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  1. This is a great post! I totally agree with all these statements. Travel can be sooo affordable depending on the way you approach it and where you go. If you head to some developing countries and consider options like work trades or couch surfing, you can keep your daily budget super low or travel longer.

  2. All of these are great points! Number 5… I always say, we’re all gonna die anyway, why work so hard for money that you’re going to bring to your grave? Might as well live and travel! And number 3 just sounds like a sad excuse from lazy girls!

  3. It’s true that we can always come up with a million excuses to prevent us from doing anything! This is a good reminder to just get out there and do it. I don’t you will ever regret making a travel decision! Thanks for the reminder!

  4. Amen! Women should never let fear hold them back from seeing the world. I personally love to travel solo and refuse to let fear stop me. The only item on Phoebe’s list that did stop me was Boyfriend/Husband back home. That’s trickier. My husband never minded me taking trips without him, but we’re divorced now. There’s got to be the right balance when another person in a relationship needs to be considered.

  5. Loved seeing this post. These are all reasons that we use not to travel, and as you point out, each reason can be overcome if a person really wants to make it happen. One key point about relationships and values — if travel is important to you, then you need to keep that in mind as you choose a life partner. If it’s not something both of you value, it can be a very destructive issue in a relationship — it was part of my first divorce.

  6. #2 and #4 super relate to me! I was afraid i wouldn’t make friends while traveling solo and sure enough I can now never find time alone! 🙂

  7. Time waits for no one and we should not make excuses for not travelling! We should see the world as much as possible.

  8. I agreed that not having anyone traveling with you is not an excuse! If you want to see the world, you will make it happen no matter what. I remember in university, I would travel on my own, or join a tour group and meet new people that way!

  9. Definitely agree with these! My husband gets limited vacation days to travel, so one day I just said screw it and went by myself. Best decision ever, because it finally gave me the confidence to travel solo! Started cutting back on coffee to start saving for more travel too 🙂

  10. It’s a tough call waiting on a significant other to travel with you. With any relationship, you have to be honest about who you are and what you want. People change, situations change. Sometimes people grow together and other times their paths diverge. I would say just be honest in all dealings and you will find your way,

  11. All those and many other excuses I hear on daily basis from people. They even use them sometimes for making me stop traveling.

  12. I couldn’t agree more with this post, well said! Also I love your blog name 🙂

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