Comments on: How to Define Travel: Which Type of Traveler Are You? http://www.vagabondish.com/how-to-define-travel/ Dubious tips & essential ephemera for today's curious traveler Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Aisleen http://www.vagabondish.com/how-to-define-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-20767 Aisleen Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:44:11 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/how-to-define-travel/#comment-20767 Really interesting post Nora and completely agree with Lara and 'T' that one type is not necessarily more 'worthy' than another. I like to mix it up too - work hard, save money and go off on an epic adventure (or two), but I have also lived as an expat and worked abroad, which gives you a different perspective to a place. No body should be made to feel like a cop out when it comes to travel - instead, everybody who makes an effort to explore and experience a part of the world that is different for their own should be commended and encouraged no matter which way they do it. There is no room for snobbery or elitism in the world of travel - everybody has their boundaries and should be able to embrace the world in the way in which they feel capable. They may even find that taking one step towards the nomadic lifestyle is enough to encourage them to become more adventurous in the future. I say, forget the titles and terminology and just get out there and enjoy our amazing planet! :-) Really interesting post Nora and completely agree with Lara and ‘T’ that one type is not necessarily more ‘worthy’ than another. I like to mix it up too – work hard, save money and go off on an epic adventure (or two), but I have also lived as an expat and worked abroad, which gives you a different perspective to a place. No body should be made to feel like a cop out when it comes to travel – instead, everybody who makes an effort to explore and experience a part of the world that is different for their own should be commended and encouraged no matter which way they do it. There is no room for snobbery or elitism in the world of travel – everybody has their boundaries and should be able to embrace the world in the way in which they feel capable. They may even find that taking one step towards the nomadic lifestyle is enough to encourage them to become more adventurous in the future. I say, forget the titles and terminology and just get out there and enjoy our amazing planet! :-)

]]> By: T http://www.vagabondish.com/how-to-define-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-14522 T Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:09:51 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/how-to-define-travel/#comment-14522 People do travel differently, of course. Not one person is the same. We are all unique in our ways of how we are raised and groomed. I don't think there is neccessairly the one right term for what a "traveller" is. A traveller is simply one who explores a country, writes, and shares by means of it and still go back to their daily 9-5 jobs to require the extra payments. Especially if they want to continue going to new countries and explore their nature and culture. Definately do not agree when is more worthy, for all travellers are equal; however, one more work harder than the typical, but that still doesn't they are more worthy. A tourist, on the other hand, is just one who simply likes to take time off from their career and just relax and enjoy the adventure rather than write about it. This is what makes a traveller and a tourist into two seperate category: Traveller writes, a tourist vists. I hope this makes sense, if not, don't mind me. Anyway, there will always be someone wanting to make themselves more honorable in effect to gain more credit, which is fine. If they wish to do that, then let them. It shouldn't be a bothersome. Each action happens for the best and perhaps lead the person into a better opportunity. ;) T People do travel differently, of course. Not one person is the same. We are all unique in our ways of how we are raised and groomed. I don’t think there is neccessairly the one right term for what a “traveller” is. A traveller is simply one who explores a country, writes, and shares by means of it and still go back to their daily 9-5 jobs to require the extra payments. Especially if they want to continue going to new countries and explore their nature and culture. Definately do not agree when is more worthy, for all travellers are equal; however, one more work harder than the typical, but that still doesn’t they are more worthy. A tourist, on the other hand, is just one who simply likes to take time off from their career and just relax and enjoy the adventure rather than write about it. This is what makes a traveller and a tourist into two seperate category: Traveller writes, a tourist vists.
I hope this makes sense, if not, don’t mind me.
Anyway, there will always be someone wanting to make themselves more honorable in effect to gain more credit, which is fine. If they wish to do that, then let them. It shouldn’t be a bothersome. Each action happens for the best and perhaps lead the person into a better opportunity. ;)

T

]]> By: Lara Dunston http://www.vagabondish.com/how-to-define-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-6262 Lara Dunston Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:18:55 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/how-to-define-travel/#comment-6262 People travel differently at different times - they may take a year's sabatical then go back to a 9-5 job, in frustration go wandering for a years, take a job overseas and become an expat, then, exhausted from all the travelling, join an organized tour for two weeks and become a 'tourist'. We all travel differently all the time. And what does it matter? While I acknowledge there are many types of travellers and ways of travelling, I'm not so sure one is more worthy than the other, why one is more 'real'. Shouldn't we just rejoice that people are travelling, whether they do it once and never again, or they spend a life on the move, what does it matter? People travel differently at different times – they may take a year’s sabatical then go back to a 9-5 job, in frustration go wandering for a years, take a job overseas and become an expat, then, exhausted from all the travelling, join an organized tour for two weeks and become a ‘tourist’. We all travel differently all the time. And what does it matter? While I acknowledge there are many types of travellers and ways of travelling, I’m not so sure one is more worthy than the other, why one is more ‘real’. Shouldn’t we just rejoice that people are travelling, whether they do it once and never again, or they spend a life on the move, what does it matter?

]]> By: Gary http://www.vagabondish.com/how-to-define-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-6249 Gary Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:21:51 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/how-to-define-travel/#comment-6249 To the locals, they are all tourists. To the locals, they are all tourists.

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