To the editor: Of all of the supposed benefits of the kind of journey described on this article, one goal and reward of worldwide journey that’s, virtually by definition, almost not possible on ultra-short journeys is spending sufficient time in a location to get an actual really feel for the native tradition, the folks on the road and the nationwide treasures in additional than a cursory trend (“Low on PTO? Be part of the Gen Z vacationers taking worldwide ‘microtrips,’” March 31). Although one of many vacationers within the article is quoted as saying that the aim of ultra-short journey is “to discover a vacation spot,” how on the earth does one discover London, Paris or Rome in 24 to 72 hours? That’s as ridiculous because it sounds.
Reasonably, judging by the remarks of the people interviewed, this form of microburst exercise, loosely described as worldwide journey, seems to be motivated by social media content material creation. Spending high quality time within the Louvre seems a far second to getting “likes” of Instagram postings of a visit to Paris.
Additional, it isn’t stunning that the well-known impact of shortened consideration spans, attributable to the behavior of continuous social media scrolling of right this moment’s youth, leads inevitably to the truncated journey patterns described.
Agustin Medina, South Pasadena
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To the editor: I loved studying about this development, however can’t fathom how the traveler within the article managed the weekend for $450. Possibly airfare was bought by way of factors? Final-minute airfares are often extremely costly!
Robin Galbreath, Sacramento
