Fun Thread: You know you're a travelholic when...
Feb 14th, 2006, 11:05 AM
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laclaire wrote:
" when someone says "Oh, I am going to (blank)" and you say "will you bring me back (something obscure and totally delicious)? I am out."
I realize I do that! I have had two different friends bring me Birch Salt from Iceland, among other things.
What about:
when you resent people (my own parents) for going to a travel agent instead of asking your advice?!
when you re-read guidebooks on places you have been just to re-experinece the fun of planning?
when you get tears in your eyes from reading the "travel philosophy" page in any Rick Steves guide (love him or hate him, his statement that starts with something like, "Travel is living intensified..." at is magical.)
" when someone says "Oh, I am going to (blank)" and you say "will you bring me back (something obscure and totally delicious)? I am out."
I realize I do that! I have had two different friends bring me Birch Salt from Iceland, among other things.
What about:
when you resent people (my own parents) for going to a travel agent instead of asking your advice?!
when you re-read guidebooks on places you have been just to re-experinece the fun of planning?
when you get tears in your eyes from reading the "travel philosophy" page in any Rick Steves guide (love him or hate him, his statement that starts with something like, "Travel is living intensified..." at is magical.)
Feb 14th, 2006, 07:08 PM
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I can't even believe how true all of these replies are. GREAT thread. Thanks so much!
...when your boss sees you looking at flights during work and doesn't even care anymore.
...you don't look for a new job because the thought of waiting for new vacation time to kick in before you can go somewhere new makes you physically ill
...you have a stack of scraps of paper and ticket stubs and labels in your closet waiting to be "put in a scrapbook" (yeah right) but even the sight of the mess makes you smile.
...you offer to plan your friends vacations just to pass the time until you can afford another one of your own.
...you think of every non travel purchase in terms of flights or hotel rooms. "I could buy that bag/jacket/concert ticket...or I could extend my trip"
...you're sad that you don't get to go on a business trip - even if you have no desire to actually visit the place itself!
Thanks for making me not feel crazy!!
...when your boss sees you looking at flights during work and doesn't even care anymore.
...you don't look for a new job because the thought of waiting for new vacation time to kick in before you can go somewhere new makes you physically ill
...you have a stack of scraps of paper and ticket stubs and labels in your closet waiting to be "put in a scrapbook" (yeah right) but even the sight of the mess makes you smile.
...you offer to plan your friends vacations just to pass the time until you can afford another one of your own.
...you think of every non travel purchase in terms of flights or hotel rooms. "I could buy that bag/jacket/concert ticket...or I could extend my trip"
...you're sad that you don't get to go on a business trip - even if you have no desire to actually visit the place itself!
Thanks for making me not feel crazy!!
Feb 14th, 2006, 07:35 PM
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OK, recent update...from tonight, actually..
when your teenage son the basketball player, who wants a back massage after every game, says to you: "huh? there's no more of that stuff from provence that you use for massages? Can you call someone and get some more...quick?"
when your teenage son the basketball player, who wants a back massage after every game, says to you: "huh? there's no more of that stuff from provence that you use for massages? Can you call someone and get some more...quick?"
Feb 14th, 2006, 08:09 PM
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I'm mcnyc, and I'm a travelholic/dromomaniac. It's been 5 months since I last got on a plane for a foreign trip. In between, I satisfy myself with shorthaul trips within the U.S.
I have most of the above symptoms, and the following:
-a month before your vacation, the shopaholic in you refuses to buy anything in NY because it would ruin the shopping plans you've already made in your head (this happens to me re: shoes, bags, jackets whenever I'm going to Italy!)
-you can't speak/understand a word of Italian on U.S. soil, but suddenly in Italy, you can somewhat communicate with your pidgeon Italian, and understand it too!
-whenever friends suggest a weekend getaway to Vegas, you immediately suggest somewhere across the Atlantic
-your family refuses to go to Europe without you, even though you've never been to half the cities on their planned itineraries
-you don't get lost in said cities you've never been to...your inner compass makes like you've lived there all your life
-you feel euphoric when you're able to take advantage of an impossibly cheap airfare to LHR this summer
-you find solace in reading maps
-you are depended upon to find great hotel rooms in said foreign countries you've never been to
-as you get to your travel location, your mom asks where we're going next, and your dad says he wants to come back
-you replan ruined vacations in the middle of said ruined vacation to replace the miserable memory from the last time-anything to go back to Italy
I'm sure I have more. I need help. Where should I go next
I have most of the above symptoms, and the following:
-a month before your vacation, the shopaholic in you refuses to buy anything in NY because it would ruin the shopping plans you've already made in your head (this happens to me re: shoes, bags, jackets whenever I'm going to Italy!)
-you can't speak/understand a word of Italian on U.S. soil, but suddenly in Italy, you can somewhat communicate with your pidgeon Italian, and understand it too!
-whenever friends suggest a weekend getaway to Vegas, you immediately suggest somewhere across the Atlantic
-your family refuses to go to Europe without you, even though you've never been to half the cities on their planned itineraries
-you don't get lost in said cities you've never been to...your inner compass makes like you've lived there all your life
-you feel euphoric when you're able to take advantage of an impossibly cheap airfare to LHR this summer
-you find solace in reading maps
-you are depended upon to find great hotel rooms in said foreign countries you've never been to
-as you get to your travel location, your mom asks where we're going next, and your dad says he wants to come back
-you replan ruined vacations in the middle of said ruined vacation to replace the miserable memory from the last time-anything to go back to Italy
I'm sure I have more. I need help. Where should I go next
Feb 18th, 2006, 11:52 AM
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panucci, i know just what you mean--that's also so true with me...I have over 50 pages of stuff for our upcoming trip to France and that won't even be for over a year and almost as much for Portugal and don't have a clue when we'll get there, but know we will...someday...
Feb 18th, 2006, 05:42 PM
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When you'll buy two antique loveseats for $35 and be happy with them for your living room furniture...'cause that means there's $1,000 more for travel.
And when you try to pass on the addiction to your students by giving them daily clues about your summer destination that sends them scrambling to the atlas and almanac.
And when you try to pass on the addiction to your students by giving them daily clues about your summer destination that sends them scrambling to the atlas and almanac.
Feb 20th, 2006, 03:03 PM
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You know you're a travelholic when you would rather read a tour brochure than a magazine.
- when you go for those overpriced department store cosmetic "bonuses" just to get the travel sized products.
-when you buy cookbooks of all your favorite countries, knowing you will never use the recipes, you just enjoy the photograghs.
All this time I thought it was just me!
- when you go for those overpriced department store cosmetic "bonuses" just to get the travel sized products.
-when you buy cookbooks of all your favorite countries, knowing you will never use the recipes, you just enjoy the photograghs.
All this time I thought it was just me!
Feb 23rd, 2006, 05:47 PM
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...when you own 14 suitcases, all for different types of trips...
...when you have over 75,000 jpgs on your computer from trips you've taken (I'm not kidding)
...when you have stacks of scrapbooks waist high from the floor from trips you've taken
...when you can win the "where are you?" monthly contest consistently from Conde Naste without even really thinging too hard...
...when you plan trips around special festivals, events and galas that you want to attend (the Palio, Venice Carnivale, etc)
...when you spend hours researching a place..
...when Christmas and BD's come around, people KNOW to buy you travel related things...no matter what...
...when you know the currency exchange rate for more than 3 currencies and you check it every day...
...when you can tell people where the nearest Starbuck's, W.H. Smith, or shoe shine stand is at any major airport on the globe...
...when you begin referring to your trips by year, as well as location, "you remember, Rome 99" or "Rome 03"
...when you can order a main entree and wine in over 4 languages, with ease...
this post is awesome! I related to most all the things that came above mine! Especially the "don't buy clothes unless they travel well!"
...when you have over 75,000 jpgs on your computer from trips you've taken (I'm not kidding)
...when you have stacks of scrapbooks waist high from the floor from trips you've taken
...when you can win the "where are you?" monthly contest consistently from Conde Naste without even really thinging too hard...
...when you plan trips around special festivals, events and galas that you want to attend (the Palio, Venice Carnivale, etc)
...when you spend hours researching a place..
...when Christmas and BD's come around, people KNOW to buy you travel related things...no matter what...
...when you know the currency exchange rate for more than 3 currencies and you check it every day...
...when you can tell people where the nearest Starbuck's, W.H. Smith, or shoe shine stand is at any major airport on the globe...
...when you begin referring to your trips by year, as well as location, "you remember, Rome 99" or "Rome 03"
...when you can order a main entree and wine in over 4 languages, with ease...
this post is awesome! I related to most all the things that came above mine! Especially the "don't buy clothes unless they travel well!"
