Comments on: I’m Going Traveling, Dammit! (When to Ignore the Bad Advice of Others)

By: Jo ~ Over the Edge of the Wild

Jo ~ Over the Edge of the Wild — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:58:42 +0000

This was not the post I needed to read today haha. I fight the urge to run off again into the sunset all the time, but my partner pulls me back from the ledge. He’s at work at the moment, so there’s a risk we’ll have one way tickets somewhere by the time he gets home!

By: Krittika Dutta

Krittika Dutta — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 11:02:14 +0000

Such an amazing post. Well written in “YOU CAN’T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE” section. Thanks for sharing this post.

By: Monika

Monika — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:54:41 +0000

You’re speaking from my heart! There is also the one when they tell you “don’t go to [South America/Asia…etc] because it’s dangerous” – based on a movie they saw 10 years ago…or when they tell me “don’t go to festivals, because they’re about drugs only”

By: Jones Around The World

Jones Around The World — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:58:45 +0000

I reallly LOVE this !! I was actually just having a convo with my best friend back in the U.S About this. I was telling him to JUST GO somewhere! Gotta ignore all the dumb people for sure, lol

By: Taj Mahal Moonlight Tour

Taj Mahal Moonlight Tour — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 07:50:30 +0000

Thanks for sharing this motivational post, really it is like a light which a traveler wants in the darkness. Glad to read this post.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 18:47:16 +0000

I did it “right”. College – > job -> wife -> kids ->house in the suburbs -> minivan->pension plan/savings->etc… and IMHO you made the right decision.

Next time take me with you.

By: John Parker

John Parker — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 16:04:55 +0000

Traveling is always fun for me. it gives refreshment, love ,energy etc..

By: Komal

Komal — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 06:32:30 +0000

I love these. One I might add is travel doesn’t necessarily mean leaving home. Some of the best places I’ve visited have been in my backyard, so to speak

By: Tim L.

Tim L. — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:27:29 +0000

This is a wonderful post Amanda and I especially love this line when saying you wouldn’t like Japan:
“This wasn’t because they’d been there or anything.”

Most of the advice you get from people who haven’t traveled long-term or lived abroad is just plain worthless. Talk to people have done it and you’ll get much better advice!

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:02:55 +0000

in 1984, i was 25 & worked in a restaurant, had only a HS diploma, no future plans and wanted to get far away from a lousy boyfriend, so I decided to buy a van and see the USA. The customers, mostly older than age 50 were split — half said I was crazy to do it, crazy to go — EEK — ALONE, and should settle down, but half said, “do it now while you’re healthy, young and not tied down.” So I bopped around for half a year, then came back and “settled down.” It was one of my better decisions, as I saw so many places and met so many people and despite good intentions, I never was able to return to most of those people and places. And now at 53, my health is shot, so if I’d waited till retirement age to travel, I’d likely be dead. EEK indeed!