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I've never understood why Americans keep insisting that travel is expensive. Of course it can be expensive if you choose to make it expensive, but it doesn't ha
by jltsiren 3y ago
I've never understood why Americans keep insisting that travel is expensive. Of course it can be expensive if you choose to make it expensive, but it doesn't have to be.
When I was a kid in Finland in the 80s and 90s, families often took vacations in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands. It was affordable enough even to many lower middle class families. Those were not particularly close destinations. The distances were comparable to Americans flying to the Caribbean.
Cultural habits are probably the real reason. Finns travel internationally because Finns travel internationally. Americans do it less often because Americans do it less often.
- returningfory2 3y agoAre Finnish families flying to the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands for culture or for a beach vacation? I'm guessing the latter. And to replicate this, Americans don't need to leave the US - they can fly to south Florida any time of year, and a bunch of other places like California during the summer. Americans travel a bunch, and I'm not convinced they travel shorter distances than Europeans. It's just because the country's so big, it's not international.
- jltsiren 3y agoEveryone has their own reasons, but most people are pretty curious. If you go to a faraway place and have the free time, you are probably going to spend at least a few days exploring what's out there.