How to Overcome Your Travel Fears?

By Mohammed Aslam Aslu

  ●   06 Aug 18

Travel Tips

Fear. It’s what often keeps us from living our lives and achieving our dreams. And it is one of the most common reasons why people don’t travel. Travel Fear is a real thing to handle and you can do it with these tips.

Whenever I talk to people about travel, many tell me they wish they could do what I do. They tell me all their travel dreams and grand plans then when asked why they don’t pursue them, they come up with a plethora of excuses:

  • They fear not being able to afford the trip.
  • Fear they have too many responsibilities at home.
  • They fear they won’t be able to make friends on the road.
  • Fear not having the ability to handle it.
  • They fear something will happen to them.

With all that fear, it’s much easier to stay at home in our comfort zones than to break out and travel. It’s a big thing to step out of your door, away from your safety net, and into the unknown.

Travel Getaways

Travel Fear – Don’t Let Them Hold You Back, Just Go!

Yes, travel is a privilege and there are real money issues that keep people at home. But one of the most common thing I get is from people asking about “the mental issues” of travel. “The mindset stuff.” Do they quit their job and go for it? Are they in the right stage of life? Will everything be OK if they leave? Will they get a job when they return? – I just tell them, “you aren’t the first person to travel abroad.”

One of the things that comforted me when I began traveling was knowing that lots of other people traveled the world before me and ended up just fine. If some 18-year-old from England on a gap year came home in one piece, there was no reason I wouldn’t too. You aren’t the first person to leave home and explore the jungles of Asia. Columbus and Magellan had a reason to be afraid. You don’t.

There is a well-worn tourist trail out there. There are people to help you. There are people to travel with. You aren’t going to be alone. You are just as capable as everyone else.

I’m smart, I’m capable, and I have common sense. If other people can travel the world, why can’t I? What makes me think I lack my skills?? I realized that there was no reason I couldn’t do what these other people did. I was just as good as everyone else.

Responsibilities Can Vanish in a Flash

Everyone uses “responsibility” as the main reason to avoid travel. But that is just your fear telling you that you have things at home that can’t be let go of. However, those responsibilities are simply chains that hold you down. When I quit my job, I didn’t have to work anymore. When I canceled my bills, they disappeared. When I sold my car, the payments were gone. When I sold my stuff, I didn’t have any. We think this is all very complicated, but with a few phone calls, everything that held me back was gone, taken care of. Suddenly, my responsibilities disappeared. Vaporized. It is easier to cut the cord than you think.

You Will Find a Job When You Get Home

Another reason people get held back is the belief that when they go overseas, they will become unemployable. They worry that employers will see a gap in their résumé and not want to hire them. But in this globalized world, having experience with foreign cultures and people is a real asset. So is showing that you are independent, courageous, and capable. After all, no one makes it around the world without learning these skills. Employers realize this and now look at travel as a positive thing that teaches intangible personal skills no business school ever could.

I Can’t Afford

This is also a major problem holding people back from travelling but I think in this civilized and modern era everything is under your fingertips.

Why Go to the Ground Agencies to Spend and Suffer More?

Thanks to the online agencies Rehlat and others, who have provided us more opportunities of saving more and suffer less or suffer zero as you will get instant confirmation of travel just in minutes.

These online agencies will you make pay less and redeem more. You will get wide range of deals and discount coupons

So why to wait??? Don’t let your fear win.

Make a plan and start  your journey and tell yourself that you are bold enough

And don’t just imagine these places. Go for it….

Mohammed Aslam Aslu

Guest Blogger Travel is my passion and I believe nothing in the world can hold you back, if you really wish to travel.

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