Have You Had a Transformational Travel Moment?

The love of travel usually starts somewhere. Some grew up in a family that traveled all the time, and it seems like second nature to many to make travel a part of their lives. Others may not have traveled much as kids, and maybe that first trip with friends in college was memorable and planted a seed. Those who decided to take advantage of study abroad opportunities probably had their lives changed by the experience. Then there are those travelers who got a really late start. Perhaps they married someone who was a big traveler, and that person instilled their love of travel into you.

I’m guessing that if you are reading this site, you have a story about what got you into travel. Maybe it was how you were raised, or maybe it was one specific moment where you realized, “Yes, this is something that I want to prioritize in my life.”

Over the last couple weeks, BootsnAll has published a few transformational stories from people whose lives have literally been transformed to make travel a major part of it. In the first one, the author had an epiphany at her grandmother’s funeral, and now she and her family are traveling full time.  In the other, the author had a moment of clarity while on a second honeymoon with her husband.  They decided to forgo the American Dream and let travel transform their lives.  Now they are in the middle of driving from Alaska to Argentina with their family of five.

I grew up in a family that didn’t travel much, so it was a road trip in college to a music festival in northern Maine that got me hooked.  We all have our own stories about why and how we got hooked on this whole travel thing.  And BootsnAll would love to hear yours.  You can take part in our Indie Travel Challenge – a year long blogging challenge where we give you one prompt a week to write about.  A recent prompt asked travelers to write about their own transformational moment.

Or if you think you can offer a little more than a blog post, pitch us your transformational travel story.  If it’s good enough, your story can be published as a feature article (and you can even get paid for it!)

 

 

Posted by | Comments (4)  | April 21, 2012
Category: Notes from the collective travel mind


4 Responses to “Have You Had a Transformational Travel Moment?”

  1. DEK Says:

    Midway through the journey of my life, finding myself in a dark forest, I met a sweet young thing who suggested we go to Greece. I had never considered such a thing. The sweet young thing, alas, wandered off, but I went to Greece by myself and found the path I have been on ever since.