I can see that lots of your points make great sense for you, but they don't work for me. I'm particularly thinking about the luggage and the shoes parts of your comments.
Luggage for me is not just about carrying the right clothes / shoes (and bluedevi's point about the right kind of shoes for clumping about in is quite important for me - last couple of holidays in particular I've found it to be very uncomfortable to walk long distances in shoes that don't support my feet properly, so I do want a good pair of walking shoes as well as slipper type items). I also want to be able to take gifts and bring back souvenirs (which may include bottles of wine). I also take quite a few books - I have a dread of running out of reading material!
Hopping around the airport carrying belts, shoes, other paraphernalia is very annoying to me, partly because I'm not sure that it necessarily does make me as safe as it makes me inconvenienced. (Same with the liquids thing - it always feels like they're stopping the previous threat by the time that it's no longer popular, not anticipating any new ones.) I do aim to minimise this by wearing appropriate clothing to travel in but it's still annoying. In winter I am also burdened by coat and umpteen layers of warm clothing because I feel the cold and wouldn't want to deprive myself of the ability to keep warm; but it adds quite a bit to the inconvenience.
There is quite a big difference between 6 hours and 10 hours, granted; and I felt it pretty strongly when I went by Eurostar / TGV to the south of France a few years ago. It took all day and I was only on a short break, so I did think that for that trip it wasn't the best choice. But in principle I'd rather schedule in the extra time, if at all possible, and travel in what I'd consider to be a much more pleasant manner; that is, in considering the travel itself to be part of the fun part of the holiday. This would mostly apply to train journeys rather than to car trips, but in any case I can see that this is certainly in the realm of individual choice and individual values.
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Date: 2009-04-03 04:21 pm (UTC)Luggage for me is not just about carrying the right clothes / shoes (and
Hopping around the airport carrying belts, shoes, other paraphernalia is very annoying to me, partly because I'm not sure that it necessarily does make me as safe as it makes me inconvenienced. (Same with the liquids thing - it always feels like they're stopping the previous threat by the time that it's no longer popular, not anticipating any new ones.) I do aim to minimise this by wearing appropriate clothing to travel in but it's still annoying. In winter I am also burdened by coat and umpteen layers of warm clothing because I feel the cold and wouldn't want to deprive myself of the ability to keep warm; but it adds quite a bit to the inconvenience.
There is quite a big difference between 6 hours and 10 hours, granted; and I felt it pretty strongly when I went by Eurostar / TGV to the south of France a few years ago. It took all day and I was only on a short break, so I did think that for that trip it wasn't the best choice. But in principle I'd rather schedule in the extra time, if at all possible, and travel in what I'd consider to be a much more pleasant manner; that is, in considering the travel itself to be part of the fun part of the holiday. This would mostly apply to train journeys rather than to car trips, but in any case I can see that this is certainly in the realm of individual choice and individual values.