Comments on: Why do people travel to other countries just to stay in luxury hotels?

By: holly

holly — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:07:23 +0000

Backpacking is a budget way of doing things, if people can afford luxury and comfort I say go for it.

By: PaoloPH

PaoloPH — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:57:38 +0000

Lots of people backpack around Europe, maybe the people you know have lost their sense of adventure, or have lives that are too structured to allow for such freedom.

In the past 5 years my wife and I have taken my 81 year old father and 75 year old mother on 3 backpacking trips around Europe….Scotland, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Germany [Munich during Oktoberfest], and Italy of course!.

While it’s not for everyone, we prefer not to stay in big impersonal ‘luxury’ hotels, whether or not our budget would allow it. We usually stay in small family owned hotels, but have spent the night in youth hostels, boats, farmhouses, a lighthouse and other places. One place we stayed was 98 stairs to the door of the apartment, but it had a million dollar view of the plaza beneath it. The smaller local places, you actually meet the people who own the establishment, learn about their kids, see their soccer trophies, etc. To me that’s part of the fun. As a result, we have friends all over Europe.

Yes there are programs that enable people to stay in each others’ homes. I know a few people who do that.

By: Palin for President

Palin for President — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:57:09 +0000

I travel when I am on vacation. Vacation is suppose to be enjoyable so I stay in a luxury hotel but I still go out during the day and experience local cuisine and meet local people but when I sleep I want confort and safety.

By: twilighter

twilighter — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:11:57 +0000

well i guess the people want to feel save and want to have a little piece of home with them

By: jasmine

jasmine — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:43:23 +0000

You know thats a good question….really