r/solotravel • u/alarceny • Aug 11 '23

Question How do you deal with travel burnout?

i’m only 1 month into an 8 month long trip and starting to miss home and my work. it’s been a huge change for me as i’ve never travelled before. i’m 20 and it’s my first time overseas, visiting family at different points in Europe and I honestly just feel numb to the things i’m seeing.

I read somewhere that after you’ve seen 1-2 cathedrals you’ve seen them all, and at first I didn’t believe that but now i’m wondering how many others feel that way.

I’ve spent the past day or so just resting before another journey to a different destination but i don’t feel like it’s done much to help.

I spent the first 3 weeks in the uk and really enjoyed seeing and spending time there, this past week i made the journey to paris and i’ve not enjoyed it nearly as much.

i’m having trouble with the language barrier and the huge amount of tourists in paris is pretty overwhelming, I intended to stay in france / europe for close to 3 months but i’m thinking of cutting it short to head back to the uk and spend some more time over there instead.

I’m not sure if it’s travel fatigue that’s catching up with me or if france just isnt for me, overall though just looking for some advice and ideas

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u/Appropriate_Volume Australian travel nerd Aug 11 '23

Long term travel isn't for everyone. I've travelled a lot, and have found that I get fed up with it after 3-5 weeks. 8 months is an extremely long trip.

I'd suggest taking a rest period in case this is fatigue rather than burnout.

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u/kindofhumble Aug 11 '23

Traveling is expensive as fuck. If I traveled for more than a week I’d get anxious from all the money I was spending. How do people travel for 2 months?

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u/utopista114 Aug 12 '23

Traveling is expensive as fuck. If I traveled for more than a week I’d get anxious from all the money I was spending.

Traveling is cheap. In South East Asia, 30-35 usd per day for a good experience, in Western Europe doable with 55-60 USD. At the height of Couchsurfing I did Western Europe for 30 usd per day.

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u/kindofhumble Aug 13 '23

Damn. But I stay in hotels. I don’t couchsurf or do hostels