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Six Adjectives For Traveler

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//  by Lisa 5 Comments

There are all kinds of travelers, but a few traits unite them all.
So what are some adjectives for traveler? Here are my six words to describe a person who loves to travel.

 

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  • Traveler or Tourist?
  • Travel Labels Don’t Matter
  • Adjectives for Traveler
    • 1.  Travelers are Flexible
    • 2. Travelers are Resilient
    • 3. Travelers are Courageous
    • 4. Travelers are Open-Minded
    • 5. Travelers are Adventurous
    • 6. Travelers are a Little Crazy

Traveler or Tourist?

If you are a traveler yourself, or have been reading along with LL World Tour, you may make a distinction between a tourist or a traveler. The general thinking is that a tourist jets into a new city, runs around in sneakers and a loud t-shirt seeing the most popular sights, shoves some local pizza/gelato/schnitzel into his face, and collapses into his chain-hotel bed exhausted. A traveler slows down and gets local. She may sit at a café. She might chat up some locals and go to a more ‘real’ part of town where people are really living and working. And she probably enjoys a home cooked meal in someone’s home with wine and fun conversation.

Now, of course, circumstances… um, like a job… sometimes make it difficult for many of us to become more than just tourists. With our limited vacation time it is often difficult to really immerse ourselves into a new place and culture. Hence the reason I quit my ‘day job’ to travel the world.

But who really cares what the label is?  There are many words related to travel and various travel phrases. Regardless, at least you are out in the world experiencing new things, right?

Adjectives for traveler
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Travel Labels Don’t Matter

This is a much bantered about topic. We are all tourists at some point. I know I have certainly been one. I am also a traveler. There is no exact definition and the line blurs between the two. It is all subjective, of course, and isn’t the whole point of travel to dispel the stereotypes and labels? But, how would you describe a traveler? Here is a little list of words to describe a person who loves to travel. Are they these things all the time? Of course not, but they need a little bit of each!

Adjectives for Traveler

1.  Travelers are Flexible

You meet so many strangers and mix with so many cultures. Different languages are reaching your ears and sound like music. New people. New transport. New currency. It all changes all the time and you just go with the flow. You misread the train schedule and miss your train? No worries. You are not really on a schedule… so why sweat it? You shrug it off and go grab a beer. The more things change, the more flexible you become.

 

2. Travelers are Resilient

You’re on the go. You are there to see and do. Like the United States Postal Service: Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…will stop you. If it’s raining you throw on your hooded rain jacket. If it’s cold you pile on the fleecy layers. If it’s hot, you strip down to the barest threads. Less seems to bother you because you’ve walked through it all – and usually all the while schlepping 30 pounds on your back.

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3. Travelers are Courageous

Another word to describe a travel: courageous. Just the fact that you are out in the world in the first place means you must have the balls to do it. The more you travel, the less scary the big, bad world seems. You’re often told that you’ve got moxie and balls. After conquering the world… nothing really scares you.

Chicken Village, Vietnam
Chicken Village, Vietnam

4. Travelers are Open-Minded

You embrace others’ differences. You understand that different does not mean wrong. In fact, it may be better. You are excited to speak new languages, learn about new cultures and taste new foods. Different doesn’t scare you, it turns you on.

 

5. Travelers are Adventurous

You are on a roller coaster ride of adrenaline. You’re constantly being stimulated by meeting new folks and trying new things. The rush is ongoing and nearly constant. You start to crave adventure and push your own limits further and further. No wonder some say it’s an addiction. And for the record, being adventurous, does NOT have to mean jumping out of an airplane or bungee jumping off of a bridge (two things I have not done!). Getting out of your comfort zone, traveling solo, plunking down in the middle of a foreign land with no friends or plans — that’s all very adventurous!

 

6. Travelers are a Little Crazy

You have just the right amount of crazy inside of you to do this and make it happen. You are squirrely enough to not just dream of being a traveler, but to actually get out there and become one.

traveler or tourist
Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal

Travelers break the mold of ‘normal.’ They get out there. They do it. They break away from the pack and veer off the path we are all preprogrammed to follow.  They climb out of their comfort zone and dip their toes in strange yet alluring waters… until finally they dive in.

Come on in, the water’s fine.

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Lisa Lubin is an established travel/food writer and photographer, three-time Emmy® award-winning TV producer, video consultant, and travel industry expert. After more than a decade in broadcast television she took a sabbatical, which turned into three years traveling around the world. She created this blog in 2006. Lisa also owns LLmedia, a media & video consulting business. Her writing and photography has been published by American Way, Hemispheres, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, West Jet Magazine, Scandinavian Traveler, Orbitz, and Luxury Las Vegas. Her book, The Ultimate Travel Tips: Essential Advice for Your Adventures, is available on Amazon.

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  1. Kevin Fitzpatrick

    September 10, 2009 at 4:35 am

    I am 1 for 6 on these adjectives. You guessed it, #6. It's tough to get the currency right in the country I have lived all of my life. In any language, not enough is not enough. This post makes me ponder if I'm a tourist in my own neighborhood!

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  2. NYer in NZ

    September 11, 2009 at 4:51 am

    So much of the distinction is about attitude and not actions. I consider a "Traveler" a professional tourist- someone who has educated themselves, with more experience and is looking for this to be a large part of their life as opposed to an occasional joy.

    I'm actually turned off by the scorn commonly associated with the term "tourist". These industries exist for a reason, to fill the voids that you mentioned in time and availability. This is about as fair as knocking a recreational flag football player for not throwing a perfect spiral- as long as everyone is having fun what difference should it make?

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  3. brian from nodebtwor

    September 14, 2009 at 8:35 am

    All 6 characteristics are spot-on. I was really surprised when people called me courageous for traveling around the world by myself. But the fact is most people won't attempt it so for them it was courageous.

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  4. Neely

    September 15, 2009 at 12:23 pm

    I think it's amazing how you can immediately tell a traveler from a person who takes one or two big trips during their lifetime. You are right, traveling has made me much more flexible about delayed flights, trains, etc. Great post!

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  5. iliana Genkova

    June 14, 2021 at 12:11 pm

    And a bit obsessed with the world 🙂

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