Hi!

The whole year I was trying to convince you that there are so many amazing places worth seeing in the world and that’s why we shouldn’t waste our money on clothes or on expensive accessories but rather buy some cheap air tickets and begin a real adventure!

So the last post this year will be about differences between a tourist and a traveller. Most of us think that they’re the same person but in fact, they’re not! Maybe lets star with tourist.

We can find them every where in the whole world. They usually book nice hotels, eat in the restaurants and visit all the most popular places. They follow one of many city guides and buy tickets for hop on hop off sightseeing buses to not get tired (especially in the hot cities). What’s more, they prefer spending time only with their friends, instead of getting to know some natives and they fear for taking risk or discovering new, wild paths.

So the traveller always tries to spend as less money as it’s possible and visit as many places and it’s possible. Of course, sometimes he decides to see the most popular places but just to see them and escape as quick as it’s possible because the crowd it’s one those things that gets him angry. That’s why he discovers city choosing unknown paths and meeting natives. He’s not afraid of taking the risk just to discover some breathtaking places and what’s the most important, he’s not afraid of getting lost because he not only always has his favourite map but he knows that he can always ask for help some local people. It’s worth adding that the traveller prefers spending money on the street food or on the next trip, than on expensive hotels or clothes. Talking about hotels, I just have to mention that he never chooses them. He prefers getting to know new people, that’s why he sleeps on couchsurfing, Airbnb or in law-budget hostels.

And you? Are you rather a traveller or a tourist?