Women who have "love to travel" in their profile

I'm going to have to disagree with you here.
Your online dating profile is not your autobiography, nor does it define who you are as a person. Let's bring a litte realism in to this. Your profile is actually and advertisement your create for yourself. When you think of creating an ad, you always have to consider your target audience. No matter how much you tell people of your love for travel or karaoke, if it falls on deaf ears, it's rather useless.

I'm by no means saying that you need to use false advertisement. All lies are eventually discovered and rarely result in anything positive. What I'm saying is that you need to select the most appealing qualities and promote them.

If you are really passionate about travel, then by all means talk about it. But don't just tell me 'I love to travel' - it can mean many things and nothing at the same time. tell me why, tell me where you've been that affected you the most.

I'm by no means saying that I know it all, but I know it works I'm actually not on EH, I'm on Match, where people can freely browse all profiles. Remember I said that I don't directly mention my love for travel? Well, I don't. But if someone does not get it from my profile, then I probably do not want to meet them at all

I actually have a short paragaph in my profile, describing my ideal day. Im my dream I'm revisiting some of my favourite destinations in the world and telling them why those destinations are so special and what I'd like to do there. It's a little tongue-in-cheek, but this is the part that gets the most positive responses, both from my target audience, as well as others. I even had a couple of women contact me to compliment me and offer to introduce me to their brothers, sons, etc Most people say that they want to travel with me and experience what I've described. All that from 3 sentences.

So yes, please talk about travel if it's one of your passions, but explain your reasons for liking it so much.

My thoughts exactly!


Thank you for your sharing!

.......It's not just about international travel either. Road trips to destinations within the US are just as interesting to me. In short, I don't want someone who is content to just stay in his own little world. And I don't want or need someone to pay for me. Just someone to share the adventure.

Bandmate,
1. Travel is not always cheap, nor is it always expensive. It's a very relative term. Buying a house is not cheap, but most of us have a need for housing (primary need). Theater tickets are not cheap, but most of us have intellectual and cultural needs (secondary, but no less important when looking at a human being, rather than an animal), both men and women. Most of us work very hard to earn money, and if we can't spend some of that money on what we really enjoy doing, then what's the point of living? Just to ensure survival of the species?

2. Travel can be time consuming, but we have weekends and holiday leave. Why can we not dedicate some of that time to doing what we enjoy?

Of course, people have said over and over again on these boards that there are many ways to make travel affordable for nearly everyone, but it's also a matter of balancing financial priorities, including whatever you spend on hobbies, recreation, "vices," etc.

So, what is your price point before you consider a vacation or weekend trip to be unaffordable for you? $50? $100? $500? $1,000? What defines "cheap" and what defines "too much" for you?

Of course it takes time to go somewhere. It takes time to stay home, too. Most people who work have weekends off and earn some annual leave. Not all people do (e.g., if you are self-employed you don't earn leave, and if you are in an hourly job you may not) so they have to build that time off into their budget. That is within reach for most people who want to make travel a priority.

(Oh; and Sabete - great post!)

In fairness, there isn't a whole lot of space to go into much detail about anything on a profile whether on eh or anywhere else. Why not get to OC and ask them to elaborate on how they define travel? As with so many things, we can interpret what a match lists in their profile in so many different ways. By asking the question directly you can find out what they mean for sure.

When I see women discuss how much they "love to travel" in their profile, the immediate thought that comes to mind is they're looking for a sugar daddy to bankroll their sightseeing tours across the globe... especially when the profile photos consist of her in bikinis at various exotic locations with the ex photo-shopped out of the picture...

any other guys feel that way?