I have 4 weeks to go until - hopefully - I never have to work in corporate cubicle again. Normally in NZ you have 4 weeks leave - I have been contracting for the last few years because 4 weeks is woefully inadequate. Now we are off for a 8 month trip. To me life is for living - liviing is travel and I have spent 10 long years setting up so we can now semi-retire and travel and work short term jobs to pay for the next leg. You can do it if its your priority and goal - but probably not if you want to go up the career ladder

I actually really enjoy shorter trips when I am stcuk in the corporate grind. I feel more motivated to get the most out of a place.

Surely shorter trips are better than no trips?

I certainly feel your pain. I’m planning a two-week Honeymoon and I’m depressed about its short time frame. I’m actually questioning lots of things right now that might prevent me from traveling.

Anyways, you’re obviously not alone. I think about traveling all the time and annoy the hell out of my friends and co-workers in the process. Life seems dull without the idea that in a few months or weeks I will be gone for a long time traveling the world. I am going on a 2-week trip, but hell, that’s not even 1/5 of the time I have spent on previous trips.

I’m always sad on the plane ride back but I must agree, after a two-week trip, I’m sure it will be much worse.

I'm just back from a short trip to Australia and for me it's definitely a case of "but I only just got here!"
However, I second that it is better to go on a short trip than not to go at all.

Coming home wasn't really worse than after a longer trip, as it felt we'd hardly left the country. The whole thing seems like a dream now, but I know for sure that I want to go back one day (the holiday was planned as a 'taster' of NE Australia as we may emigrate there one day).

I agree with Whalewatcher...I would prefer to go on a Short Trip than nothing at all..

Like I have been here in Krakow since Thursday evening and I'm leaving today (Monday evening)...I'm gutted to be leaving but I have a short trip to Paris to look forward to in March and a trip to Rome in June...so I'm not complaining...

And in the meantime I can dream about a RTW Trip...and hope that sooner or later I have the money to do it...I have met so many amazing people on a RTW these past few days that it has totally inspired me to do a much longer trip...

Yeah I know what its like. I feel like any trip less than a week is not worth it and if you are going international a month is preferred, preferably more. I also prefer staying at least a week in each town, enough time to get a feel for the place.

But then again, any trip is worth it in the end.

Trekker

I understand where you're coming from. Though it's always nice to do long vacations and trips around the world. Shorter trips just means more trips for me. So while I can't completely immerse myself in any one given destination, I can get a taste of many different ones. So that when I DO have the luxury of time, I can revisit my favorites.

Being from the UK I can count myself on being very luck in that I get 30 paid days holiday a year. Having so much time means I can usually take a month off in one go for my annual big trip and then use the other two weeks for one or two shorter trips. I've got to say that I hate going back to work after the shorter trips as I dont feel I've really been away but I find a month relaxes and refreshes me sufficiently to be happy to go back to work....

....I put it to my manager that he should give me 8 weeks paid holiday as I would come back from each month trip refreshed and raring to go and would ultimately be more productive....it didnt work! D'oh! Worth a try eh?