JW: Slow Travel

I like these thoughts about travel:

“Slow travel may mean different things to different travelers, but I define it as staying in one place for longer and going deeper into the local culture,” said Paul Jacobs, general manager and vice president of Kayak North America. “It’s taking the time to make real connections with locals versus jam-packing a schedule full of tours. It’s staying in Kyoto at a Ryokan instead of city hopping throughout Asia.” 

For travel expert and author La Carmina, slow travel is a meditative approach to traveling that allows people to stop and smell the roses ― quite literally.

“It’s about being fully present in the moment and experiencing the sights, sounds and sensations around you without distraction ― letting the experience unfold at its own pace and without expectations,” she said. “To me, slow travel doesn’t have a strict definition or certain mandatory elements, such as using slower modes of transport or sticking to a single city or country for a certain amount of time, but rather is about the compassionate awareness one brings to being a visitor in a destination.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-is-slow-travel-vacation_l_63ea5c31e4b0063ccb27b668?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2023-02-24&utm_term=us-morning-email