Comments on: 5 Reasons Why I Travel http://www.travmonkey.com/5-reasons-why-i-travel/ The Best Online World Travel Magazine Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bretthttp://www.travmonkey.com/5-reasons-why-i-travel/#comment-14461 Brett Tue, 09 Nov 2010 06:53:10 +0000 http://www.travmonkey.com/2007/04/22/5-reasons-why-i-travel/#comment-14461 i feel like the world is coming closer together as a whole, humans as a species and more harmony exists when im on the road. if i can go somewhere and live just fine, and tens of thousands can do it as well, why do we still have wars? i know the many answers to this question, as it was meant to be retorical, but think about it... i feel like the world is coming closer together as a whole, humans as a species and more harmony exists when im on the road. if i can go somewhere and live just fine, and tens of thousands can do it as well, why do we still have wars? i know the many answers to this question, as it was meant to be retorical, but think about it…

]]> By: TravMonkeyhttp://www.travmonkey.com/5-reasons-why-i-travel/#comment-3143 TravMonkey Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:27:50 +0000 http://www.travmonkey.com/2007/04/22/5-reasons-why-i-travel/#comment-3143 Good story Lindsey, I'm sure you'll make it to Greece some day. There are some pretty cool islands out there. Thanks, Paul @ TravMonkey.com Good story Lindsey,

I'm sure you'll make it to Greece some day. There are some pretty cool islands out there.

Thanks,

Paul @

TravMonkey.com

]]> By: Lindsey Stetsonhttp://www.travmonkey.com/5-reasons-why-i-travel/#comment-3130 Lindsey Stetson Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:39:43 +0000 http://www.travmonkey.com/2007/04/22/5-reasons-why-i-travel/#comment-3130 When I read the title of this article, I thought...ONLY FIVE REASONS?! You do really well at summing it up. The ones you chose encompass so much. I can definitely relate to your mom not wanting you to travel and you not having enough money to do so. After my first year of college, I went home and worked three summer jobs at once. My boyfriend was studying abroad, and I thought that if I couldn't go with him, I might as well work to distract myself from boredom. By the end of the summer, I had saved a decent amount, and since my boyfriend had small sum in savings, we agreed to go to Greece for a couple weeks. At first I mentioned it to my parents, and they were keen with the idea. Then, as the trip drew closer, they told me that they didn't want me to go and that if I had enough money to go to Greece, I should help them to pay for my schooling. (I know I am lucky to have parents that originally agreed to pay for my schooling, and that I shouldn't still be holding a grudge 10 years later...but...) I never went on the trip because my parents made me use it to buy books, etc. I don't think I'll ever fully forget this incident because that year was the last year that Greece was on the Drachma. Now that they converted to the Euro, hotels that were once $5.00 per night are now over $50! F.Y.I. I never have made it to Greece yet, but I plan to do so one of these days. When I read the title of this article, I thought…ONLY FIVE REASONS?! You do really well at summing it up. The ones you chose encompass so much.

I can definitely relate to your mom not wanting you to travel and you not having enough money to do so. After my first year of college, I went home and worked three summer jobs at once. My boyfriend was studying abroad, and I thought that if I couldn't go with him, I might as well work to distract myself from boredom.

By the end of the summer, I had saved a decent amount, and since my boyfriend had small sum in savings, we agreed to go to Greece for a couple weeks.

At first I mentioned it to my parents, and they were keen with the idea. Then, as the trip drew closer, they told me that they didn't want me to go and that if I had enough money to go to Greece, I should help them to pay for my schooling. (I know I am lucky to have parents that originally agreed to pay for my schooling, and that I shouldn't still be holding a grudge 10 years later…but…) I never went on the trip because my parents made me use it to buy books, etc. I don't think I'll ever fully forget this incident because that year was the last year that Greece was on the Drachma. Now that they converted to the Euro, hotels that were once $5.00 per night are now over $50!

F.Y.I. I never have made it to Greece yet, but I plan to do so one of these days.

]]> By: TravMonkeyhttp://www.travmonkey.com/5-reasons-why-i-travel/#comment-75 TravMonkey Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:03:00 +0000 http://www.travmonkey.com/2007/04/22/5-reasons-why-i-travel/#comment-75 Thanks for the comments,Cheers Ian, look forward to reading them. Thanks for the comments,Cheers Ian, look forward to reading them.

]]> By: Mikehttp://www.travmonkey.com/5-reasons-why-i-travel/#comment-73 Mike Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:21:00 +0000 http://www.travmonkey.com/2007/04/22/5-reasons-why-i-travel/#comment-73 "I thought to myself that when I reach his age I want to have some stories to tell, but the way I was going I'd only be able to talk about how I spent most of my life in front of a computer screen. It was slightly depressing."Right on! I couldn't have said it better myself. "I thought to myself that when I reach his age I want to have some stories to tell, but the way I was going I'd only be able to talk about how I spent most of my life in front of a computer screen. It was slightly depressing."Right on! I couldn't have said it better myself.

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