How well do you do with traveling?

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I'm going on a trip to Edinburgh to see my father in September. I find that after a day or two of adjustment and "WTF am I doing here?" I generally settle in and adapt to the new routine.

I was specifically referring to handling being out of routines.

But I can understand your situation as well.

I do not handle traveling well... not well at all. It still messes me all up. Not my house, not my routine, not my comfort zone... the list goes on. I always just want to be home.

I enjoy traveling - seeing new sights, finally being able to do things that I'd like to do, etc. I've done a few overseas trips - parts of Asia, USA/Canada, Mexico, backpacked around Europe - and I still have an appetite for more!

The only problem I usually face with being on holiday is that I need my alone time. I get irritable and upset if I'm around people too often.

I love to travel...as long as I'm not flying. I'm not scared of the flight itself, but the airport experience is generally very stressful and upsetting for me. Road trips however, I really enjoy. Especially if the road trip goes through a lot of natural scenery and we get to explore all sorts of neat places. I loved visiting the California redwood forests, and the beaches and forests near Destin, Florida. I LOVED Australia and New Zealand so much that I'd move there if I could.

My biggest problem with the whole travel thing is having to stay in motels and hotels. I don't do well with sleeping in strange beds, so I always have to bring at least one of my own pillows with me. Even then, I often get little to no sleep until I've spent at least 2 nights sleeping in a particular bed and room.

Unfortunately, I do tend to get sick while traveling. I usually end up with a cold or some stomach bug, and I also get carsick if I read or play video games while driving (if I'm not the one driving, of course).

I love to travel. It's always with my parents, and we mostly go to see natural wonders, historical sites, and smaller towns, so I'm not worried about uncomfortable situations. We rarely visit cities, which can make me pretty uncomfortable. My dad usually does the major part of the planning, as well as virtually all of the driving. While on a trip, despite having been told the plan a dozen times, I tend to forget which specific locations we're going to. Usually, until I've seen the destination myself, I can't remember the plan when it's only been told to me verbally. I'll just ask what we're doing tomorrow, and I'll remember that. We've more or less honed our vacation formula in a way that makes all three of us happy.

Also, while I can have problems in hotel rooms, often a strange bed is good for me. An out-of-the-ordinary sleeping environment can actually help me bypass the usual thoughts and other distractions that can lead to a poor night's sleep.

I was BORN to travel!

The days leading up to right before I travel are hell because my daily routine and my normal thought processes which are comfortable to me are being pulled into planning and preparing for a gear switch. I could be preparing to do something really fun and I will be thinking, "why am I doing this?!".
Once I am actually on the road (or in the air) I'm totally fine because I've gone through the mental hell and made the cross-over to my new circumstance. Then I can have a fun and relaxing experience, so long as people don't bother me or screw up my carefully laid itinerary. When that happens then I have to sit in a corner for a minute and re-group, but I recover fast.
So, maybe it is stressful, but I do enjoy traveling. I don't know if this answers your question, seems like maybe this is a rather messed up reply.

As far as local traveling goes, I travel constantly and love it. But I also avoid as many people as possible.

I WANT to travel so badly, but keep filching my bank account. Any advice?

I love traveling. Car travel can be kind of stiff sometimes but is usually OK if I have some kind of distraction (i.e. Nintendo DS, computer for watching DVD's, a book or two, etc.) My favorite kind of travel, however, is air travel. I get excited whenever I get to fly, it's worth the hassle of security checks and long lines to get to sit by the window and watch the surface of the Earth fall away into the distance.

As far as airport security goes, I tend to get nervous around them but they don't tend to hassle me much. The only time I had to go through any extra screening was at the airport in Boston. I was flying back home and while waiting at the gate one of the TSA officers searched my ginormous camera bag that I was carrying. (I had my camera inside as well as a few assorted GBA games and a small book. She was polite and tolerant of the fact that it took me a few minutes to realize what was going on, which is the most I can ask of airport security, it's a tough job.)

I love traveling, and I don't mind flying at all, especially if I'm flying out of my local airport as it's not as big as the international airport, so there's less crowds or traffic even with the construction going on now.

I hate traveling. Most of my strenght is connected to 'where' I am. I work hard to get a routine that keeps me ok. I can live anywhere and I'm ok once I figure out what to do. My energy is used up working 40 hours a week and day to day living. I am functioning but if I am out of my house everything is upside down. My eating, sleeping, thinking is all upside down. I lay down at night and feel like I could die, I'm that anxious. I don't travel, have no interest in it. I study other places, I hear other people talk about it but it is not something I can overcome. I couldn't stand it as a kid and it has always been I won't be ok unless I am in my own bed. My whole life is hard work I don't even care to get the energy together to fix it. I don't want to go anywhere if this is how it feels.

That's pretty much me. I don't get sick, but after 4 days of being on some "vacation" I can spend 2 days indoors without feeling cabin fever or anything. Just... processing. An introversion trait, or something.

Last edited by monsterland on 28 Jul 2010, 4:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I love to travel and do it very well as long as I don't have someone with me who wants to talk constantly.
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I have no problems adjusting my routine. I became use to traveling a lot at a very young age.
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But I do not like to be rushed. I like to go at my own pace and check things out well.
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I want to travel and live all over the World.
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