In a world where everyone seems to be enamored with travel content and influencers posting their travel stories, I could not care less about traveling.
None of my friends or family agree with this but here are my reasons
1. Being cramped up in a plane, sitting in one position for hours is NOT fun.
2. Airport food is usually pretty terrible, unless you’re at a good airport with many options
3. Airplane bathrooms are the most disgusting place. Gas stations bathrooms too if you’re on a road trip and you don’t make a stop at a restaurant.
4. People with motion sickness have a horrible time in cars
5. People with chronic illness find it harder to manage their daily life and maintain stability while traveling
6. The amount of time we spend door to door (home to airport to boarding gate to destination airport to hotel/airbnb) is usually 2x the amount of time you’d spend on a plane.
7. Traveling to far off places with a time difference can be really hard on your body and jet lag takes days to recover from. Thereby making the days following your travel miserable.
8. People with dietary restrictions find it harder to manage their diet on vacations. Ex: Vegans, or Lactose intolerant individuals or IBS etc.
Finally, I’d personally rather spend that money on things I enjoy, like my hobbies or good food or experiences in my own city.
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A majority of your argument is based on the nuances of transportation though and not the actual experience of seeing a new place. You could say transportation is inconvenient and annoying and this would make more sense
geez lol – don’t travel then or travel by car.
I agree, for me travelling is tiring.
I’d rather try out new restaurants in my city
I kind of agree, flying transatlantic is a nightmare, I recently had a very enjoyable weeklong vacation but it left me feeling like it should be two weeks next time to make the flying worth it.
This isn’t unpopular. Everyone hates traveling. We do it for the destinations.
You are conflating transit and travel. Transit is only a portion of the travel experience.
Transit can suck, but once your there it can be awesome, way outweighing the downsides.
Unfortunately, traveling is the only way to get to other places 😔
I mostly travel by train and I love that. I fly rarely, but it’s not that bad. I only fly around the EU though. Short hauls.
Yes, you are right stay home don’t go anywhere and collect cats. That is my plan!
Travel these days is more like work.
This is a wildly popular opinion however
I always said that wish I could close my eye and immediately transport myself to the location. I love traveling in new locations and I travel very often. I just really hate all the prep before and after.
Good for you buddy.
why do people make flights seem like they are a terrible horrible experience . At worst they are an uncomfortable 10 hours of your life. Most flights you are watching entertainment, eating food, and sleeping which is really not that bad. You are literally traveling through the fucking sky thousands of km within a single day.
Yess!!! This!!! I agree! I just cannot be fooked to travel!
You missed the biggest one. Tourism is destroying the places the tourists love to visit.
Also, I totally agree that air travel is now nothing more than a way to give up your dignity for a day.
Stay home 🤷🏻♂️
Take this whole list and add to it traveling with a child under 2 years old