV, working out obsessively or traveling.

We always need something to look forward to because we have arranged our life in such a way that we need to escape it all the time.

People will say bah I travel because I love it… but if you ask why, why, why.

It comes down too … “ I want to seem well rounded”, “I need something to look forward to”, “to educate myself”, “so my children are educated”

But come on.[/quote]

I agree with this.  I’ve visited 75 countries but I’m not sure my motivation was always all that pure.  Hiking, playing piano and hanging with a few lifelong friends who know me better than I know myself (I’m lucky to maintain these friendships and will never take them for granted) make me far happier than travel.  For me the pleasure of travel is fleeting, almost drug like.  A temporary high and then the crash. [/quote]

PP, I think your reasons are the ones that a lot of people have if they were being honest with themselves. My inlaws traveled a lot over their lives and all they did was brag about it, even though my MIL seemed so unhappy about it most of the time. It was truly just so they could tell people all the places they have been. Once again, their generation has ruined something for the rest of us. Ruined the climate and now we likely won't have opportunities to travel soon because all this flying around is ruining the environment. [/quote]

I’m sure some people travel for the Instagram pics or bragging rights but I travel because it’s interesting, inspiring and enjoyable. Seeing places like the national parks out west or a stunning coastline really stay with you. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics