Do you tell everybody, some people or nobody when you are making travel plans? If so, who do you tell and who do you avoid telling?
The mentality of some peeps i.e " look at me, look at me I went round the world and now I'm deep and thoughtful" kinda bugs me but then again its their journey and who am I to judge?! One of the reasons I came on this site is because no one knows that I am doing this. Parents, friends, girlfriend ect.. no one. Sold my bar and club in Feb this year and Next couple days I say my goodbyes and then I am away. End of :p
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Dj Barbie
Why not tell them? They are not going to brand you as a pretention 'look at me' 'I am so deep and thoughtful' type, just because you are travelling. At least they wont, unless they are very judgemental.
I always tell my boyfriend and daughter about the travel I am planning. I sometimes dont tell my parents in law though. I dont want them to panic. Sometimes we tell them, soon before I leave, while I am there, or when I get back, so they dont spend too much time worrying.
Reply to this I also tell most friends. I dont tell ones, who look at me in a weird way and ask ''why do your travel so much'' or ''what are you going there for? there is nothing there''. And I have a friend whose ex I avoided telling about my travels. He used to accuse me of having no respect for myself, otherwise I would not be going to dangerous places like India and Mexico by myself. Unfortunately, I used to tell my friend about my travels and she used to tell him. I asked her to have a word with him about his lectures, but she just told me ''he has a right to his opinions''.
Reply to this no no no no! my typing skillz are awful on forums as get way lazy so confusion often occurs. I dodn't mean to insinuate that friends, family etc... would brand me as a Hippy, Gypsie or even pretensious ( although I may have some of their qualities) No, I just ment that I personally don't want any tears, hugs, arguments, parties, anyone coming with me or feel I have to explain why am going.
I'm traveling because I want to and I don't want to tell anyone....jst yet :P ( although I'm going tomorrow!)
But that still leaves the question of should I tell em or not I suppose! I think Not. 😊
Reply to this I don't think it makes you pretentious to tell people about your travels... what would anyone with such opinions be doing on TravelBlog...
I only really want people who I know are interested and won't worry themselves to death about me to know about my travelling. I tried to really keep the link to my travelblog under my hat, but unfortunately a few members of my family have found it now which I'm not very happy about, and I actually considered moving the account to another name or just stopping it altogether. I'd rather people only followed my travels if they were genuinely interested in them, rather than just because they're worried about what terrible things might be happening to me.
''what are you going there for? there is nothing there''.
ugh I've got this from pretty much everyone I've met while out here... gets really annoying...
Reply to this I've told a few friends about my plans. I haven't told my parents yet. They'll think I'm bonkers for giving up a well paid job, at 35, to go around the world for a year. That should be an interesting conversation!
Reply to this I used to be a control freak. Oh, alright. I still am, but to a milder degree. I always tell my family where I am, where I'm staying. With our technology, there's no way I'd fail to let them know. A short email, a text message on my mobile. And they also update me on goings-on while I'm away. Perhaps that explains why I love to take off.......somehow I "loosen up" when traveling. So there. No secrets.
PS. Outside of my family, I definitely avoid sharing my travel plans with people whose company I'd rather avoid while traveling. Sure, they are friends. But traveling together is an altogether different "environment". I know of a few friends who traveled together, and came home not speaking to each other!
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