25 and never been abroad

Max Power

Not even to the UK. Is that weird?

El Weirdo

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

Not even to the UK. Is that weird?

Who?

Xavi6

Yes. Do yourself a favour and book something, get out of the goldfish bowl for a bit and broaden your horizons.

You'll be better for it.

Chevolution

Yes, you big weirdo you....

Not really though it's actually quite common

NIMAN

Not really.

I know guys who wouldn't know the roads out of their own city.

But fair chance you probably are a little weird.

Marcusm

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

Not even to the UK. Is that weird?

Would you not go up north; head for the Giant's Causeway and then over to your cave in the Shetland islands?

Prima Nocte

Lol you are so not cool

Furious_George

Do it now while you're young. You'll be long enough unable to afford travel cos of mortgage kids etc.

Max Power

Prima Nocte wrote: »

Lol you are so not cool

Totes

o1s1n

How?

I went on my first trip abroad when I was eight. My parents had feck all money between them but we slummed it and had an amazing time.

How you can get through 25 years without leaving this island even once is beyond me

Max Power

o1s1n wrote: »

How?

I went on my first trip abroad when I was eight. My parents had feck all money between them but we slummed it and had an amazing time.

How you can get through 25 years without leaving this island even once is beyond me

When I was young we always holidayed in Ireland, my parents couldn't afford to bring all 4 kids to a foreign country. I haven't went on holiday since my youth.

I would love to visit Portugal, something fascinates me about that country.

Emeraldy Pebbles

o1s1n wrote: »

How?

I went on my first trip abroad when I was eight. My parents had feck all money between them but we slummed it and had an amazing time.

Lots of people didn't get foreign holidays as children. My parents couldn't afford it, even "slumming" it. Not that incomprehensible.

I was 19 when I first went abroad. (2003) It's great in many ways, OP, do it! Book cheap flights to somewhere on the continent.

Cee-Jay-Cee

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

I would love to visit Portugal, something fascinates me about that country.

Save yourself the cost, it's nothing special.

B.A._Baracus

I havent been on a plane since I was 4 years old .... Given my chosen username thats quite funny.

Fight_Night

You need to go away. A few hundred quid will get you a nice week in Portugal. Might have been too expensive for your parents but take advantage of the cheap flights available now.

NIMAN

If you do decide to go abroad, here's a top tip for you which I and many others use all the time.

If you are in a non-English speaking, and want something in a shop or pub, ask for it in English. When they don't understand, repeat what you said word for word, but say it slightly louder and slower, that way they will understand better.

Wacker The Attacker

Go to Las Vegas. You may as well start at the top

Zebra3

Book a return flight to some city in Europe for fifty quid or so with Scabair.

Get out there and live.

Max Power

Zebra3 wrote: »

Book a return flight to some city in Europe for fifty quid or so with Scabair.

Get out there and live.

A return flight for €50?

NIMAN

Zebra3 wrote: »

Book a return flight to some city in Europe for fifty quid or so with Scabair.

Get out there and live.

I assume thats Ryanair?

You can guarantee that if this guys first experience of travel is via Ryanair, he will never be out of Ireland again.

SystemsGuy

I didn't go abroad until our TY trip to Paris in 2009. Will never forget it and I've promised myself I'll go back again soon.
I never went abroad before that because Mam or Dad couldn't afford to take the 5 of us abroad. So we'd all hop in the Nissan Bluebird and go over to Westport once a year. Now that's a holiday!

Lexe

It's not weird, but if you're fascinated by Portugal then you should go, especially while you're young and free to explore it at ease! You might end up staying there....

KKkitty

I'm 31 and have only been out of the country once. It was to Cadbury's chocolate factory in Birmingham for a school trip. Haven't had an urge to go out of the country since but if you feel it's an issue for you do something about it.

Pilotdude5

I wasn't abroad between 2006 and 2011. My hatred of Ireland manifested itself then. I do miss Barry's tea when I go though.

Stained Class

Nothing uncool about not being abroad .

Too many people go on about 'Travel' like it's the Holy Grail & about 'Finding Themselves', etc.

That said, if you have a particular yen for visiting someplace, go for it while your'e still young & have no ties.

Even if the experiance is not all you hoped it might be, at least you'll have gotten it out of your system.

CianRyan

Travelling isn't cool, it's just fun.
Similarly, you won't "find yourself" while travelling but you will see new places and that's nice.
I like to explore and travel, didn't get away this year though, too broke.
I'd love to go to Japan and Hong Kong, they just really interest me.

I've been on every landmass except for Antarctica, this bothers me. It's mad expensive but I'd like to go at some stage.

OT: I've just noticed, my mind seems to work in bullet points.

retalivity

what part of ireland are you in?
Go to belfast or derry for a weekend for a start...

Barry Barry

Your probably gonna have to have your leg amputated from the knee down.

Rigol

sheeeeet you know y'all can get a flight over to the UK for like 12 dollars.

bohboh

No matter how far you run , no matter where you go, you cannot escape yourself, Coming home and telling everone I was travelling is in my opinion another form of bragging most of time (not every time), Nobody cares, The reality of travel is it can be quite stressful, airports, coaches, food your not used to , an uncomfortable bed , unusual warm cliamte,weird man eating animals, spiders that can kill, I say stay where you are - if you travel all the time its like you have no past, you miss out on proper close friendships, Dont go outside either :eek: . No need to now with the internet & phones. :eek:

ArtyM

25 and never been abroad

Go to Thailand, over there you can be abroad, abloke, abroad/bloke - whatever tickles your fancy.

1ZRed

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

When I was young we always holidayed in Ireland, my parents couldn't afford to bring all 4 kids to a foreign country. I haven't went on holiday since my youth.

I would love to visit Portugal, something fascinates me about that country.

Never mind that, I found Portugal quite boring. Go to Portaventura in Spain! It's a universal theme park and it's brilliant with a load of people with you, and it's not too far from Barcelona to do all the sites and the aquarium.

Fair enough I was there when I was 6, 10 and 14 so I obviously found the theme park more exciting, and hadn't a clue about nightlife then, but we came back 3 times so it was something

CianRyan

1ZRed wrote: »

Never mind that, I found Portugal quite boring. Go to Portaventura in Spain! It's a universal theme park and it's brilliant with a load of people with you, and it's not too far from Barcelona to do all the sites and the aquarium.

Fair enough I was there when I was 6, 10 and 14 so I obviously found the theme park more exciting, and hadn't a clue about nightlife then, but we came back 3 times so it was something

Could be they don't want that sort of holiday?
Seeing as Portugal really isn't renowned for them it'd seem like an odd choice for it.

Rigol

bohboh wrote: »

airports, coaches, food your not used to , an uncomfortable bed , unusual warm cliamte,weird man eating animals, spiders that can kill, I say stay where you are

Cant be doin with it.

Adyx

I'm about to turn 32 and apart from Wales and the North I've never been abroad either. Never been on a plane.

Rantandrave

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

Not even to the UK. Is that weird?

Very...

I've seen half the world, I'm ur age, go do it

King Of Wishful Thinking

Can't understand anybody that doesn't try and broaden their minds and see other cultures. It really gets on my nerves the way people are so comfortable with their surroundings and are afraid to go somewhere new and different and experience life being lived in ways that we at home are new to. It's good for the soul. My two weeks in Santa Ponsa changed my life.

Rantandrave

King Of Wishful Thinking wrote: »

Can't understand anybody that doesn't try and broaden their minds and see other cultures. It really gets on my nerves the way people are so comfortable with their surroundings and are afraid to go somewhere new and different and experience life being lived in ways that we at home are new to. It's good for the soul. My two weeks in Santa Ponsa changed my life.

Lol... Santa ponsa has that effect alright

CianRyan

King Of Wishful Thinking wrote: »

Can't understand anybody that doesn't try and broaden their minds and see other cultures. It really gets on my nerves the way people are so comfortable with their surroundings and are afraid to go somewhere new and different and experience life being lived in ways that we at home are new to. It's good for the soul. My two weeks in Santa Ponsa changed my life.

I lolled.

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King Of Wishful Thinking wrote: »

Can't understand anybody that doesn't try and broaden their minds and see other cultures. It really gets on my nerves the way people are so comfortable with their surroundings and are afraid to go somewhere new and different and experience life being lived in ways that we at home are new to. It's good for the soul. My two weeks in Santa Ponsa changed my life.

I was *this* close to getting outraged.

Maximus Alexander

While I was lucky enough to be out of Ireland many times as a child, teenager and young adult, I never left Europe or was out of the country for longer than a two week stretch. That is, until last March, when I left for Thailand and then Australia.

Travelling is fantastic and you should definitely give it a go. Have I "found myself"? No, but then that's not why I left. I left because I was bored of being in the same town, with the same people, doing the same things all the time. I've had a fantastic time, and while I do miss home at times (or more accurately, the people at home), I wouldn't change a thing.

Start small, you can go to places like the UK, France, Holland for pittance and just stay for a weekend. Hell, even just go see London for one day, it's well worth it! Then if you have a good time, you can start checking more places off the list. Amsterdam is a good one. If you have a girlfriend, take her to Bruges for a weekend. Or if you have the money, go to the Canaries for a week or something and see how you go from there.

Zebra3

NIMAN wrote: »

I assume thats Ryanair?

You can guarantee that if this guys first experience of travel is via Ryanair, he will never be out of Ireland again.

I find the majority of people who complain about Ryanair are idiots who book a flight for next to nothing and then expect to be looked after like royalty from the time they arrive at the airport.

Xavi6

Zebra3 wrote: »

I find the majority of people who complain about Ryanair are idiots who book a flight for next to nothing and then expect to be looked after like royalty from the time they arrive at the airport.

Also, a flight to the mainland takes less than an hour. Wtf luxuries do you want for that sort of trip?

It takes longer to get to Dublin on the bus from a lot of places and people are fine sitting on one of them.

Canis Lupus

I probably disagree that travelling broadens the mind or makes you a better person or holy jebus.... allows you to 'find' yourself (I can universally say that anyone I've ever met on my travels that have said they were trying to find themselves were weird).

Travel can also be: nervewracking, stressful, painful, not worth it and depending on location with vaccines etc expensive. Bear in mind if you want to properly explore and have freedom you'll really want a drivers licence and hire a car. Oh it can also be a frustrating experience with the language barrier particularly in places like restaurants even more so when you're off the beaten path and english speaking tourists aren't catered for.

HAVING SAID ALL THAT.... there are some beautiful things to see around the world and sometimes, even though you can't speak to them you meet wonderful people as well and a massive amount of it can be accessed cheaply via Ryanair.

If I was you and travel was something you wanted to try but perhaps you were nervous then I'd say start easy, hop over to London for a weekend or if you like a 'smoke' try Amsterdam. If you've a bunch of mates who like to drink then (whilst I cringe thinking I'm suggesting this) book a week down in Spain.

You can branch out from there. If you want to jump feet first into some madness I believe Ryanair fly to Marrakech cheaply as well and I wish you well if you do that :P

Maximus Alexander

Zebra3 wrote: »

I find the majority of people who complain about Ryanair are idiots who book a flight for next to nothing and then expect to be looked after like royalty from the time they arrive at the airport.

I hate Ryanair and won't fly with them unless there is absolutely no other option. It's nothing to do with luxury. They seem to actively dislike their customers and treat them like cattle.

During the flight they blast advertisements almost constantly at a ridiculous volume (notice how the advertisements are louder by far than the captain or crew announcements) so it's impossible to get any shut-eye if you're getting a flight in the early hours of the morning or late at night. Who goes on a plane to go shopping anyway?

Every airline has the same (or similar) restrictions regarding carry-on luggage, but I have never seen anyone enforce them as rigidly and callously as Ryanair. For example, I have seen them force women to put their modestly sized purses into their carry-on bag because "you can only have one piece of luggage". That's just petty. If one fits into the other, then where on Earth is the problem? You can just take it back out when you're on the plane!

I've also had an air waitress quite painfully reef the headphones out of my ear whilst I was sleeping, because we were about to land. She didn't tap me on the shoulder like a normal person, because that would be too polite.

A friend of mine was flying to Scotland. He was a little bit delayed and arrived at check-in desk literally at the last minute. There were a couple in the line ahead of him who were on the same flight. They checked in and left. He wasn't allowed to check in, because check-in was closed.

Realising he wasn't going to get anywhere, he just booked another flight for two hours later (at an extortionate price). He went through security, went to his gate, and the flight he was originally supposed to be on was still boarding. So he went up to the gate and they let him on. They had forced him to pay for another flight for no reason at all.

I could go on. Ryanair are the worst airline I have ever had the misfortune to fly on. These things might seem small, but add them up and you get a really unpleasant experience. Other airlines, or other business in general, don't treat their customers this way.

NIMAN

Zebra3 wrote: »

I find the majority of people who complain about Ryanair are idiots who book a flight for next to nothing and then expect to be looked after like royalty from the time they arrive at the airport.

I was joking, I have flown with Ryanair many many times for sometimes next to nothing.

If it wasn't for them, I would not have seen so many places.

Celly Smunt

fly east of europe,it's the only direction worth going.

FearDark

I'm 29 and never been outside of Munster.

Celly Smunt

FearDark wrote: »

I'm 29 and never been outside of Munster.

that's a prison sentence.

FearDark

pmcmahon wrote: »

that's a prison sentence.

I havnt been outside Tipperary Town in 6 years alone.

Richard Hillman

Whenever I leave the country I'm counting down the minutes until I get to come home. I hate leaving the country, everywhere else is a dive compared to South Dublin. Real South Dublin, not west Dublin tag alongs likes Tallaght, Clondalkin etc.

I have no interest in going to "Oz" to hang around with a load of drunk gaa fans, nor to New York to shout loudly at overweight people, I don't want to go to Thailand to get coaxed into appearing on Banged Up Abroad and I certainly don't want to go to the foothills of Tibet where they've got no broadband.

So no, I shan't "broaden my horizons" or narrow them in my opinion. My view is clear. I will stick right here thank you. A place where the people of these **** holes can only dream about.