5 Reasons Why People Are Scared of Traveling Off the Beaten Track - Wolters World
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Date: 2022-02-04
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Mike
I personally love to go off the beaten path. During my time in Italy, I went to lots of different regions, both big tourist spots like Venice, Florence, Rome or the Gulf of Naples, but also those regions, where not a lot of international tourists are. Like Puglia, a region in the South, where only Italians make their vacation there. And I loved speaking Italian there. It was not the reaction I was used to in Florence (like, hrrrmm, again another foreigner, but more like Hey, wow, where are you from? Wow, you're not Italian, I couldn't tell! Come on, let's eat something together.
Similar thing, when I visited a friend's family in Southern Virginia. Her aunt didn't even know, that English isn't my native tongue and thought I was American. (That was so nice of her, I really appreciated that. And then go hiking in a National Park. Agh, I loved it!
I just love to go off the beaten track.
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I personally love to go off the beaten path. During my time in Italy, I went to lots of different regions, both big tourist spots like Venice, Florence, Rome or the Gulf of Naples, but also those regions, where not a lot of international tourists are. Like Puglia, a region in the South, where only Italians make their vacation there. And I loved speaking Italian there. It was not the reaction I was used to in Florence (like, hrrrmm, again another foreigner, but more like Hey, wow, where are you from? Wow, you're not Italian, I couldn't tell! Come on, let's eat something together.
Similar thing, when I visited a friend's family in Southern Virginia. Her aunt didn't even know, that English isn't my native tongue and thought I was American. (That was so nice of her, I really appreciated that. And then go hiking in a National Park. Agh, I loved it!
I just love to go off the beaten track.
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Grier
Not fully off the beaten path, but major but not top cities in a country such Hannover in Germany can be enjoyable. Hannover had many great sites and virtually no tourists. Great zoo, aquarium, Herrenhausen gardens. Close to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Food was quite good and different from what we got in Munich or Salzburg on the same trip. Also off the beaten path is the Schwartzwalder Freilichtmuseum which has complete houses and highlights how people in the Black Forest lived. Very informative, good number of German tourists but very few non-German ones.
Gotland island and the town of Visby in Sweden there are amazing and other than in the height of summer are pretty deserted. Great Midaeval walls and many great ruins to explore.
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Not fully off the beaten path, but major but not top cities in a country such Hannover in Germany can be enjoyable. Hannover had many great sites and virtually no tourists. Great zoo, aquarium, Herrenhausen gardens. Close to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Food was quite good and different from what we got in Munich or Salzburg on the same trip. Also off the beaten path is the Schwartzwalder Freilichtmuseum which has complete houses and highlights how people in the Black Forest lived. Very informative, good number of German tourists but very few non-German ones.
Gotland island and the town of Visby in Sweden there are amazing and other than in the height of summer are pretty deserted. Great Midaeval walls and many great ruins to explore.
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Obi-Shawn
Right after dictator Hugo Chavez did his purge, we'd already been booked on a cruise that ended up in Venezuela. We took the really off the beaten path tour. I am about 9 years older than my ex-wife who really had no memory of communism/ socialism. So we're going past this looooong line. She asked what they were all waiting for, was it a tourist site we should see. Nope, I told her straight away that it was the result of socialist policies. it was a bread line. She thought I was kidding but the tour director affirmed my declaration. It really opened her eyes to what that kind of government was really like. I would suggest being careful when you do go off the beaten track, but sometimes it truly is the best education.
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Right after dictator Hugo Chavez did his purge, we'd already been booked on a cruise that ended up in Venezuela. We took the really off the beaten path tour. I am about 9 years older than my ex-wife who really had no memory of communism/ socialism. So we're going past this looooong line. She asked what they were all waiting for, was it a tourist site we should see. Nope, I told her straight away that it was the result of socialist policies. it was a bread line. She thought I was kidding but the tour director affirmed my declaration. It really opened her eyes to what that kind of government was really like. I would suggest being careful when you do go off the beaten track, but sometimes it truly is the best education.
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Tod
I think that we are too spoilt these days when it comes to information available about destinations. I remember the first overseas trip i did with my parents in 1997 to the USA, we went through a travel agent but most of the info we got about hotels etc was from the likes of Lonely Planet. For most of the trip it was fine but there was one hotel which wasn't particularly great for kids.
These days you can probably too easily find information and it has taken some of the mystery and spontanaity out of travel.
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I think that we are too spoilt these days when it comes to information available about destinations. I remember the first overseas trip i did with my parents in 1997 to the USA, we went through a travel agent but most of the info we got about hotels etc was from the likes of Lonely Planet. For most of the trip it was fine but there was one hotel which wasn't particularly great for kids.
These days you can probably too easily find information and it has taken some of the mystery and spontanaity out of travel.
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Lee
I've gone off the beaten track all over the place. Most important tip: be prepared to fix vehicles and handle emergencies yourself. Embarrassed to admit how often locals had to go to a lot of hassle to help me out because I had run out of gas or had an engine malfunction. Also, locals will always prioritize helping visitors, so if you take shameless advantage of this, you have totally missed the point. Anyone exploiting the generosity of others, especially in poor areas, is a complete jerk.
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I've gone off the beaten track all over the place. Most important tip: be prepared to fix vehicles and handle emergencies yourself. Embarrassed to admit how often locals had to go to a lot of hassle to help me out because I had run out of gas or had an engine malfunction. Also, locals will always prioritize helping visitors, so if you take shameless advantage of this, you have totally missed the point. Anyone exploiting the generosity of others, especially in poor areas, is a complete jerk.
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RebeccaW
We live up in Australias North, and wed always flown to Brisbane (South Eastern Australia) to visit hubbys family. But we decided for our last trip, to drive - road trip! It was actually those small country towns/beach towns along the way that holds our fondest memories, staying in mostly motor inns and caravan parks (The Big 4 or Discovery- has amazing family options, hire a cabin, there are dedicated playgrounds and water parks for the kids.
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We live up in Australias North, and wed always flown to Brisbane (South Eastern Australia) to visit hubbys family. But we decided for our last trip, to drive - road trip! It was actually those small country towns/beach towns along the way that holds our fondest memories, staying in mostly motor inns and caravan parks (The Big 4 or Discovery- has amazing family options, hire a cabin, there are dedicated playgrounds and water parks for the kids.
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Tosh
I completely get what Jocelyn is saying in #1 and #3 but metropolitan culture _is_ real culture and city locals _are_ real people. I mean, Mark and Jocelyn don't live in a village and they are real people. Same here. I'm a city guy but I have always been described as down to earth and deeply in touch with my community.
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I completely get what Jocelyn is saying in #1 and #3 but metropolitan culture _is_ real culture and city locals _are_ real people. I mean, Mark and Jocelyn don't live in a village and they are real people. Same here. I'm a city guy but I have always been described as down to earth and deeply in touch with my community.
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Joseph
Off the beaten track can also mean a city that isn't flooded with other tourists. I spent four days in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Pretty much all the other tourists I met were staying there just overnight on their way to The Galapogus Islands. So it made me feel like one of the few who actually got to know the city.
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Off the beaten track can also mean a city that isn't flooded with other tourists. I spent four days in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Pretty much all the other tourists I met were staying there just overnight on their way to The Galapogus Islands. So it made me feel like one of the few who actually got to know the city.
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Redstar
My wife and I travel often, especially in Europe. One thing we've learned is if you know the very basics of the local language, you'll manage just fine. We were in the back country of the Czech republic once, where no one spoke english. but we managed just fine.
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My wife and I travel often, especially in Europe. One thing we've learned is if you know the very basics of the local language, you'll manage just fine. We were in the back country of the Czech republic once, where no one spoke english. but we managed just fine.
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Hassan
Oh, no. please! Don't advertise Traveling off the beaten track. Shortly the track will be beaten by influencers and instagrammers who want to make a selfie there (and get free hotel stay.
Let these places be to the real travelers! Not to the hipster crowds!
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Oh, no. please! Don't advertise Traveling off the beaten track. Shortly the track will be beaten by influencers and instagrammers who want to make a selfie there (and get free hotel stay.
Let these places be to the real travelers! Not to the hipster crowds!
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