Why Cant People Go For Holidays

Tanmaya

Tanmaya

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I'm tired of people saying, "You're so lucky, Tanmaya. You travel so much!"
Here's the blunt truth- I'm not lucky. You're lazy. You've so throughly resigned to the rut of your routine, that you've started finding it comfortable. You even go on to make silly excuses to justify your lethargy.

"I don't have the money."

Really, now? Tell me which ever city you live in and I'll tell you at least 5 day trips that you can make with a frugal budget.
Your lack of finances is rooting from your unwillingness to save or a difference of priorities. If my news feed is full of pictures of you drinking at a new bar every week, I'm sorry, I don't see the poverty line you're living under.

"I don't have the time."

Now this one may he genuinely true for some extremely busy people, but for most people I know, it's again a sad excuse exposing their inability to manage time efficiently. You shake that procrastination off and you'll find the time. I promise.

Traveling doesn't need any resource more than it needs your willingness. If you want to go places, just leave! It's really that simple.
 
Lol. That's right! Nobody should attempt to make you feel guilty about living life the way you want because you are doing it for yourself without making anyone else responsible for your life.

People who say things like that don't realize that actually they are doing exactly what they want to do with their time and money. Really deep down they don't want to travel. "The hand does not reach for what the heart does not desire" So they should as you say be content or make a plan. Happy travelling.
 
I think people always make the excuse of not having money to travel, but there are many ways to do it without going bankrupt. As you said, you have to save and make traveling a priority because after all our experiences are all we take with us.

Other common excuse is "I don't have time," but there's always time to enjoy. Life is too short and we have to live it the best way possible!
 
Most people equate 'travel' with going to see the Eiffel Tower or Times Square. Travel is a state of mind. One can travel from one's own couch too :-)

Until I was 21, I hadn't travelled much. I had a hunger to see the world, and I travelled to the US and Europe. I saw many major sights, some other sights, picked up a bit of German and French, made new friends. And then I realized that there were so many places in my own hometown that I knew nothing about. I did not know the history of my own home! I had no idea about how people in a neighboring state lived. The realization was profoundly belittling. I felt like a tiny, tiny person. I resolved to journey into my land's history and heritage.

These days, I do most of my travelling from my couch. I read up on the history and sociology of a place, it's geographical landscape and its people. I make plans to travel based on what I read. So when I visit the place, I have so much to learn from it. This kind of travelling satisfies me immensely.

I don't need money to read - I need a (relatively cheap) internet connection and a library membership card. I don't need much money to take a bus and walk to a ruined temple 10 km from my house.

I have a full time job. I do this because I love doing this. And I love that I can do what I love, if that makes sense.

So I do think we travellers are lucky. We are lucky because we make time for it :-D
 
Starting in 2012, we travel to other countries at least twice a year. We are not rich but we know how to budget our finances. By the way, we purchase only the promo plane tickets so we can save on that - the Vietnam trip this month costs us 13,000 pesos but on the regular price it is worth 30,000. So you can see how much discount we get. Since traveling gives us joy, we give it priority when we plan for the year. Instead of holding a party for birthdays, we just celebrate our birthday with a travel.
 
I really liked this post. I'm relatively young with really only a backpackers budget but I've managed to see quite a lot of the world already. I honestly think it's about what's important to you. If you really want to do something in life, you'll find the means to do it, and since travel is a passion of mine I always find a way!
 
If you manage yourself properly, an average individual can travel a few times a year. The only limiting factor is the motivation which people may have to travel. If you do not have your heart into it, then you will not be able to manage it properly. You will end up not going many times because you forgot to plan ahead. The original poster is right, there are no excuses.
 
You are correct to some extent but I'd like to point out that the mindset required to do what you do is not necessarily achievable by everyone. It's not always as simple as having the money and time to travel. For example, that someone who is 6ft, weighs 70kg can lift 50kg without any training doesn't mean that everyone of an identical build should be able to do the same.
 
While I do agree that no one should make you feel bad about traveling I think that your being a bit aggressive about it. Sure if someone said that you are so lucky and you don't deserve to travel and get to enjoy things, anyone who does say that is probably not worth your time.

A lot of people do like to travel but for most people traveling is not the top priority of there lives. I have a holiday in the next month for my birthday and I am very excited for it.
 
I think another factor is the nature of the job they are into. I know many people who work in MNCs in India who have a tight schedule 24x7 and find it even difficult to spend time with their families. I know many companies too where there is a time to enter the office and there is no time to leave. That means you should be in the office at the right time and God knows when you are going to leave the office. Most of the people are occupied even on Sundays. For them a holiday tour to some far away places is only a dream. Hope they will be able to enjoy it post retirement.
 
Tanmaya said:
I'm tired of people saying, "You're so lucky, Tanmaya. You travel so much!"
Here's the blunt truth- I'm not lucky. You're lazy. You've so throughly resigned to the rut of your routine, that you've started finding it comfortable. You even go on to make silly excuses to justify your lethargy.

"I don't have the money."

Really, now? Tell me which ever city you live in and I'll tell you at least 5 day trips that you can make with a frugal budget.
Your lack of finances is rooting from your unwillingness to save or a difference of priorities. If my news feed is full of pictures of you drinking at a new bar every week, I'm sorry, I don't see the poverty line you're living under.

"I don't have the time."

Now this one may he genuinely true for some extremely busy people, but for most people I know, it's again a sad excuse exposing their inability to manage time efficiently. You shake that procrastination off and you'll find the time. I promise.

Traveling doesn't need any resource more than it needs your willingness. If you want to go places, just leave! It's really that simple.
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This is so true, we all need to free ourselves from our lives and experience the World once in a while, you only have one life to live and if you give yourself enough reasons, you can easily stop yourself living it to the full until its too late. Wonderful post.
 
I agree with the OP but sometimes it genuinely isn't that easy. When I was younger and shall we say, care free, I travelled to quite a few different countries and it maybe was as simple as saving up enough for your travel and a bit of pocket money, and away you went.

Now I've got a home, a full time job, a wife and 2 children to look out for, so simply going to a place because I want to isn't really an option for me. We plan a family holiday once a year, but that's not the same as just getting up and going.
 
pwarbi said:
I agree with the OP but sometimes it genuinely isn't that easy. When I was younger and shall we say, care free, I travelled to quite a few different countries and it maybe was as simple as saving up enough for your travel and a bit of pocket money, and away you went.

Now I've got a home, a full time job, a wife and 2 children to look out for, so simply going to a place because I want to isn't really an option for me. We plan a family holiday once a year, but that's not the same as just getting up and going.
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A family holiday once a year is still lovely! Totally understand the life commitments (job, family, house) that prevent the ease of travel that one may have had without that. But you're still traveling, and with kids, too! That has to be commended!
 
Like I said, when I was younger I did a lot of travelling, and that's not stopped, it's just not as much now and a different type.

When we get rid of the children, I mean...When they grow up, haha, we can travel were we want then and won't be as limited.

I do agree with your OP and think a lot of people make excuses not to travel because they get to comfortable and stuck in a rut.
 
I think this a great discussion as I'm also used to people saying I'm rich so that's why I travel so often. I'm in no way rich but I do things differently. I have a great job an I put in a request for vacation of time off early enough. Part of my budget does go towards traveling so it's really part of my routine. I research and get alerts on offers for lowest fares and hotel deals too. When a ticket will cost $800.00 I'm using frequent flyer miles and getting deals at $500.00. Way too often people think the money they earn is just for bills and the rainy day. I would tell them to save, for sure, but realize that if you can still have fun without winning a lottery.
 
I think people will have different priorities and while it's important to pay the bills and try and save for the future, at the same time people also need fun in their lives also.

There's no point in working every hour God sends and not enjoying life. Travelling is important in broadening people's horizons and if they don't travel they're missing out on what the world as to offer.
 
I agree with your point that traveling in a very important part of a successful life. If God has given us a life, we need to explore it fully. Otherwise we will be just like a frog in the well, who think there is nothing beyond its limit. Traveling really widen out knowledge horizons.

It is also an opportunity to experience new cultures across the world. Sometimes we can also get good tips about improving our own life observing the life style of other people across the globe. Most importantly, we can make good friends.
 
Traveling is something that we (my husband and I) want to incorporate in our family's life. We try to go to different places in our country as much as time and money permits. It is really difficult to budget the money we have to include finances for a certain trip. But we do make it sometimes, maybe once or twice a year. We travel not to expensive destinations but more to remote, unknown places. We love beaches and wildlife parks. So yes, you're right. It is very difficult to make time and money to give to traveling but it can be done.
 
I found it interesting how people would recommend all sorts of great things to build self confidence like looking people in the eye and reading motivational books and so on. I've found that traveling, even to another state, has those benefits. We get to engage new people and their perspectives and their openness to life. I now go parasailing, hunting, fishing and am able to walk into a crowded room or office and feel pretty confident. I think that came from getting out into the world.
 
Traveling is a passion, which could be pushed backward by some demands of life, but the will and wish will eventually prevail if the planning is strong.

I have seen many people, who do not fall into handsome earning categories, but they planned their budget in such a way that they could manage to materialize their dreams to go for an outing, at least once a year.

Monetary constraints and other barriers of life may restrict you to visit to some exotic places, but proper time and money management will definitely provide the freedom of short holidays, which become the souvenir of life in the coming days.
 
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