Comments on: When Travel Plans Go To Shit

By: My Pre-Trip Fears | Farsickness

My Pre-Trip Fears | Farsickness — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 19:02:09 +0000

[...] planning my trip to Taiwan bit me in the ass and I’m trying hard not to let that happen again. I have a general idea of what I want to see [...]

By: Amanda Slavinsky

Amanda Slavinsky — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:48:30 +0000

I’ve actually gotten so much better at doing this on this long trip. Good advice!

By: Ceri

Ceri — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:44:45 +0000

I’ve stopped feeling guilty because I figure there’s always going to be a place I hear about that I accidentally passed by and didn’t take the opportunity to explore. I always just concentrate on what I *did* see and think, ‘Next time I’ll see what I missed.’ I think it’s much more important to focus on the here and now and all the experiences you do have because, in the end, they’re the ones that are right at the time.

By: Night Markets in Taiwan - Farsickness | travel. eat. write.

Night Markets in Taiwan - Farsickness | travel. eat. write. — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:31:31 +0000

[...] one of the most famous in Taipei and was conveniently located near the hostel I stayed at after my return to the city. I checked out this market along with two girls I met at my hostel after a long day of sightseeing. [...]

By: Machu Picchu: booked! | annaselundberg

Machu Picchu: booked! | annaselundberg — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:25:35 +0000

[...] so hard not to get caught up in the excitement of it all and plan every part of the journey. I read a blog post by Amanda Slavinsky where she talks about FOMO – the Fear of Missing Out – and that’s definitely part of it. The [...]

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:14:38 +0000

No more FOMO! I second that!

By: 48 Hours in Taipei - Farsickness | travel. eat. write.

48 Hours in Taipei - Farsickness | travel. eat. write. — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:13:43 +0000

[...] when things went to shit, going back to Taipei was an easy and welcome decision. I did end up spending more than two days in [...]

By: Amanda Slavinsky

Amanda Slavinsky — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:44:22 +0000

I need to have the mentality more, I guess. It’s weird because I don’t get FOMO about the places I’ve lived- only on shorter trips where it’s much more unrealistic to think you would see everything!

By: Amanda Slavinsky

Amanda Slavinsky — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:42:43 +0000

I like the two separate list idea! I will have to implement this my next trip

By: Edna

Edna — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:53:26 +0000

I’m with Jace on this one — checklists are the way to go. I separate mine into ‘Must-see’ and ‘To see if we have time’ and I’ve found that helps out a LOT with the FOMO — so long as I can cross off the ‘must-sees’ (usually never more than 3 or 4 in a city) than I’ll be happy.