Optimizing your travel attitude
Posted in General Travel Tips on Oct 16th, 2008
I’ve been traveling all my life. I’ve stayed in some of the world’s most famous hotels and slept in a tent in a campground. What I have found is that you get a richer travel experience when you don’t spend a lot of money. The best hotel in New York is not much different from the one in Tokyo or Berlin. You could close your eyes in one, be magically transported to another and until you went outside, probably not notice you were in another country.
A lot of people seem to want to insulate themselves from the real travel experience. They stay in American style hotels, eat in American style restaurants and generally avoid a real immersion in the culture. In my opinion, this is not the best way to go. Spend less and stay in a hotel or campground where upon waking you realize, “whoa! I’m in another country!”
It may take more work but by immersing yourself in the local culture and economy you can enjoy a much more authentic experience in a foreign land.
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