Comments on: Life After Backpacking: 5 Tips for Settling Down But Still Daydreaming

By: Penelope

Penelope — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:53:04 +0000

It’s great to hear from others just like me! I traveled for about 7 years, then I was blessed with my babies and a Canadian husband, we’re all hauled up on the south coast of the UK, which is gorgeous. We take the kids everywhere!! Round the UK and further afield at least once a year. We also go by ourselves every year to a new European city, which is great. I”ll never lose my travel bug and am always up for the next trip, love to plan and execute them :) We are tied into a mortgage, which was important to us with the kids to have a stable base and committed to our businesses that we have set up. The tips from the article are great. I have one more…to help me readjust to settled life I went back to Uni which allowed me to travel during the long vacations, but help me get used to being home, it was tough but it worked :)

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:13:03 +0000

What you say is very true. Not everyone can make traveling full-time. For those who can, it is wonderful, but those travelers with wandering feet have difficulty staying at home when they return. Interesting list, thanks for your thoughts!

By: Clive Sinclair

Clive Sinclair — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:05:34 +0000

Great Post. It is very hard to do – giving up travelling. While in the military (20yrs), I travelled a lot. That in itself gave me an appetite to travel even more.

I love nothing more than arriving at an airport for a long haul flight to some far part of the world. At 57 though my ‘places to visit’ is still long.

I am lucky enough to have retired early and still be able to travel, although it is becoming less frequent. I do have an age in my head, when I think I shall stop. But I’m not telling anyone – it might change!

By: Dariece - Goats On The Road

Dariece - Goats On The Road — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:46:29 +0000

Great post! I definitely agree with keeping foreign friends and travel buddies close while at home. I do think that there are backpackers out there that don’t need to “settle down” on a mortgage permanent basis. Some of us found that our sole mates enjoy travelling as much as we do and we do it together. Sure you cant travel non-stop forever, but travelling for a lifetime is not unheard of. We’ve been going 3 years strong and taking 6 month or year long breaks in a country and calling it home has been enough for us. I’ll get back to you after 5 or 6 years but I’m pretty sure we’ll still be going strong. The pressures of society and western life bring the pressures of “settling down”, not our human nature. We can do it if we have the right person to do it with. Good for you though for keeping your personal dream alive. having a mortgage and doing 1-3 month trips isn’t so bad! It’s all TRAVEL!
Cheers.

By: Kristiina

Kristiina — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:22:12 +0000

Some excelent tips you have ! I was in australia two years and few months in asia&malaysia , and i miss australia, or the people i met in there(havent quite decided yet) soo much. been home for few months and life in here is so full of responsibilities and everyone is taking life seriously, im working in here,but its not the same. its so different to the life i lived the past years ! maybe its time to grow up,but im not quite sure if i want it.
greetings from Estonia !

By: LeslieTravel

LeslieTravel — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 05:55:25 +0000

Great tips! I can relate to your experience. Since my RTW trip I’ve come back home and have been exploring the US. There’s always something new and exciting in my hometown, New York City. Your advice is spot-on… even if you aren’t backpacking overseas, you can continue to discover new cultures, traditions and attractions closer to home.

By: Marissa Simoes

Marissa Simoes — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:33:14 +0000

I really enjoyed this. I just came home from a few months of traveling right after graduating from college. I was offered a job back at home and now that I’m all settled in, working and such, I’ve had a really hard time readjusting to a sedentary life. It’s good to know that other people have dealt with it and have good suggestions. Thanks! -Marissa

By: Matthew Peters

Matthew Peters — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:50:08 +0000

My wife and I love to travel-and we did a lot of that until recently. Now we have two toddlers and our traveling adventures have been put on pause for the moment. We take short trips (10 days to two weeks) or take the time to discover our hometown’s treasures as you wisely point out.

To keep our flexibility to travel when we want to and keep our living costs down, we became resident managers of an apartment complex.

A lot of people believe that you have to turn in your freedom or can no longer travel for weeks at a time when you are manager; but it isn’t always the case. We pay nothing for our home and work about one hour a week in exchange.

It is a great happy medium for us. Since we had to have a place to live, we liked the idea of free rent and we both work for ourselves-so we really have the flexibility we want to do what we want when we want to do it.

I’m glad that you wrote this article because when we had children, we felt that we wanted to provide a “home-base” and have some stability yet our hearts are in traveling and experiencing the world.

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