gotacaseofwanderlust

Sure, a destination offers lots of activities and attractions — but let’s be real, you travel for FOOD.

You’re a true foodie at heart — always searching for the best spots to eat at.

While other people view meals as an obligation, you plan your trips around restaurants you’ve saved — and there’s nothing wrong with that!

Responsible tourist tip: prioritize locally owned establishments over international chains!

Nature calls! You seek to explore Earth’s most beautiful outdoor places when you travel, prioritizing hiking and other thrill-inducing activities.

While others leap to cities, you find yourself journeying far away from them to escape to Mother Earth’s undeveloped landscapes.

Responsible tourist tip: When in natural environments, practice leaving no trace behind. Bring your own trash bag, stay on marked trails (or at least outside of roped-off places), and use environmentally-friendly sprays (reef-safe sunscreen for the ocean or plant-based mosquito sprays in forests).

You live for the stimulation of bustling metropolises.

To you, there’s nothing quite like being in the midst of so much human activity all around. While others may feel overstimulated, you feel right at home amongst the crowds and skyscrapers.

From New York City to Tokyo, there’s no city you wouldn’t want to get lost in.

Responsible tourist tip: try practicing “Second city tourism”: pairing trips to major cities with less visited cities to mitigate overtourism in destinations (instead of spending all your time in Paris, consider taking some time to explore Lyon, just a couple hours away by train).

We travel to experience other cultures! At least you do.

Your itinerary is focused primarily on truly getting to understand a different place.

Whether it’s checking out local markets and events, or talking to people who live there, you travel to learn.

Responsible tourist tip: it’s wonderful to explore a destination from a place of curiosity, but beware of exotifying a culture or its people.

Remember that at the end of the day, we are all more alike than different.

Ancient ruins, historical monuments, world-class museums…  let’s sign you up!

You are truly fascinated with the origins of places, and everything that led up to what we see today.

You understand that to understand the present, we must understand the past.

Responsible tourist tip: Be a seeker of minority/historically silenced groups’ histories too, such as indigenous communities.

The purpose of traveling is to do LESS, not do MORE.

Sure, there may be lots of things to do in a destination, but your ultimate goal is to relax.

Whether it’s chilling at the beach all day or at the pool of your accommodation, all you really want is to decompress and de-stress.

Responsible tourist tip: you definitely deserve to relax, but try to leave your accommodation at least once to get to know the destination you’re at — you might be surprised with what you find.

You saved up for this trip — and now’s the time to spend.

Whether it’s clothes, shoes, accessories, skincare, makeup, or souvenirs, you can be found wherever the shops are. You specifically made sure there’s extra space in your luggage.

Responsible tourist tip: try to find a local market to shop at to support local business owners, rather than shopping malls with global companies.

You let spontaneity lead the way when you travel, preferring to let the destination surprise you rather than planning moment to moment.

The art of simply wandering around somewhere new with no specific destination is called “flaneuring” in French — and this certainly describes you!

Responsible tourist tip: if you choose to take pictures when you walk around, be sure to follow ethical posting standards.

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere, right?

You live for the late-night outs and wild party scene — the more rowdy, the better.

Though you may sacrifice entire days to recover, it’s all worth it to have a good time with other fun people once the sun goes down.

Responsible tourist tip: while it may be tempting, do not engage in buying drugs. Not only is this a major threat to your safety (you don’t know who you’re buying from), but the drug trade is one of the biggest reasons for corruption and violence in a lot of countries — largely thanks to those stimulating the demand for them.

You identify as someone who turns to the guidebooks when it comes to traveling.

Your itineraries always include the “must-visit” attractions of a destination, and you enjoy going on group tours where you let someone else show you around.

Responsible tourist tip: Be careful of becoming a victim of “The Bucket-List Mentality”: when we’re so focused on checking things off a list that we reduce the significance of places we visit as well as our own experiences of them.