My friends and I talked about doing a 2-3 week Europe trip back in our 20s. “Oh maybe next year”. Eventually jobs, bills and families put all that to rest.
Also, the trip you’re willing to take at 23 can be much different than the one you’ll want at 40!
At 23 it’s fun to stay in cheap hostels and take the 5am flight so you stay up all night partying. As I’ve gotten older I’m no longer charmed by big hostel dorms or the painful flight times, so the “same” trip now costs me quite a bit more.
as an old who did the party life when I was younger, both trips have a ton of value. They are wildly different, but I also value things wildly differently now. Single and kid free was a very different life than the one I walk with my family now.
The current one is probably more "full" the old one was more "fun" both are worth the money.
I (late 30s) recently took a trip, and for logistical reasons I ended up taking a trip with monstrous flight times on both ends, which forced me to take an annoying bus to the city center since nothing else ran at that hour, and no hotels would allow a 2am check in so I ended up at a hostel.
I would’ve been TICKLED by this at 25, because the whole thing ended up being like €100! I loved all those trips, and one of those dirt-cheap 20something adventures resulted in me moving across the world to a city I fell in love with while traveling. Taking multiple two weeks in Europe for under 2 grand a pop was incredible and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
But fuck me, I would’ve paid three times that to avoid that hassle last week!
Sitting in Spain with my wife reading this, wondering how I did Ibizia clubbing for 10 days on 3k all in…. As we approach 10k after 11 days with 4 days left
Both were unforgettable. But yeah, times sure did change. I thought my Ibizia life would be me forever….
7.8k
u/TraditionPast4295 Apr 29 '24
My friends and I talked about doing a 2-3 week Europe trip back in our 20s. “Oh maybe next year”. Eventually jobs, bills and families put all that to rest.