International travel is BY FAR one of the most enlightening, exciting, rewarding, memorable, and fun things a person can do. We all think about it… We dream about it… So, why the hell don’t we do it? Why can’t we turn our dreams into a reality? Why is it that international travel is so “untouchable” for most of us, or something that we only indulge in once every 5-10 years?

Well, the answers to those questions are plenty: “I can’t afford it”, “I don’t have time”, “I’ve never left the country”, “I don’t speak foreign languages”, “I have kids”, to name a few.

Okay, question answered. International travel can only become a reality for those with deep pockets, lots of spare time, and no kids… Right?

NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT! There is so much false information floating around about international travel, that most of us have come to believe that it just isn’t an option. Well, that’s simply not true.

For the next 7 days I will be writing on 10 of the different excuses people give as to why they aren’t able to fulfill their international travel dreams, and explaining why those excuses are misinformed and/or invalid!

I will be addressing each of the following individually, and new links will be posted every day.

• I can’t afford to travel

• I have too many expenses, I can’t save money for travel
• I’m in debt, I can’t travel
• I don’t have time to travel
• I have kids, I can’t travel
• I don’t have any travel experience
• I don’t speak foreign languages, I can’t travel
• I don’t have anyone to travel with, I can’t travel alone
• Travel in foreign countries is too dangerous
• I’m a lone female, I can’t travel by myself

The goal of this series is to get all issues associated with the barriers to international travel on the table. So, please make as much use of the comments section as possible. Let me know about your individual situation, and why you haven’t been able to realize your international travel dreams, so that I can address each of these cases specifically. I invite you to challenge me, argue my conclusions, and really get a dialog going.

This series is meant to motivate and to inspire, so I implore all of my readers to get involved! Leave your thoughts in the comments section below!

Further Reading:

For further reading on common excuses people make for not traveling, check out Travel Minx’s Top 10 Excuses for Not Traveling

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