Over at the San Francisco Chronicle, John Flinn assembles a laundry list of reasons why you might think about canceling your travel plans. In this tongue-in-cheek article, “Always a good reason not to travel” Flinn exposes the rationalizations for staying home that almost all travelers make at one time or another. For example:
As Flinn aptly points out, there’s always a reason to stay at home. Some of them, like rising gas prices and more expensive plane tickets, aren’t bad reasons. Money is finite and sometimes tough choices have to be made. But if we’re honest with ourselves, there’s almost always a way around our financial concerns. Sure, gas is more expensive. That just means we’ll have to cut back in other areas if we want to take our dream road trip.
Besides, aren’t there even better reasons not to stay at home? Says Flinn, “Your only option, then, will be to plop yourself down in your La-Z-Boy and let Rick Steves and Anthony Bourdain do your traveling for you. But if you take a break from viewing and make yourself a BLT, are you willing to risk getting salmonella from the tomatoes?”


June 30th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Yes. There are plenty of reasons to stay at home, but when you get out there and start exploring, you are so glad that you took the trip.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Don’t stay home, is boring! Go out, anywhere, under any circumstances. Simply go out, simply travel.