Comments on: Are you a traveler?

By: Fries and a Coke in China «

Fries and a Coke in China « — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:10:08 +0000

[...] And hey, at least Rheinberger took the initiative to get out there. Everyone has different ideas of who a traveler is and what is important on a trip. I can’t help but feel that Rheinberger has wasted the [...]

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The dirty truth: hostels « — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:10:58 +0000

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By: kilax

kilax — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:39:53 +0000

Wow. This is very interesting. I never thought of them as two different concepts, but I do see what you are saying. I think you are right about the difference, but I also think a vacationer could act like a traveler, if they were savvy enough. You know, all of the vacationers cannot take a ton of time off (I mean, those people who travel for years).

By: Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday

Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:45:33 +0000

I think I’m more of a traveller than a vacationer.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:13:30 +0000

Thanks John! Some “true” travelers can be snobs about it, looking down on people who are merely vacationing, but there are also some fantastic long-term travelers out there.

Labels begone!

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:12:29 +0000

Agreed — no labels!

By: brittany

brittany — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:16:49 +0000

I agree with your explanation of the difference. I definately enjoy both vacationing and traveling, but I think traveling is a bit more risky which adds a new twist of excitement to the picture.

By: Stef @ moretolifethanlettuce

Stef @ moretolifethanlettuce — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:21:08 +0000

such a cool thing to ponder! i guess i’ve always been a vacationer up until this point, but i’m REALLY hoping i get the opportunity to be a traveler once i’m done with school beautiful pics erin! glad to see you’re having fun

By: John

John — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:45:39 +0000

I never really thought of it before. Till I read your post I would of thought they were basically the same.

I would say the travellers who were cold to me(a vacationer so far) could go ____ themselves. Sounds like the only difference in the two groups is the time they had to visit their destination.

I’d consider you a traveller but not of the class I mentioned above

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:11:49 +0000

I’d consider you a traveler, but what do I know? Gah, this is really confusing me! This is why “labelling” is a bad idea haha.