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Before starting research or booking, read about the advantages and disadvantages between Fast and Slow travel.

Fast Travel

Fast travel has a visitation period of less than 15 days. That breakpoint is when you start to see opportunities or constraints in stretching your budget over different durations in location.

Fast travel, as the traditional vacation, has a shorter duration in location because of normal corporate paid time off constraints. Hotels and experiences are expensive per day while the shorter duration reduces the number of available experiences.

Slow Travel

Slow travel is typically greater than 15 days. It is mainly contingent on the benefits of a flexible workplace environment being able to take more days off or work remotely. Increasing the duration in a location increases the number and variety of experiences. Plus, diverse transportation and lodging options become available reducing the per day cost of staying in location, although it may be more in total due to a larger number of days. You get more bang for your buck.

The Traveler profile is extremely important because it generally decides Fast or Slow travel. For example, the time constraints and budget of a 20-year-old backpacking is different from a family of five. Furthermore, a 20-year-old with limited time constraints may prefer to experience more of the location, or world, at a lower cost per day despite it costing more in total. It is a one-time experience that is relatively not as expensive as if you did Fast travel repeatedly over consecutive years.

Overall, Slow travel provides more bang for you buck and allows more time to connect with the people, culture, and history.

Safe Travels!