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A couple of nights ago persis observed that when I write about going to places it's not with a feeling of that I've been there, done that, cross that off the list. Instead it's clear in my posts that I have every intention of going back.

I had a conversation with a guy from San Diego at Iguazu Falls during which I mentioned I was checking things out for next time. "You're coming back here?" he asked. He told me he generally didn't go back to places after he'd visited them.

While there are places I find don't like, I do try to give them a chance later. They just drop farther down the priority list. And when I have bad experiences I try not to repeat them. It's true though that the idea of a "once in a lifetime trip" is alien to me. If I like a place, why wouldn't I plan to go back? Travel is easy nowadays, and getting easier every year.

It does depend on what your motivation for going places is.

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[irielle.livejournal.com]

It can also depend on how much time and money you have for travel. Anton and I tend to half heartedly joke that most of the people who have the time to travel, don't have the money, and vice versa. It sure helps if the places on your priority list are less expensive ones, but airfares from our neck of the woods are pretty outrageous since Delta has such a stranglehold up here.

A pre-emptive disclaimer: I don't stay in posh resorts or anything like that. My hotels of choice in London tend to be frumpy but clean and inexpensive ones. In the U.S. I stay with family or go budget, except for conferences.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

It can also depend on how much time and money you have for travel. Anton and I tend to half heartedly joke that most of the people who have the time to travel, don't have the money, and vice versa.

Definitely. I think of it as a variation on the project management triangle of "Fast, Cheap, Good. Pick two." In this case, the constraints are money, time, and health. Young people have time and health, but no money. Middle-aged people have money and health, but no time. Old people have money and time, but no health.