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by r9295 377 days ago
Honest question: what's the fun in travel if you remove all uncertainty?
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The way we plan is a good mix. We leave no uncertainty when it comes to hotel rooms/AirBnBs and train/plane tickets.

For a family of four in peak season, I don’t see any appeal to not knowing where we’d sleep at night and not having that already reserved.

But within a particular destination (say we’re in X city or region for 5 days) we totally play it by ear.

That includes “let’s check out this book store and coffee shop” or “let’s rent bikes today and ride around”

It’s a good balance.

Try traveling as a family of four neurotics each of them prioritizing certain predictable parameters of the environment for comfort.

The answer: you actually can enjoy travel.

Or - a predictable framework allows space for spontaneous exploration.

Different people like different things about travel.

For instance, some might just want to relax in an environment far from their default, with the whole thing 100% planned so they don’t have any unnecessary stressors.