It’s OK if your traveling isn’t ‘aesthetic’
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- 31 Mar 2023
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Travel influencers seems to have everything down pat. Every outfit (including on the plane) is fashionable and ever meal they eat on vacation is full of colorful and fresh vegetables. It can seem bewildering how some people’s travels look like a vacation brochure when your travels look messy.
Right now, travel aesthetics are a big part of vacation planning. According to Vogue, Gen Z is turning to mood boards filled with social media clips of picture perfect destinations and basing their travels on that.
While there are many beautiful places in the world to travel, the onslaught of seemingly perfect travel pictures can lead to a let down later on. A study reported on by Stylist showed that social media can contribute to women comparing themselves more than they did previously to other women. Comparison culture, as Stylist calls it, can catch up to us pretty quick when we see the perfect picture vacation pictures and think ours is dull by comparison — even if that’s not true.
Travel aesthetic doesn’t need to derail your travel plans (and budget). Here are some tips to keep in mind when planning your vacation to help you avoid travel aesthetic envy.
Travel planning tips
1. Be practical
Traveling can bring out the impractical in all of us. It costs a fair amount of money to travel, so when you do it, you want to be smart about it. Keep in mind that the amount of time that you have to travel and the funds that you have directly impact the vacation you will go on.
If you don’t have a lot of time for the Europe vacation you’ve been saving every penny for, it might be a good idea to do a staycation and wait for more time to come up before taking the trip. If you have the right amount of time and are traveling on a budget, it might be worthwhile to pick a location where you can have a full experience for the budget that you have. Read More…
