Comments on: Travel Guilty Pleasures: What’s Yours?

By: Stacey

Stacey — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:13:03 +0000

My guilty pleasure, I’ve discovered since beginning my 10 month South American trip three months ago, is having my laundry done, and I’m not talking about drop-off or even pick-up/delivery laundry service either. While I am staying in hostels ocassionally, mostly I am couchsurfing and have had the incredibly fortunate experience of staying with people who have regular housekeeping services. After instructing me that during my stay what’s theirs is mine (the likes of such generosity from strangers I’d never seen before!), they tell me when their nana is coming and ask if I have clothes to wash.
Perhaps other long-term travelers agree with me that it’s a great pleasure having clean clothes, fresh choices of what to wear from our limited warddrobes. Of course, on that note, I’m thrilled even when I stay with CS hosts and they have a washing machine but no nana.

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By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:45:42 +0000

Carlo, I do the same in Germany when the staring gets too much. Or sometimes just blow a kiss-that usually gets them looking elsewhere!
And McDonalds,,,,,had never eaten it beofre I left America, but somehow it is comfort food when you’re away! I also like fridge magnets, small enough not to be a bother, but still a tangible cheesy memory of a trip. I have the best decorated fridge in town!

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By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:33:05 +0000

Haha Tim,
I just graduated from CU and I’m pretty sure I’ve seen you fishing before! AAAAND I pretty much peed my pants when I read that.

My guilty pleasure? Staying up all night planning what I’m going to do the next day, and then shamelessly sleeping all day. I feel like I’m defying my own internal pressure to get out and see everything I can. I’ll just use whatever I missed as an excuse to go back

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By: mariajessica

mariajessica — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:16:40 +0000

Juliane’s is classic! I think it’s safe to say that that’s kind of mine too

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By: Carlo

Carlo — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:51:58 +0000

Cute, but hardly guilty!

I’m more the opposite with kids…I’ll make mean faces at them. Once on the tram while I was carrying a BBQ home I just bought, a kid asked his mom “what’s that?” I quietly said it’s for cooking little kids like you…mwah ha ha ha….now THAT’s a guilty pleasure!

(DISCLAIMER: I have never, and would never consider, cooking and eating little children)

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By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:18:15 +0000

I’m a vegetarian so McDonalds doesn’t really do it for me, but I’ve been known to walk miles to get to an Indian restaurant. Other than a little variation in spiciness it’s pretty much the same everywhere, and the Indian staff always speak English.

My other guilty pleasure? Trying to make babies/toddlers laugh when their parents aren’t looking. In Japan, my ability to shush cranky kids seemed nearly magical. They were so surprised to see a foreigner making funny faces at them that they forgot to be upset.

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By: jami

jami — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:28:33 +0000

Lying on the beach. It’s a terrible waste of time when there’s so much culture to enjoy in a distant land. But I love it, and if it weren’t for my husband, it’d be all I’d do on every vacation.

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By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:15:12 +0000

My guilty pleasure is taking “McPhotos”. I do try to be original and take artsie looking photographs, but I can’t resist taking those cliche shots too!

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By: Kt

Kt — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:19:08 +0000

PG guilty pleasure? Fortune cookies. I know the fortune is created to pertain to the masses, but it always makes me feel better.

The pleasure I really do feel guilty about? Being nice to a stranger at the bar just to get a free drink…

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By: Eman

Eman — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:15:01 +0000

I hate to admit this, but one of my favorite pastimes when traveling is flipping on the TV in my hotel room.

On my first day in Peru, I caught an episode of The Office. Or should I say, La Oficina. Next to hiking the Sacred Trail to Macchu Picchu, it was the highlight of my trip.

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