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Sure when I will travel I meet people interested in travel. I've gotten some cool info for futures trips from people. When I get back home, no one really cares

by tayo42 5y ago

Sure when I will travel I meet people interested in travel. I've gotten some cool info for futures trips from people. When I get back home, no one really cares. They're busy being broke or working high stress jobs. 40% of Americans never left the country. Of that how many do you think are just going on a cruise or a carribean resort? I'm pretty sure you live in a bubble. None of my friends are taking more then a trip a year. Hostels and volunteering are not for everyone. A vacation that is hard when life is hard is not appealing.

cableshaft 5y ago
Many Americans never leave the country because the US is already pretty vast. Put Texas on a map of Europe and traveling mostly straight (with some slight detours) from the north tip to the south tip can take you through the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy[1]. There's also oceans or large distances separating it from most other countries so going anywhere besides the Caribbean islands or Canada/Mexico is going to require an often not very cheap plane flight (probably $400/person at a minimum, likely more, and roughly 2.5x that if you're wanting to go to Asia/Australia). Also, only about 37% of Americans have passports[2], and you can go on cruises without a passport (and used to be able to go to Canada/Mexico without one, but that's changed in the last decade), and the process can take 2-3 months and $165 in fees by itself (I just checked, I'm one of those people that still haven't gotten a passport yet...would have if the pandemic didn't happen in 2020, we were planning a trip to Canada that year), so that's a bit of a deterrent as well. [1]: https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/how-big-is-texas-compared-to-other-land-masses/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/how-big-is-texas... [2]: https://today.yougov.com/topics/travel/articles-reports/2021/04/21/only-one-third-americans-have-valid-us-passport https://today.yougov.com/topics/travel/articles-reports/2021...
JSavageOne 5y ago
Everyone lives in their own bubble. Sounds like your bubble consists of people who are either too broke for travel, more focused on their high-stress jobs, or just lack interest in travel. I'd imagine most people here working well-paying jobs in tech living in cities like NYC/SF probably go on more than one vacation per year. In Europe, people get 1-3+ months of vacation, and it's very cheap to travel within Europe. It's pretty sad if one doesn't spend more than 2+ weeks per year on vacation, unless one really enjoys their work that much, which I imagine probably is not the case for most employees.

by tayo42 5y ago

cableshaft 5y ago

Many Americans never leave the country because the US is already pretty vast. Put Texas on a map of Europe and traveling mostly straight (with some slight detours) from the north tip to the south tip can take you through the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy[1]. There's also oceans or large distances separating it from most other countries so going anywhere besides the Caribbean islands or Canada/Mexico is going to require an often not very cheap plane flight (probably $400/person at a minimum, likely more, and roughly 2.5x that if you're wanting to go to Asia/Australia). Also, only about 37% of Americans have passports[2], and you can go on cruises without a passport (and used to be able to go to Canada/Mexico without one, but that's changed in the last decade), and the process can take 2-3 months and $165 in fees by itself (I just checked, I'm one of those people that still haven't gotten a passport yet...would have if the pandemic didn't happen in 2020, we were planning a trip to Canada that year), so that's a bit of a deterrent as well. [1]: https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/how-big-is-texas-compared-to-other-land-masses/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/how-big-is-texas... [2]: https://today.yougov.com/topics/travel/articles-reports/2021/04/21/only-one-third-americans-have-valid-us-passport https://today.yougov.com/topics/travel/articles-reports/2021...

JSavageOne 5y ago

Everyone lives in their own bubble. Sounds like your bubble consists of people who are either too broke for travel, more focused on their high-stress jobs, or just lack interest in travel. I'd imagine most people here working well-paying jobs in tech living in cities like NYC/SF probably go on more than one vacation per year. In Europe, people get 1-3+ months of vacation, and it's very cheap to travel within Europe. It's pretty sad if one doesn't spend more than 2+ weeks per year on vacation, unless one really enjoys their work that much, which I imagine probably is not the case for most employees.