[Excluse]

Thank you for confirming that I'm not alone in my curiosity as to why people feel the need to travel at every opportunity.

As a recent college graduate, I've watched a disproportionate number of my peers (willing to say ~75+%) default to traveling as their #1 form of recreation if given the opportunity. I guess I understand the college years are a time for people to "find themselves" but I also cannot find a good, common "why" for this fetishized trend of excessive travel.

[manacit]

I find this response to be rather strange, especially as someone who very much enjoys traveling. It's (obviously) not something everybody thinks is fun or worthwhile, but to conflate your peers' desire to see other parts of the world with a 'fetishized trend' that is 'excessive' is very hyperbolic.

If I had to guess, I would say a disproportionate amount of your peers travel during their college years because it's one of the few times that you are adult enough to travel on your own and are capable of taking sustained periods away from work/school, most people find themselves saddled with responsibilities once they enter the workforce. That being said, plenty of people continue to travel for their entire life, it's not something reserved for college students.

I could give a myriad of reasons why I enjoy it, but I don't think it would be helpful. Suffice it to say, I enjoy experiencing other cultures/foods/geography/people/climates and find it refreshing to be away from home for a period of time.

[Excluse]

I wish I could say that I overstated my claim but that's honestly what it seems like to me.

I understand the desire to seek out novelty through exploration but from what I've witnessed it looks like social media prevalence is a strong driving force (for our generation at least).

The note about responsibilities during that time period strikes me as a valid reason I suppose.

[Ollinson]

One of the things I hate about travelling as "growth" is that you can't refute it unless you've done it.

So as someone who has traveled around the world for many years let me give you permission to never leave home. The truth is wherever you go, there you are. As someone above mentioned, there is a very common cross section of interests regarding humans.

In my own subjective experience I now see travel as the physical equivalent of channel flipping. It's the replacing of any kind of real introspection or work with novelty. Novelty can be very useful but it can also be acquired for a fraction of the thousands of dollars necessary to travel.

[ubernostrum]

Speaking as someone more than a decade older than the average college graduate: I like to travel to see and experience things. Until this year I'd never been snorkeling (did that in Hawaii), and I'd never been to an opera in New York (did that on Valentine's Day).

Also, given that I work primarily from home, it's nice to take a break and not be where I work.

[alexashka]

Younger people are just hungry for new experiences in general. Nothing wrong with that.

That most of your peers can afford traveling is curious - I guess they're ok with living with their parents or leeching off of them for quite some time.

That's the one dirty secret of travel nobody seems to talk about - how are you able to afford it exactly?

That's what I find hilarious is that the people I know who have travelled a fair bit - are still living with their parents or have gotten significant support from them.

So yeah, spoiled brats if you ask me :) Being broke would teach them more than travelling.