reasons you travel

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by smallrinilady, Apr 30, 2007.

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what is the main reason for a majority of your travels?

  1. To visit people?

    10 vote(s)
    58.8%
  2. For work reasons?

    5 vote(s)
    29.4%
  3. To get away from it all and relax?

    10 vote(s)
    58.8%
  4. To spend family time together

    10 vote(s)
    58.8%
  5. only on nessary occasions such as a wedding or funeral

    1 vote(s)
    5.9%
  6. to Study or do research

    1 vote(s)
    5.9%
  7. to volunteer and help out the world

    2 vote(s)
    11.8%
  8. other reasons

    7 vote(s)
    41.2%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. dayandnight

    dayandnight Member

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    i travel becuase i dont like my family
     
  2. xiaojia

    xiaojia Well-Known Member

    ^ thats harsh..

    I travel for many reasons.. but none are work related as yet.. most are just to get away from the city life
     
  3. BabyRain

    BabyRain Doppelgänger of da E.Twin

    My family and I (parents, bro, grandma, uncle) used to travel back in those days... usually just to Singapore (to visit my aunt) and locally like Kuala Lumpur.
    Boy, do i miss those good ol' days. So much fun. Always looked forward to those yearly trips.
    Now, travelling together is out of the question since my mom's death, and there's only my dad and bro and grandma can hardly walk now.
    So to those of you who still have a family to travel with, be grateful :)
    Then I did some travelling with my ex-boyfriend, that was fun too.
    I travelled on my own to Australia for two weeks to visit a friend and that was awesome :)
    Now my dream is to have financial independence so I can travel anywhere I want and whenever I want to, without any worries.
     
  4. fearless_fx

    fearless_fx Eugooglizer

    to eat food i wouldnt have a chance to eat where i live

    meet people i would not normally meet

    see family

    see nice geography/architecture

    visit old and famous sites

    relax
     
  5. xiaojia

    xiaojia Well-Known Member

    ^ you visit places for the architecture? old and famous sites? such as?
     
  6. Taxloss

    Taxloss Stripper Vicar

    I travel because I love to see other cultures and customs, taste food that I normally won't get the chance to in my own country and it helps me to keep my mind open to everything new. And for travel photography as it's always refreshing to shoot something else than the usual in my own city. Another reason I travel is sometimes I love a rock band so much that I don't mind to fly to another continent to see them because they're really worth it. It's also a bit of "collecting the places" of the world by trying to visit as many countries I can before I die.
     
  7. kdotc

    kdotc 안녕하세요빅뱅K-Dragon입니다

    ^ and rock concerts lol
     
  8. Taxloss

    Taxloss Stripper Vicar

    ^I meant rock gigs yeah...ain't no groupie!
     
  9. i travel because i like my family.
     
  10. ah_wong201

    ah_wong201 Well-Known Member

    i travel mostly for work, but i also travel for vacationing also. i perfer getting around on a plane. don't like to drive far anymore
     
  11. how can u miss shopping???!!!
     
  12. ch0ps7ix

    ch0ps7ix Well-Known Member

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    i need my 4 vacations a year...... otherwise i dont work or study correctly
     
  13. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    I don't know, every time I travel, especially to foreign places where they don't really speak English or Chinese, I feel this tranquility, almost like I am the only person in the world kind of good lonely :D

    And yeah, nice museums and parks and temples and architectures in general bonus, so is local food.
     
  14. Maverick

    Maverick Lord Vader

    Every bad thing has it's good side. Not being able to speak the native tongue. You will be more inventive and your observations will be much better.
    I survived many countries where I don't speak the language.
    But to a girl, not being able to talk could be perhaps a punishment :D
     
  15. smallrinilady

    smallrinilady Well-Known Member

    sorry . . . . i missed a few, and realized you can't change polls
    besides, shopping, shouldn't that just be a benifit to traveling, and not the sole reason? yeah yeah i know . . .

    i know I LOVE architecutre

    yeah i love new cuisine, hopefully someone i can take home with me in a form of a recipe
     
  16. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    @Mav: Hmmmm, I guess, but then it's not like I am brave enough to visit Russia by myself or something, though I really want to take the Trans-siberia train from St. Peterborugh to Beijing one of these days... I guess I need to find a Russian friend first :p

    But I agree that one tends to be more inventive and observing when placed in a real foreign place (not understanding the language), and I am much more receptive to the culture if I am not distracted by people talking :p