Traveling/Going On Vacation

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What does everybody on here think of traveling and/or going on vacation. I for the most part hate it. The unfamiliarity makes me really uncomfortable. My favorite place is at home. I know this is very common for people with Asperger's and Autism, so I know why I am that way. Even my therapist told me that is normal for people like me to feel.

I love traveling! Sure, it's stressing, especially if I go with someone who doesn't like to plan ahead, but usually it turns out to be worth it.

I wish I could travel the world.....

My AS mother travelled half the year, camping in her van. She liked the superficial relationships it encouraged.
I also enjoy scenery, and have some good memories of it, but now I'm very fussy about minimizing my mileage, because I use a car, and that's bad for the air. I had my best travel experience as a bicycle tour anyway.

When I was a kid, my family took long driving vacations every summer. We never got to Europe, but we did see much of the United States, from coast to coast; many happy memories. They say travel is broadening. So is sitting on a couch watching TV and eating chocolate chip cookies, but in a different way.

As a result of those long trips, I love to travel, but with my and my husband's multiple health issues, we don't do it any more. I miss it, I really do. I don't need to go on safari, just going to the sea coast or even the mountains would be very satisfying.

I also like traveling. My parents always took me to all trips, so I also have many good memories. Now I travel with my husband. It is great that he also prefers planning everything beforehand. By the way, we found a list of trip planner sites. We haven't checked all of them, but we tried TripHobo and it was really helpful for us. What do you use to plan your trips?

Love travelling, doing as much of it as I possibly can.

I love going on holiday, I always find it so exciting. The only thing about travelling is I get anxious about feeling sick. I do take travel sickness pills but they do tend to make me drowsy, which is OK if I'm riding in the same vehicle for a long period of time, but if I'm catching several buses, trains, boats or planes, obviously feeling drowsy can be a bit of a hindrance. But I keep crystalized ginger in my bag and chewing one seems to do the trick in settling my stomach.

"To get the most out of a vacation, one should maintain a mental age just sufficient to make one's connections."

Went backpacking on my own years ago around SE Asia. Also had some good opportunities to travel around Europe a little for work but I was in a position to pick and choose which ones I went on so did the simple ones where nothing much was expected of me and i knew there would be a fair bit of free time to get away from work thoughts and be on my own

Love traveling, especially overseas. Flying is a chore though, especially when customs is involved. I've been to both Europe and Asia.

I generally like traveling. I like getting to explore new places. I had a special interest in geography, and learning about all of the different cities, states, national parks, etc. as a kid, and hoped that I could visit them all one day. So I still like to be able to go and see as many places as I can. The act of actually getting there can be more challenging though. Most trips I just go on with my family, and ride along in the car with my parents, which is fine. I do okay even on long car trips since I can generally keep myself entertained by just daydreaming. But when I have to drive by myself in unfamiliar places, that gives me a lot of anxiety. The only time I've ever gone on a trip by myself was when I visited a friend who lives two states away (and it's about a 6 hour drive). And luckily it's a pretty straightforward drive, so it wasn't too bad. But I have an extreme fear of having to drive in unfamiliar places where there's also tons of traffic, lots of turns I have to make, or a lot of merging on interstates. I still really can't imagine going anywhere by myself other than to visit my friend.

I'm also quite afraid of flying. And the smaller the plane, the more I hate it. I'm so sensitive to turbulence and get so anxious and fearful if the plane experiences any little bit of it. I hate the feeling of falling and the feeling of your stomach dropping. I can somewhat tolerate it on theme park rides/roller coasters (as long as it isn't too over the top... I'll only ride the mild/"family friendly" ones), but on a plane, I guess I just feel so much more vulnerable, being literally thousands of feet off the ground. I totally understand that flying is statistically way safer than driving, but it's just hard to shake that uneasiness. If I had to pick a way to die, it would be literally anything but plunging to my death. And I guess just the mere possibility of the plane crashing just scares me a lot (even though I'm well aware that there's like a one in 11 million chance that it would happen).

Hate driving

Airplane security, crowded seats, loud airport

Train

Nowhere I really want to go