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

[TicklishCoralScroller]

You didn’t “immerse yourself in the culture,” you took selfies at a resort.

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).

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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!

Yes, but they came home and put on slide shows for their neighbours.

Same, I and lots of people have travelled around the world and never stayed in a resort nor posted on social media about it

I used to love travelling pre kids. You’d never know though as I failed to take selfies!

@TicklishCoralScroller is it only travel where the posting selfies negates the love of the thing itself? Because I can think of a few toddlers whose Grandparents' hobby is Facebooking the child's life. I'd be sad to discover they didn't love the child, just the social media. Perhaps social media is actually fulfilling the role of a sacrament (outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace). People love holidays and travel and love to share their joy and experiences with others.

My DD is late 20’s and on her 3rd year long travel experience. Not a single picture on social media.

I love travelling. My FB profile pics are often of me on holiday (when I’ve returned) but purely because it’s a nice photo.

We often don't put our travels on SM as feels rather braggy when we've taken a month or 6 weeks at a time (numerous times due to luck with work commitments).
Funny I've a friend who constantly posts and they've had 4 long haul trips, each being some people's bucket list trips in the last 12 months! I'm not jealous but I am 'wow, you've got some ££££'.

Agree. You must have superficial friends. It's entirely possible to travel and not take a single photo. I hate taking photos but love to travel.

This is ignorant. It's human nature to want to share the things in life that bring you joy. That's especially true of travel, when you're leaving your normal life behind. Social media is merely the contemporary format, as opposed to a photo album or a travel almanac.

People sharing holiday pictures on Instagram isn't the problem (and it doesn't mean they don't really love travel). The problem here is your unusually crotchety reaction to it. My advice - as with all instances of bitching about how other people use social media - is to only follow people you actually like. When my friends post holiday pictures I'm happy for them, and often inspired to go somewhere myself. I like seeing people I like happy. If you think someone's an attention-seeking nightmare, consider unfollowing them.

I love travelling but hate my photo being taken! I took about 20 pictures on my last trip, several of which were of some cute monkeys and 2 were k2 from the plane, I forget to take them.

YABVU. No one (well apart from those who call themselves content creators) books a holiday just to say they love travelling and post photos.
I love travelling, and I say that rather than holiday as our travels would be a nightmare to most people. We do everything on the cheap, stay in very local basic accommodation, don't bring any luggage (as the bag often costs more than the ticket) and travel around by local transport. We've never been to a resort and we don't eat in fancy restaurants, we most often eat street food or back street places that aren't aesthetic at all.
I take loads of photos, not posed ones, and I post them on my family fb so close family can see the dc (less than 20 fb friends). I love the idea of having a slide show evening, I'd love to go to someone's after their holiday. I don't have any photos of my grandparents' travels, that would be priceless.

I rarely get my photo taken, but I take 100s of photos. The majority aren't of people though, mostly scenery and architecture.

@gannett

People sharing holiday pictures on Instagram isn't the problem (and it doesn't mean they don't really love travel). The problem here is your unusually crotchety reaction to it. My advice - as with all instances of bitching about how other people use social media - is to only follow people you actually like

Amen to this.

Its become such a lazy cliche to use people’s social media as an excuse to slag them off under the false pretext of “concern for our society” or “concern for their mental health”.

Mostly it’s just rubbernecking ie “my mate always posts loved up pictures of her husband but I know they are on the rocks”. So if that’s true then how is you posting on Mumsnet helping your friend? Just grow up and accept that she’s in denial.

There is certainly a lot that is wrong and concerning about social media but I really dislike the way people’s social feeds have become an acceptable target for snooping, snobbery and judgment. This thread is a good example.

I travel a lot and love it. I don’t plaster it all on line.

Huh???

I love travelling and do it often. It's my favourite thing in the world and I spend the lion's share of my money on it.

I've never posted a single picture of myself, my family or my surroundings on social media in my life. Not one. I also don't do 'sun hols', beaches, AI or stay in resorts because I hate it, it's boring and it's not 'me'.

I also don't travel specifically for 'immersing myself in local culture'. Some of that inevitably happens, but it's not my sole aim. I travel for pleasure - my own. I like architecture, art, museums, galleries, churches, going to gigs whilst there, some shopping, people watching, activities, visiting sights. If that coincides with the 'immersion' - fine, if not, I don't lose any sleep over it.

There are many ways to travel, each to their own.

People going to resorts isn’t really travel - thats a holiday.

I agree actually. People on holiday are tourists. No problem with that at all. But they're not 'immersing' themselves in anything.

I know people who say, 'Oh, when I lived in Berlin...' when what they actually did was go on holiday. And worse, westerners who travel to developing countries to take their 'wisdom' to the indigenous populations. Urgh! White saviour complex or what? Leave them alone.

By all means love your hols. Revel in them. But you're not a world traveller. You're a tourist. Of the type that some countries are starting to protest against.

Hmm not sure I agree with the whole "you must be well jell" comments.

No there's nothing 'wrong' with putting up photos of yourself traveling online. As people have said, it used to be getting everyone round for a slide show of your holiday or getting people to look at the holiday photo albums.

It only becomes a problem for people who can't think critically about SM who see someone's highlight reel or influencers who simply fake their content (eg hiring private jet sets to pose in as if they're going somewhere amazing when they are very much on the ground) and assume frequent travel is normal. It isn't the norm for the majority of people. Mumsnet tends to have a more affluent demographic, so few people here living hand to mouth, so there may be more people here who can travel a lot.

The other issue is when people post publicly, revealing "hidden gems", which gets them a lot of likes and views but then leads to excessive bumbers of tourists going to specific, previously little known areas. Heavy footfall in natural areas along with people naturally needing to eat and go to the toilet, means some areas cannot cope. OF COURSE, NOT EVERY PERSON POSTING THEIR HOLIDAY SNAPS ONLINE CONTRIBUTES TO THIS PROBLEM (had to capitalise and bold that before anyone starts jumping up and down 😂). But it is a problem and not down to envy / jealousy that some people don't condone it.

It depends if that / how much any of that bothers you.

I barely use SM and don't follow any travel pages for this reason. I'm not jealous or envious. I've traveled a lot out of necessity (born in another continent, lived abroad in Europe, grew up in NI, uni in England and France, worked and lived in Scotland for years, in South America for a few months yada, yada, yada).

I love travelling but tend not to post during my travels. That said, I like to create a post afterwards of my best pictures with some comments for me to remember the trip by.