50 Signs You Might Be Addicted to Travel

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Most people like to travel. They work hard and plan their vacations. But they’re happy with their few weeks of vacation. Then there are the travel addicts who spend each and every waking moment thinking about the next place they can visit. Some that may be so addicted to travel that they create their own travel blog so they can think of travel more often. I definitely don’t know anyone like that! But if you ever need to figure out if someone has a bit of a travel addiction, there are a few (not so) subtle ways.

You know you’re addicted to travel when…

1 – You have at least three trips planned each year – one vacation is not enough

2 – When telling people about your upcoming trip, their only response is “Weren’t you just away?”

3 – On the million-to-one chance you don’t have a trip booked, you’re already planning your next one. Or two.

4 – You wake up and think of traveling

5 – You go to sleep thinking about traveling

6 – When hanging out with friends your stories all start with “When I was in…”

7 – When people compliment an item of clothing or something and you always say “Thanks, I got it in…”

8 – You can’t look at certain food without thinking about a similar item in another country you’ve been to

9 – A collection of travel magnets has taken over your fridge

10 – You can’t walk into a 7-11 without thinking about your trip to Thailand

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11 – You correct people’s pronunciation of food items because you had it in the country it originated from so you’re now that person (I’m looking at you Pho)

12 – Your phone gallery is full because you have so many photos from traveling

13 – You can order a beer in at least 5 languages but can’t say anything else

14 – Your credit card has some kind of travel rewards with it

15 – You have a box full of items that you got while traveling that you’ll never use but can’t get rid of “because they have so many memories”

16 – You add more to your bucket list than you check off

17 – Airport codes are forever ingrained into your memory so LHR, PEK and YYZ mean something to you

18 – You know your passport number and expiry without looking at it

19 – Someone asks where your favorite travel destination is and you get all Good Will Hunting trying to figure it out as you argue yourself in circles

20 – You’re a member of at least one travel group on Facebook (Girls Love Travel ladies where you at?!) because you gravitate to other like-minded addicted to travel people

21 – You have at least 3 good stories about getting lost abroad

22 – You’re more likely to take public transit to/from an airport because you travel so much you need to save all the money you can…for more travel

23 – There’s at least one foreign food no-one else has ever heard of that you love

24 – There’s at least one foreign food no-one else has ever heard of that you passionately hate

25 – People you haven’t seen for a while start every conversation with “And where have you been to recently?” knowing that a trip was never too long ago

26 – You have a favorite airport

27 – There’s at least one “dream destination” most people have that you can’t stand because it was “too touristy”

28 – You have a collection of miniature toiletries from hotels around the world from trips gone by (hopefully these will soon be a thing of the past)

29 – You have more than the entry level status for at least one travel rewards program

30 – You own a travel pillow, compression socks and packing cubes, and never leave home without any of them

31 – If you don’t have a trip currently booked you’re so anxious that you feel like you might be suffocating

32 – Your shoes and belt are off and your laptop is out of your bag as soon as you get in line for security at the airport

33 – Watching the inevitable person with liquid in their hand baggage causes you to mutter “how hard is this?”

34 – You’re the only one not hurrying to get on the plane as soon as it starts boarding

35 – You’re the only person who doesn’t stand as soon as the plane lands because as optimistic as you are, you know row 35 won’t be getting off anytime soon

36 – You’ve ever made a gift bag for flight attendants

37 – You have a favorite restaurant/bakery in another country – Gosselin bakery in Paris for me

38 – You know what time it is in any random country because you know at least one person in that time zone

39 – There are coins of at least 3 different currency in your purse right now

40 – You don’t change money back when you return because you’re sure you’ll be back there sometime soon

41 – The currency exchange place knows you by name

42 – You shake your head when people say they didn’t buy insurance because they “didn’t plan on having to cancel/getting sick/losing their bags”

43 – You randomly find boarding passes, museum tickets or used transit passes in your purse

44 – Your family are shocked when you show up for the holidays because they thought you were still away somewhere

45 – Each holiday season everyone gets gifts from your latest trip

46 – You know the names of at least three travel writers

47 – You can have a conversation with anyone and it always leads back to travel, and you’re never sure how it got there

48 – People always ask you advice for their own trips

49 – You’d rather save your money for travel instead of a car/house/designer clothes

50 – You love travel so much you created a travel blog so you can talk about traveling more (and give you more of a reason to go new places)

The cure for a travel addiction

If you came here hoping for a way to curb your wanderlust then you’re asking the wrong person. I’ll probably give you more places you want to visit than talk you out of a trip. Heck, I’ll probably end up joining you for fear of missing out myself. Unfortunately there is no real cure for being addicted to travel. It’s in your blood, and you’ll always be dreaming of your next trip. Might as well just give in and book a flight.

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