Travelling

Shrobbs · 23-12-2013 09:17AM #1

I've heard it said from numerous people that if you want to go travelling then you need to do it after college before you settle down. I don't see why you need to go travelling then, you could go travelling after the kids have left the nest later in life. Plus you would probably be more financially equipt to see more places.

pickarooney · 23-12-2013 09:18AM

exactly. why do something tomorrow when you can just do it in thirty years time instead?

Oryx · 23-12-2013 09:19AM

I only looked to see what tracelling was.

When your kids grow up they will sponge off you till they are 30, and/or have kids themselves and pawn them off on you. Go now.

SV · 23-12-2013 09:22AM

What's the point in that? Go when young and full of life..nah wait till you're old instead cos you might be more financially stable. Silly

whatdoicare · 23-12-2013 09:23AM

Its gonna look very weird to be in a back packers with a load of twenty year olds when you're in your fifties!

Balmed Out · 23-12-2013 09:33AM

I like a bit of travelling but cant stand those self righteous ejits who think that they have through travelling evolved into some sort of super human who is superior in all ways to those who have not.

Sunnyisland · 23-12-2013 09:35AM

After hours don't like travellers...

Merkin · 23-12-2013 09:38AM

Balmed Out wrote: »

I like a bit of travelling but cant stand those self righteous ejits who think that they have through travelling evolved into some sort of super human who is superior in all ways to those who have not.

The ones who congregate to the one part of Sydney and only ever mix with other Irish people? They're insufferable.

Shrobbs · 23-12-2013 09:48AM

pickarooney wrote: »

exactly. why do something tomorrow when you can just do it in thirty years time instead?

Or you could be changing nappies at 40 instead having that all well behind you. There are positives and negatives to both, but too many people think you can only go travelling when young.

Shrobbs · 23-12-2013 09:49AM

whatdoicare wrote: »

Its gonna look very weird to be in a back packers with a load of twenty year olds when you're in your fifties!

Who says you have to back pack with 20 year olds, travel with your husband or wife, like many do.

Cienciano · 23-12-2013 10:08AM

The best option is to not have kids and travel whenever the hell you want.

hardCopy · 23-12-2013 10:10AM

If you travel now and spend the next thirty years saving, then you could maybe travel twice.

longshanks · 23-12-2013 10:16AM

There aren't really any age restrictions. Just travel when you want. You'll appreciate different things at different ages.
Just don't come home wearing beads and talking spirituality shite, 'cos I'll hunt you down and kill you.

Frank Black · 23-12-2013 10:24AM

Shrobbs wrote: »

I don't see why you need to go travelling then, you could go travelling after the kids have left the nest later in life.

Or, you know, do both.

Kidchameleon · 23-12-2013 10:26AM

Wait till your kids are in late teens and travel with them

Meangadh · 23-12-2013 10:33AM

As someone who's only done a little travelling, I'm sorry I didn't do more when I finished college. Between money, less people to travel with (married, babies, work etc), my own work responsibilities, paying a mortgage and all that jazz- I can't see a time when I will be able to afford a big holiday for a very long time (I mean like 20 years!) and I can't imagine being as energetic about traipsing around with a backpack in random places when I'm in my fifties.

Go when you're young and you've no responsibilities. Besides, you'd never know what the hell life could throw at you so you could be sorry that you put off seeing the world.

Shrobbs · 23-12-2013 10:40AM

Meangadh wrote: »

As someone who's only done a little travelling, I'm sorry I didn't do more when I finished college. Between money, less people to travel with (married, babies, work etc), my own work responsibilities, paying a mortgage and all that jazz- I can't see a time when I will be able to afford a big holiday for a very long time (I mean like 20 years!) and I can't imagine being as energetic about traipsing around with a backpack in random places when I'm in my fifties.

Go when you're young and you've no responsibilities. Besides, you'd never know what the hell life could throw at you so you could be sorry that you put off seeing the world.

You don't have to traipse around with a backpack.

In the last 5 years my aunt and uncle in their late fifties, have been to Alaska, Australia, Egypt, Morocco, several places in America and Canada and a couple others I can't remember.

In the last year my mother has been on two cruises getting to see a dozen or so cites around Europe and Africa.

SV · 23-12-2013 10:55AM

Shrobbs wrote: »

You don't have to traipse around with a backpack.

In the last 5 years my aunt and uncle in their late fifties, have been to Alaska, Australia, Egypt, Morocco, several places in America and Canada and a couple others I can't remember.

In the last year my mother has been on two cruises getting to see a dozen or so cites around Europe and Africa.

And you can probably bet that they wish they had done it years ago.

gramar · 23-12-2013 10:57AM

Shrobbs wrote: »

Who says you have to back pack with 20 year olds, travel with your husband or wife, like many do.

...and if he or she is 20 then all the better!

o1s1n · 23-12-2013 11:06AM

SV wrote: »

And you can probably bet that they wish they had done it years ago.

My parents have been doing the exact same thing via cruises for the last few years and they couldn't be happier. I really don't see where age comes into it.

Shrobbs · 23-12-2013 11:07AM

SV wrote: »

And you can probably bet that they wish they had done it years ago.

Well then they wouldn't have been able to retire early and be still young enough to see their grand children grow up.

SV · 23-12-2013 11:08AM

o1s1n wrote: »

My parents have been doing the exact same thing via cruises for the last few years and they couldn't be happier. I really don't see where age comes into it.

Probably something to do with experiencing life before it's nearly spent.

SV · 23-12-2013 11:09AM

Shrobbs wrote: »

Well then they wouldn't have been able to retire early and be still young enough to see their grand children grow up.

Well that's an entirely different argument

Shrobbs · 23-12-2013 11:12AM

SV wrote: »

Probably something to do with experiencing life before it's nearly spent.

What difference does it make if your life is "nearly spent". So you are older, so what, you are alive now and able to enjoy the world right now.

Amirani · 23-12-2013 11:14AM

Why wait til after college? I visited 25 countries across 4 continents before leaving college. Fair better way to spend money than getting hammered in Coppers 3 nights a week.

Shrobbs · 23-12-2013 11:14AM

SV wrote: »

Well that's an entirely different argument

All I'm saying is there advantages and disadvantages to both alternatives and saying everyone should travel when they are young isn't necessarily true.

o1s1n · 23-12-2013 11:17AM

SV wrote: »

Probably something to do with experiencing life before it's nearly spent.

My parents are in their late 40s. If their life is 'nearly spent' then we must have reverted to a life expectancy from the middle ages.

SV · 23-12-2013 11:19AM

o1s1n wrote: »

My parents are in their late 40s. If their life is 'nearly spent' then we must have reverted to a life expectancy from the middle ages.

If they're in their late 40s and have the freedom to travel then they're extremely lucky and in the minority.

SV · 23-12-2013 11:20AM

Shrobbs wrote: »

All I'm saying is there advantages and disadvantages to both alternatives and saying everyone should travel when they are young isn't necessarily true.

No but for the majority of people it is true and makes far more sense than risking it on a whim that you'll be able to when you're older

o1s1n · 23-12-2013 11:20AM

SV wrote: »

If they're in their late 40s and have the freedom to travel then they're extremely lucky and in the minority.

Did I say they weren't?

You stated that people who travel when they're older would 'probably have wished they'd done it years ago' - I was addressing that, not whether they were lucky or not.

SV · 23-12-2013 11:21AM

o1s1n wrote: »

Did I say they weren't?

You stated that people who travel when they're older would 'probably have wished they'd done it years ago' - I was addressing that, not whether they were lucky or not.

Oh for gods sake. Yeah, good man.

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