Trip Expectations
Looking at some poster's trip plans leaves me wondering just how these folks expect to see anything on their trip to Alaska. We have been 3 times round trip from MD. Each time trip duration was ov...
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This comment is made on pretty much every travel website out there. Most people who are working will try to get as much "seeing" is as they can simply because they don't want to waste hard to come by vacation time on sitting around watching the world.
On a regular travel forum I visit, new posters will post their itinerary for Paris on the board and all the longtime, frequent travelers will invariably tell them "skip the Eiffel Tower - it's overrated. Instead go sit at an outdoor cafe and people watch". Because, of course, slowing down and taking your time and just "experiencing" Paris is the important thing. What they have forgotten is that when they first visited Paris, they too just HAD to see the Eiffel Tower. I couldn't imagine making my first trip to Paris and when I get home saying "oh, I didn't bother to go see the Eiffel Tower - it's overrated"...
I know my travel style is not appreciated by all. I am comfortable with how I travel and I have learned that I'd rather do it my way than someone else's way. As such, I accept that others prefer to do it their way and that's OK. If someone wants to rush through a trip, then let them. Nobody's gonna die from it.
On a regular travel forum I visit, new posters will post their itinerary for Paris on the board and all the longtime, frequent travelers will invariably tell them "skip the Eiffel Tower - it's overrated. Instead go sit at an outdoor cafe and people watch". Because, of course, slowing down and taking your time and just "experiencing" Paris is the important thing. What they have forgotten is that when they first visited Paris, they too just HAD to see the Eiffel Tower. I couldn't imagine making my first trip to Paris and when I get home saying "oh, I didn't bother to go see the Eiffel Tower - it's overrated"...
I know my travel style is not appreciated by all. I am comfortable with how I travel and I have learned that I'd rather do it my way than someone else's way. As such, I accept that others prefer to do it their way and that's OK. If someone wants to rush through a trip, then let them. Nobody's gonna die from it.
