Fellow advanture enthusasts of GV, how do you balance tourist attractions with off-the-beaten-path experiences during your travels?

Fellow advanture enthusasts of GV, how do you balance tourist attractions with off-the-beaten-path experiences during your travels?- Grapevine

Hey guys I’ve never travelled solo in my entire life. Where and How should I start?

There are few questions I’ve like:
1. How to handle accommodations?
2. Concern about the safety and security.
3. How to decide which places to visit. I mean can’t roam around uselessly, must have a list of places to visit.
4. Whom to believe, in the sense that, a lot of people are ready scam you when they find you are new here, how to handle that.

If you travel solo very often, then suggest some pointers to keep in mind.
So, guide me here plzz.
Thanks 🫡

How do you plan solo travelling ?

Software Developer

So I have been looking for remote opportunities so that I can invest more (No rent), focus on health (less travel time more gym time), and travel (planning 2 international trips this year).

For folks working remotely, please share your advice on how I can achieve this and if you guys have any suggestions for any of these topics, I am open for conversation. Thanks.

I am looking to join a Remote based role and focus on health/finance/travel

Program Manager

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Been thinking about going for an international trip lately. Asked a bunch of friends, but it looks like it's just gonna be me. Anyone here who has travelled solo? Thoughts on those "Make My Trip" packages? Or any other cool recommendations?

Traveling alone

Security Engineer

The number of times I've heard people say shit like 'traveling makes you grow as a person'. Someone please specify what this growth looks like because I've never experienced it.

I don't think traveling is life-changing. I think most people have a romanticized, cinema-like idea of traveling that has been exaggerated even more because of social media. 

It definitely is fun to go on a vacation. But in most cases, that's all it is -- a source of entertainment. Maybe an ice-breaker the next time you go to some pretentious party. 

Am I missing something?

Is travelling overrated?

It depends how & where u travel.  
  
 I will put a quick example - Someone close to me always assumed ki roads usually breakdown in monsoons because it is normal in india. Once they traveled abroad and to a tropical island where rains are very common. After seeing the roads there, first comment was - “Roads don’t break always due to rains”. So, this was a life long learning for that human, broke the mirage of road quality and execution in India.  
  
 Similarly, once I went to a 3-days long trek with a friend to inner jungles of SEAsia. We had to carry drinking water with us & took bath in flowing river. If you have seen “Iss jungle se mujhe bachao” (desi version of fear factor) was shot there. This friend of mine after landing back made a statement “yaar jisne bhi shower invent kiya hai, it’s a big gift”. Takeaway from this travel was - He was able to appreciate the simplest thing which we take for granted.  
  
 Many people learn new things about culture, practices of a new place. My personal surprise was when I traveled to Bali and saw similarities between theirs n ours practices. Helped me to go back n read about various things of empires.  
  
 Multiple such stories, so yeah, it depends!

Product Manager

1. Pondicherry
2. Kanyakumari
3. Gokarna
4. Ladakh and leh
5. South Goa
6. Varkala
7. Alleppey
8. Cochin
9. Vagamon
10. Munnar
11. Wayanad
12. Ooty
13. Coonoor
14. Mysore
15. On d way ( guess )

Next on the list is andaman, NE and lalshwadeep.

Most of the trips are financed by my dividends, stock gains and P2P interest income.

I prefer hostels and trains 🚂

Spend the savings on adventures and extra curricular stuffs + food 

Helps staying fit and fine mentally also :)

<AMA> 15 destinations in last 15 months

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When you travel for leisure, what are your major pain points and how do you mitigate these? 
Do you plan your travels meticulously or do you just use a travel agent?

Leisure Travellers: what are your pain points?

Product Designer

How to think about this?
Imagine going to travel somewhere and you can't upload a photo or status anywhere. What will you choose? Foreign or India and why?

Context : I have always been an Indian traveller enthusiast. I really have no interest in going to foreign countries to travel. For me, it looks just like a status symbol and nothing more where you just keep on posting status and come back.
And I totally understand everyone has their own perspective but one thing which I don't understand is why the people who are travelling to foreign countries feel so cool about themselves. One of my friend (same CTC) travels a lot to foreign countries and he keeps telling me that I must be jealous of his lifestyle which I am not at all. I will definitely be jealous of a person who will be visiting unknown Indian travel spots but not of him.

Travel : Foreign or India?

Outside of India.
Budget 5-10 lakh . Need not be that high. If it's less but still great that's better as well.

Consider atleast couple of week's time.

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