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01-16-2020 01:49 PM - edited 01-16-2020 01:50 PM
@bonappetit wrote:Travel 1st class in airplanes and stay at 5 star hotels. Hire a private tour guide. You'll renew your love of travel
Actually, I have traveled first class and stayed at a couple of 5 star resorts over the years. It hasn't changed my opinion of travel. As a few others have stated in their posts - I enjoy some of the destinations, but the travel part prevents me from enjoying the experience any longer.
01-16-2020 01:51 PM
I love to travel, but don't like long layovers, and going through customs. The extra security "frisk down" at the TSA checkpoint when the x-ray goes off, is not the highlight of my trip either. LOL
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01-16-2020 01:53 PM
It can be a hassel but the end result is definitely worth it.
01-16-2020 01:58 PM
The older I get the more I prefer Road Trips! I really enjoy those..Hubby and I an dour daughters when they were younger and living at home did a fair amount of traveling by plane and loved it and really went to some nice, fun places, but for some reason now I enjoy the Road trips!!!!!
01-16-2020 02:00 PM - edited 01-16-2020 02:04 PM
I love to take road trips in the car, especially in the mountains, but IMO, air travel has become a nightmare. Don't care if I never fly again. I guess I will since it's the only way to visit my relatives in Pa., but I won't like it.
01-16-2020 02:03 PM - edited 01-16-2020 02:09 PM
Still love it, but now I go at my own pace. Break long hauls and arrive early to rest up. Can't rack up the miles on foot like I used to do.
Dying en route might be be even better than being shot by a jealous wife, no? At least you lived to the end. 🤣
01-16-2020 02:10 PM
I don't hate it, I'd just rather stay home.
01-16-2020 02:23 PM
I flew once. In 1995, my best friend moved to Florida. She said if I wanted to see her I had to get on a plane. In a moment of insanity, I detest heights, I booked a ticket and off I went. Alone.
Scranton to Philly and then Fort Myers. This was 25 years ago and I still remember the 3 kids behind me who kicked my seat the whole way. Samantha, Michael and Jeffrey. Grandparents were across the aisle from them.
Coming back hit bad weather from Philly to Scranton. I had a death grip on the leg of the man next to me at one point. I did apologize to him. I almost kissed the ground when we landed. Never again.
Long lines, being patted down, charged for every little thing, crammed in a flying gas can with a bunch of strangers at 35,000 ft. up, nope, nope and h*ll no.
01-16-2020 02:24 PM - edited 01-16-2020 02:26 PM
@bonappetit Completely agree! DH and I love to travel and we did a lot of it when we were in our 30s, 40s and 50s and very happy we did it then and flying in what I call "steerage" didn't bother us. Now, fortunately, we have the means to fly first class domestically and business class internationally. Otherwise, we wouldn't be flying. Makes a BIG difference.
Would like to take more trains but Amtrak needs a lot of improvement.
"The World is a book and those who do not travel read only a page."
01-16-2020 02:35 PM - edited 01-16-2020 02:39 PM
I quit air Tavel many years ago. We do motorhome travel now which we enjoy and average about ten days to two weeks.
The traffic of course is a challenge sometimes but we take our time . I am a home body at heart and stress about pre travel preparations but enjoy it once we get underway.
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