Where are all the thirty-something travellers?
Travellers in their 30s are a rare sight.
OK, where are you? Yeah, you. The traveller in your 30s. Where are you? What are you doing? Where are you hanging out? What are you visiting? Where do you eat? Where do you drink?
Ive been noticing recently that the world might be full of travellers, but you dont seem to run into many who are in their 30s. Plenty in their late teens and 20s, sure. And in middle or advancing age. But where are the 30- to 40-year-olds?Its a funny age, I guess.
Youve probably outgrown youth hostels by now, and you can certainly afford to stay somewhere nicer. You still like to have a drink, but you're not popping pills in Ibiza or dancing on tables in Mykonos - you're sipping wine with dinner or sampling cocktails in a bar.
Youve got plenty of travel experience under your belt, so theres probably no need to do a tour. And even if you did, it wouldnt be one of the backpacker jobs but then, it wouldnt be one of the luxury river cruises either. Itd be something in the middle. Whatever that is.
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Youre probably married by now. Maybe youve got a mortgage and youre getting serious about your career, which doesnt leave much room for long jaunts overseas.
You might have kids, too, which is why youre not really on the road anyway. Or if you are, youre looking at child-friendly destinations with babysitters and care centres inside the resort. Youre probably not heading off to do an overlander in Africa, or a backpacking trip through Central America.
If youre free of offspring youll still be travelling, but with that huge chunk of disposable income youre probably staying in cool little boutique hotels and eating at fancy restaurants. Youre not dossing in dorm rooms and cooking pasta in communal kitchens.
All of which means that youre not meeting many people, but rather doing your own thing and minding your own business.
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Where are all the thirty-something travellers?