I’m seized by the idea of life in travel for a very long time and everything I’ve read so far (all those blogs, magazines etc.) were only talking about the advantages of such lifestyle. Yet I’m pretty rational and understand it perfectly that each coin has a reverse side. So does the travel lifestyle. And here’s a fuel for thought for those who plan to start their lifetime travel and sees it through rose-coloured glasses.

 

Family
The concept of „normal” life according to majority of people is to grow up in a particular envorinment, get married, move to the other neighbourhood (or maybe city), buy a house, have kids and start this cycle all over again. Actually, this „normal” life is not so normal anymore in XXI century. Many people vote for life in travel, move overseas and leave their families behind. It may seem an easy decision, because you will surely meet them once in awhile, but it will it be enough? Enough to keep close relationship, to still remain a part of a family? Tough questions that any traveliving adherent should answers.

Career
Your lifetime travel can get in the way of building up job experience and climbing career ladder. If you spend a lot of time abroad and change countries it is very hard to keep the qualification. Besides, not all the countries will recognise your diploma and sometimes you’ll have to agree for positions which are much lower then those which you occupied at home. All this maybe a problem, unless you are a freelancer or a man of art.

Material Possessions
Travel lifestyle suppose moving from one place to another and travelling light. This means that while your friends and relatives will be buying houses, furniture, exquisite accessories and latest household appliances you will be only collecting photos and memories. You have to be truly free spirited to leave this material side of life behind.

Did I reduce your enthusiasm toward traveliving? Surely, you have to weigh the sacrifice up with what you will get from travelling. Yet experienced travelivers says that there is nothing that equates to all the experiences, friends, memories, joy and lessons that you get while surfing the world!