To think that most people who say they love “travel” just like posting about it?

Did they though? I remember plenty of photo albums when I was younger. People used to bring their printed holiday pics into work and leave them in the break area.

My parents used to make albums and show friends!

You sound very jealous!

If i go to a wonder of the world, damn right I'm going to share a picture of me there! Why is this a weird concept, sharing something that's made you happy?
You probably complain that posting day to day life is boring too.

Just coming to the end of a holiday in Malaysia and Singapore. I haven’t posted anything in FB about it.

Think you are being unreasonable. Your op comes across as bitter/ jealous.

For me, Travel isn’t just about changing locations it’s about experiencing something new. The thrill of stepping into a new city, breathing in its air, tasting its food, and soaking in its atmosphere. Every place has its own rhythm, its own stories, and for a moment, you get to be a part of it. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of exploring somewhere unfamiliar and making memories along the way.

Plenty of people do travel without posting about it much on SM though. Most people, I bet. I love travel (not much opportunity now though) and have no SM apart from mumsnet! Most people I know, I’d be surprised if they were posting loads of travel pics on SM.

I love looking at people's holiday photos! It inspires me and I love seeing my friends and family enjoying themselves.

I don’t do selfies but do post an album of holiday snaps on Facebook when I get back home. Only my friends and family can see them - is that allowed?!

I’d do exactly the same holidays if I was never able to take another picture (but I’d be a bit sad as I love reliving the memories looking back through them).

Those who broadcast that they are away by posting while they are on holiday are strange. Why do they think that safe ?

Posts like these are getting a bit tiresome now. Always an attack and disdain for people who are frequent on social media, always insinuating or directly accusing them of attention seeking or being disingenuous. And I’m not even someone who posts on social media at all.

The only people that need to get off social media are the people who make posts like this. Let people be and get on with your life for Christ’s sake.

I remember those slide shows! People would have quite a group of friends round, normally in the evening and would serve coffee and cake after the viewing. They had to turn the lights out to show them. I recall a couple of these evenings put on by friends of my grandparents when I was about three and I fell asleep on the sofa! My mum thought it was very old fashioned even then. One guy droned on a lot about each slide and he had a clicker in his hand to move to the next slide so everyone was stuck listening to the explanations.

Packs and packs of photos years ago, people have always shared their travel/holiday experiences. I do hate the selfies though, that was definitely not a thing

There is a difference between travelling and a holiday.. I think what you’re talking about is the resort pics, the holiday.

The people who travel, travel unless they are Instagram famous don’t tend to post much for safety and security and because they are busy!

YABVU.

You do seem to lack critical thought here. No-one is going to use AL and hard earned money to travel if they don't enjoy visiting new places.

Some people share their photos, other don't. Either way, you don't have to look at them if you don't want to. Personally I love seeing places friends have travelled to. When I put photos on my facebook, I assume anyone who doesn't want to see my photos will scroll past. Or indeed unfriend me if I annoyed them as much as you seem annoyed about this.

I hate to break it to you, but people have been bragging about and buying souvenirs on their travels since the Crusades.

Strangely I like looking at other people's travel photos. I also like reading travel books, reading one at the moment about someone doing a pilgrimage walk across the South of England. Love Josie Drew and Ann Mustoe books about long distance cycling. A walk in the woods is Bill bysons best book

I doubt I'll ever do anything like that but I find it fascinating to hear/read about

I have a friend who’s been on some amazing holidays over the years, staying in upmarket hotels in gorgeous locations - St Lucia, Antigua, Malaysia etc. Nothing off the beaten track, all booked through mainstream travel agents. She says they have been on these holidays because her husband loves to “travel”. Thing is, I just wouldn’t call it travelling. They’re just having holidays.

I don't have Instagram and don't have Facebook so where would I be posting about it?
I think that there are many people who cannot understand that many of us don't need the pathetic validation of their lives that they get through social media. Lives can be lived without posting anything on social media.

One of my passions is travel.
I have backpacked around the Greek islands.
Rode my motorbike through 9 European countries.
Spent a year in the USA (.80's) .. 26 states..
I'm a pensioner now and had 3 holidays this year ( l go once a month ) either abroad or UK.

I think your getting a bit mixed up here.
Of course there are those who take endless selfies but for each traveller with a selfie stick there is about 15 others rolling their eyes!

Also a big difference between a holiday and travelling! Being in a resort is not travelling it's going on holiday.

I think this is a good point! I'd be willing to bet that the number of people travelling would vastly decrease if there was no way of sharing/posting about it online and social media. But I think this could be said for loads and loads of experiences these days that everybody seems to do ... pumpkin patches is the first one that jumps to my mind 😅

Ofc loads of people love to travel and taking photos or not won't factor into it. But yes, I absolutely think that (probably) the majority do it because of social media, keeping up with the Joneses and all that.

I love travel and I like posting pics. I love looking back on them and seeing them pop up a year later. Im assuming if others dont like seeing them they will unfollow or unfriend me.

Sadly I suspect this is the truth.

Of course, but people also used to travel without feeling the need to broadcast every moment of it. Just saying there’s a difference between loving travel and loving the attention it brings.

Sorry that's nonsense. In the days before social media people got their holiday snaps out, forced people to sit through slide shows or generally banged on about it ad nauseam in the pub. People have always bored other people with their travel stories.

I'm not denying that some people are tediously performative on social media, of course they are, but it's become fashionable to attribute every evil in the world to social media. It amplifies people's show-off tendencies, but no one in their right mind shells out hundreds of pounds to go to the other side of the world just to put it on their social feeds.

Complete failure of critical thinking here OP

I don’t really understand why you’re so bothered, unless what’s really going on here is jealousy and you’re looking for a reason to bring them down.

THIS