Be Open To Meeting People

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Meggan: Hey everyone. Welcome back to another episode of travel tip Tuesday with the travel mug podcast, we are happy to have you back for our biweekly quick tip to help make the most of your upcoming travel.

So this week I actually wanted to talk about something that is one of my, like, truly favorite things about traveling and it doesn't happen every time, but when it does. Kind of magical and that is being open to meeting locals or other travels travelers while you're out there. So I understand this won't be for everyone.

There are people who just aren't into that. So I do get it, but also when I picture people who love traveling and exploring the world, I kind of get your people who are open to. Experiences. So hopefully most for the most part, this will resonate. So, you know, we travel really to see different cultures and eat different foods and hopefully encounter people from around the world and also of course, local to where you're traveling.

And this doesn't mean you have to travel with them for the rest of your trip. I know some people do that from like hostels and backpacking and stuff, but it doesn't necessarily mean that, like, what I mean is kind of like going to a local pub, maybe an off the beaten, like restaurant where you're not going through like a tourist-y spot hang out in the lobby bar, even of your hotel or go on a tour.

You're going to be amazed at the amount of people that you'll come across who are open to chatting. So we've met people in a bunch of different ways. So whether it's in like local pubs and bars that honestly just made for a really fun evening of talking um, on a tour in Mexico, we met another couple from the UK and we didn't talk to them ever again, but we chatted on that trip and it was fun.

Uh, We've met people at resorts. So whether you speak to them really again or not, Some people we have stayed in touch with afterwards, people that we met in bar Harbor and also down south. But you're exposed to people from different cultures, with different views and stories to tell and things that you can maybe agree with and disagree with, but still continue to chat.

And I think that that is. What it's all about and truly one of the best parts of seeing the world and how some of our, honestly, our best memories have been made is just coming across people that are like-minded or again, not, and just being able to sort of chat with them and learn about them and where they're from.

So, Jen, is that something you guys have done while you've traveled? Have you met folks at all?

Jenn: Yeah, so I would say the first thing that I like to do a lot of the times, if we do like a tour. Like an organized tour is like talk to the tour guide because they have so much information and usually you're a tour guide because you like talking to the people.

Meggan: yeah usually,

Jenn: I don't know if you're going to make it very far as a tour guide if you hate people. But anyway and like people working at the hotels are usually really helpful and very friendly. I do have a little bit of a funny story. So the first time I went in. To Disney. I was 13 years old and we were at the typhoon lagoons.

We were in the wave pool and a wave, literally knocked me over into this guy who was there with his family, from england. And he was a couple years older than me, and he had a brother a year younger than me, I think. And we literally spent the entire day together hanging out in the wave pool. We exchanged MSN email addresses.

And we still, I haven't talked to him in a little while, but yeah. You know, that was like 2003. So it's like almost 20 years. And I have kept in, in, you know, sporadic contact with him since then. And it is crazy. Like I remember coming home and chatting with each other and we both learned a lot about. You know, each other's kind of culture. And, and I just remember being like, you know what, what's the British word for this,

Meggan: say this word.

Jenn: And just learning a lot about each other and where each other lives. And so, yeah, that was a really, really cool experience and not one that I kind of went out to have, but

Meggan: but that's oftentimes how it works. You don't set out to like meet people or have those experiences. And I think that is what makes it unique and lifelong friends can be made or just quick acquaintances. You have a nice afternoon with like whatever the case may be. I think it's just a tip from us, you know, travel and be open to meeting new people.

Experiences, and it can be really impactful, whether it's again, short or a long-term thing. So thank you so much, everybody for tuning in. Be sure to follow us on our socials at travel blog podcast, check out our website, travel bug podcast.com. Buy us a coffee or super like, and caffeinated. The link is in the show notes and Hey, leave us a review.

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