> Is it acceptable not to be well-travelled?

Is it acceptable not to be well-travelled?

Posted at: 2015-06-30 
I've always been a very homely person and have needed felt the need to travel. I am content to stay in the UK and to holiday here . However, a colleague at work said to me, "You need to live a bit more". I just nodded, but really I don't need much in life to make me happy. I get excited just wallpapering and decorating at home and sewing, etc. Am I odd?

Do you own thing. If you had the travel gene you would be travelling already. Anyway, this is not the time to start. Everything about travel has deteriorated.

You can also see the world on TV and the internet.

Your friend may be well travelled, but needs some manners. Is she looking for a travel buddy so she does not have to pay for a room for two?

Travel does not mean that you have lived a bit more !

just means you travelled !

It is what you experience during your life (journey through it) that matters.

and you can experience a lot while not leaving your own town.

It can be the people you meet or more importantly different problems and situations that you meet that gives the expeirence.

A lot of time, people who have 'had to' do something (like lots of travel) are just jealous of not being able to sit at home and be stable. (OK, there are benefits, but missing out on home experiences and only doing foreign ones is just as bad !)

Don't worry,

if it does not interest you (yet), then thats fine - be happy.

but maybe if you want a reply, look at some of the things you have been able to do while at home, that the 'travelled' person missed out on :)

It is perfectly acceptable not to be well-travelled.

I live in the UK and I spend all my holidays in the UK.

It is a brilliant place.

I will just mention a few examples of places in the UK which I believe are worthy of holidaying at:

Cornwall, especially The Lizard peninsula, Land's End peninsula and the North coast.

The Jurassic Coast, especially from Studland to Weymouth in Dorset.

The Lake District in Cumbria

The Gower peninsula in West Wales

Pembrokeshire National Park

North Wales, especially Snowdonia and Anglesey

The Yorkshire Dales

Northumberland

plus places in Scotland (eg The Isle of Skye) and Northern Ireland (eg Giant's Causeway)

If that's what makes you happy then it's fine. A lot of people like traveling and seeing new things so your colleague is probably wondering why you don't want to visit new places and see different cultures.

Of course it is. I travelled a lot when I was younger but now stay in UK.

Let's face it. People come from all over the world to see our country. We are very lucky!

Yes that's fine

Absolutely. The little people do so without hardly a thought or two.

But, who's counting?

Being well travelled is a factor of wealth, not intelligence, not the ability to understand or comprehend , not education!!!

It is totally up to you. I prefer to holiday in the U.K. too. It saddens me that so many people rush off abroad every time they have a few days off and really have not explored our beautiful countryside and coastline at all

If you feel comfortable that means it's ok.