has anyone else lost their desire to travel?

[ez]

I don't know exactly why, but I feel like I have lost my desire to travel. I'm not sure if its cause of the hassle involved or the money it costs, but I find myself more and more content to stay in and enjoy my own home ( we have people over quite often) Anyone else feeling like this? About the only thing that sounds appealing to me is going down to the keys, and for us that a drive not a plane ride. Even disney world, which used to be our fave...seems like too much hassle/expense to me.

 

[wvjules]

I don't know exactly why, but I feel like I have lost my desire to travel. I'm not sure if its cause of the hassle involved or the money it costs, but I find myself more and more content to stay in and enjoy my own home ( we have people over quite often) Anyone else feeling like this? About the only thing that sounds appealing to me is going down to the keys, and for us that a drive not a plane ride. Even disney world, which used to be our fave...seems like too much hassle/expense to me.

Oh god no! There is so much out there to see and do. I will never have enough time to travel to all of the places I want. Maybe you should look beyond Florida and see what other great adventures are out there.

 

[mommasita]

Ummm.. NOOO

I love it, and am planning right now for a last minute cruise.

Trying the Southern Caribbean. I love love love to travel.

 

[gator75]

I used to be that way, but it was because i really hadn't done any traveling. Now that i have had some experience the travel bug has bit me , and i'm always itching to go on a trip. I think what happens is you kind of become immune to travel. It seems like once youv'e seen one thing you've seen everything , once you bought souvineers and spent money you've done it before. you also didn't say where you have been and what youve done.


And there is a quote that goes something like this

whereever you wander wherever you roam be healthy and happy and glad to come home

 

[C.Ann]

I've definitely lost my desire to go to Disney World again.. I think I got burnt out on my last trip..

As for any place I would have to fly to - I haven't checked rates in a long time so I don't know about the expense part - but it does seem like there's much more of a hassle involved with flights now..

Driving someplace? I can only think of 2 or 3 places I would even remotely be interested in going to, but since my DD and my DGD would want to go too - and they're not able - I just don't think about it..

I guess I've seen enough and done enough that I wouldn't be terribly upset if I didn't travel again..

I enjoy my time at the lake - and I enjoy the winters back at my DD's.. That's good enough for me..

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I've lost any desire to fly. I'm not going to put up with getting manhandled by a TSA employee.

 

[FireDancer]

I love to travel and hope I never loose the desire. Right now I've got 3 trips planned for 2011 and will probably do 2 or 3 more.

 

[wvjules]

I've lost any desire to fly. I'm not going to put up with getting manhandled by a TSA employee.

Go through the scanner.

 

[ez]

I have been to 14 different countries in Europe, and most of the eastern half of the US but not out west. Been to all different parts of NY many times, I am from there and have relatives there, including a son who lives in NYC. Been on one Disney cruise to the bahamas. Last time I flew I got singled out from my family and had to go thru some sort of puffer machine on another line and get padded down cause the plastic was peeling off the corner of my drivers license. They just keep sending me a sticker in the mail to renew it.Been to WDW a zillion (not really) times.

 

[MIGrandma]

No, I do enjoy traveling and wish we could afford to do more of it.

I always look forward to coming home, as there truly is "no place like home" but I enjoy our vacations and seeing new places, and going back to places we love.

We just planned our winter trip for January. Flying out of Detroit (Spirit, $29 flights!) to Orlando for two weeks. Disneyworld for 3 nights, a 4-night Monarch of the Seas cruise, a few nights at Daytona Beach and whatever else we might want to do while we're there.

I love doing trip research, and planning, it's fun to me.

We hope to see Alaska and Hawaii within the next few years, and I would love to see a few other places like Paris, Rome, London, etc. but not sure I'll get to do that as DH really isn't interested in it.

I'm a homebody too though, and enjoy my home and time spent here very much. So I guess I enjoy both! Traveling and staying at home!!

 

[MIGrandma]

Go through the scanner.

Not everyone can go through them.

My Mom has a pacemaker so she has to be patted down by an employee.

 

[wvjules]

Not everyone can go through them.

My Mom has a pacemaker so she has to be patted down by an employee.

Did not know that. Thanks.

 

[C.Ann]

Not everyone can go through them.

My Mom has a pacemaker so she has to be patted down by an employee.

Really? That would not make me very happy.. I wonder if my friend from up here at the lake had to do that when she left for Florida this year? She has metal rods in one of her legs due to a horrific car accident..

 

[ez]

well, I do have a young son with autism, so its occurring to me now, thats something that has changed for me too. I can't leave him at home so any trip we would take he would be on, and it would change things, and I have to be able to duplicate certain things from home which could present a challenge. So maybe its alot of reasons, thats probably part of it too.

 

[hulagirl87]

me. though at times I want to "get away from it all" I really don't want to go anywhere. Usually places are too hot, too crowded, people annoy me, I don't want to fly, or pack my suitcase or worry about things I might have forgotten, travelling seems now to be too much of a trouble. And now with all this extra security at the airport and this ridiculous patting down I realize I'm not missing much.

The next trip we are planning is in 2014 for DD to go to Disney World. We plan on driving and while I am excited to take her I have a good 3 1/2 years to plan ahead which is good for me

 

[lovetoscrap]

I have not lost my desire to travel, but I really want to avoid flying if at all possible. I am not a patient person so long car trips drive me crazy but compared to the hassle to flying and trying to fit everything into a small suitcase (I am an overpacker, what can I say) and getting through security and having to be there early etc. I really would rather just drive.

But I also travel with an ECV so that adds a degree of difficulty to everything. I would say that has changed the way I look at travel and some of my excitement. For instance I have always wanted to go on cruises and explore other places but with many places not handicapped friendly I am not as excited to cruise.

My sister wanted me to go to NY with her in a few weeks and if I were able bodied it would have been piece of cake-- hop on a plane and have fun being tourists all over NY. Instead I had to consider that the tour bus she wanted to use is not easily hc accessible (Have to make arrangements in advance, can't just show up), that the distance we would go each day might be more than my battery could handle, that many buildings, while meeting the legal requirements, are really not EASY to get into and get around in and all the other things that go along with that. While I ultimately didn't make the decision not to go because of this (I had surgery last week and can't fly) it was a huge factor when I was trying to decide.

Overall I am a homebody. I like my own bed. But I do have a desire to drive all over the country and see everything and would love to visit many places in the world. But it is such a pain now that I am not sure it is worth it. If we had Star Trek transporters then I would be all over that!

 

[huey duey & luey]

yes to a point. I can now plan about 1 big trip a year to 1 1/2 years. Other than that too much work lol.

Mine is definitely the prep and post work to travelling with 5. I also used to be able to sit on a plane for 12 hours no problem, now its like 4 tops lol.

I also enjoy closer trips to home now as well. I think as life circumstances change so do our likes/dislikes

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Go through the scanner.

Oh, wait, that's the other option? I didn't realize that. The medias little sound bites didn't seem to specify that. Not that I should be surprised...

 

[kirstenb1]

well, I do have a young son with autism, so its occurring to me now, thats something that has changed for me too. I can't leave him at home so any trip we would take he would be on, and it would change things, and I have to be able to duplicate certain things from home which could present a challenge. So maybe its alot of reasons, thats probably part of it too.

Our 5 yr old has autism too. It has really changed the way I view many things, travel among them. Now I tend to try to "look through her eyes" before planning things. I never liked going to the beach---always thought it was a little boring. It's her favorite place, more so than WDW, so I'm seeing it in a new light.

Traveling with a kid with autism takes a lot of planning, so no spontaneity, etc.

 

[FireDancer]

Oh, wait, that's the other option? I didn't realize that. The medias little sound bites didn't seem to specify that. Not that I should be surprised...

Inside the US you can always request a pat down instead of going through the scanner if you choose. Sometimes the gate agents will try and tell you that you have to go through the scanner but as long as the flight is not leaving the USA you can stand your ground and if they continue to insist get a supervisor.