Comments on: The Realities of Long Term Travel https://www.roadprotravel.com/the-realities-of-long-term-travel/ Stop Dreaming. Start Traveling. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:46:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Yakationers https://www.roadprotravel.com/the-realities-of-long-term-travel/#comment-59656 Fri, 07 Feb 2020 15:56:15 +0000 http://www.roadprotravel.com/?p=2652#comment-59656 Wow, so here we are year 4. Bucket list dwindled, missed Alot of life events. Wedding gown shopping via video was not how either my daughter or myself imagined that experience. Shocking our marriage of 40 years has survived 24/7 togetherness. One of our greatest challenges. Were retired. We feel all of what you so eloquently put on paper. Started with 8 months on the road and now we go back every 4 months. Relationships feel like acquaintances.. so true. Their us no way you return the same person. Our perspective has changed thru knowledge and experience. Looking back hands down we would choose this path again. More anxious going back and finding our way then it was to take this crazy leap. Thanks a million for addressing what we are all so feeling

]]> By: rebecca https://www.roadprotravel.com/the-realities-of-long-term-travel/#comment-5633 Sun, 11 Nov 2018 08:06:10 +0000 http://www.roadprotravel.com/?p=2652#comment-5633 Love all these points. Currently taking a needed break in Cluj, Romania. It is comforting to know I’m not weird to have these same feelings after constant traveling for 3.5 years….next stop Portugal. lol You are a great writer. Thanks for sharing your insight and thoughts. It makes me feel a bit more sane!

]]> By: Lisa https://www.roadprotravel.com/the-realities-of-long-term-travel/#comment-4438 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:01:12 +0000 http://www.roadprotravel.com/?p=2652#comment-4438 We are 10 months in traveling and these are great points! Thanks for sharing.

“The grass isn’t greener on the other side. It is greener where you water it.”

…Also, I just read your VIPKID / wifi article. It was super helpful! Thank you :o)

]]> By: Chris https://www.roadprotravel.com/the-realities-of-long-term-travel/#comment-4046 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 05:02:20 +0000 http://www.roadprotravel.com/?p=2652#comment-4046 Great article! The bit we hate most about travelling, especially with a 2 year old in tow, is packing our stuff and travelling to the next place, whether by plane, train or automobile. It can be incredibly frustrating, and packing your bag every couple of days can really drain you too. A couple of days ago we were in Bern, certain to be heading to Lausanne the following day. But at the last minute the night before, we decided to leave Switzerland (too expensive) and head to Annecy in France instead. I love sometimes not knowing exactly where you’ll be headed the next day :)

]]> By: Nancie https://www.roadprotravel.com/the-realities-of-long-term-travel/#comment-3302 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 07:39:06 +0000 http://www.roadprotravel.com/?p=2652#comment-3302 Many of these are true for long term expats as well. I have a fixed address, but it never really feels quite like home.

]]> By: T.J. https://www.roadprotravel.com/the-realities-of-long-term-travel/#comment-3236 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 03:00:57 +0000 http://www.roadprotravel.com/?p=2652#comment-3236 Great post and very true. Though only a couple fit me. I don’t know if I’ll ever burnout. I haven’t lost my wow factor, haven’t started chasing the travel dragon yet. Always saying goodbye is the hardest for me.

]]> By: bound2explore https://www.roadprotravel.com/the-realities-of-long-term-travel/#comment-3235 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:38:21 +0000 http://www.roadprotravel.com/?p=2652#comment-3235 An entertaining piece of article. Insightfull and honest. These are the reasons why i still keep my day job amd travel whenever I can take off. Now and then i just take unpaid vacation. This is a must read for someone who are contemplating about being a long time traveler.

]]> By: Kim https://www.roadprotravel.com/the-realities-of-long-term-travel/#comment-3234 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:33:55 +0000 http://www.roadprotravel.com/?p=2652#comment-3234 This is very honest and eye opening because we often get caught up in the perfect travel posts sold to us. I like this and I am sure you will encourage others who are going through this process and feel downtrodden.

]]> By: Anil Katara https://www.roadprotravel.com/the-realities-of-long-term-travel/#comment-3232 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:36:29 +0000 http://www.roadprotravel.com/?p=2652#comment-3232 Sir / ma’am
Just read your article about travelling as a way of life…
Very honestly you have pointed out the pros and cons…. However, I found it slightly depressing.
I am a 57 year old almost senior citizen…. I have a family…. Children…
My children are of marriageable age now…. I stay in India… Mumbai. All my life I have spent my days behind a table… Looking at the familiar sights…..
I have now achieved the exalted recognization in my soul that I am a furniture or fixture of this part of Mumbai.
That is to say that tomorrow if I vanish from this exalted position, my family members, my neighbours, my peers , my wife would miss me as much as they would miss a table, a chair an umbrella.
When I read articles written by travellers like you.. Its like a whiff of oxygen in outer space….
You do not know, nor comprehend how repititive life degenerates your joints to a point that the only regenerative compounds are either alcohol or death….
So my dear bless your stars that you are travelling…. Watching a new sunrise everyday…. Fielding a new vocation every other day…. Know the planet as no one has ever done before….
Guess we all like the neighbours wife…. Lol.

]]> By: Jazzy https://www.roadprotravel.com/the-realities-of-long-term-travel/#comment-2103 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 14:01:53 +0000 http://www.roadprotravel.com/?p=2652#comment-2103 In reply to Kyrie.

Hey Kyrie,

That does not sound like a weird idea at all! It makes sense. It’s great when someone new to the game can spark your love and passion for travel again. They remind you why you fell in love with travel in the first place. They will spark travel back into you without them even knowing what they ever did!

Love that idea!

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