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Why do you travel? Is it really just because you 'need a holiday'? As our society becomes more interconnected, we ironically become more introspective. We frequently find ourselves in a pervasive cycle of existential dread, and yet existential theory places responsibility in the hands of the individual, we are ‘free’ to define ourselves and our paths. So how do we find this path? For starters, you need to get off it. Adventure and travel invites us to diverge from our routines. It’s a chance to be momentarily ‘free,’ by getting off the beaten path of normality, so we can pause, breathe and reconnect with not only our surroundings, but also each other.? Adventure isn’t about self-interest. Adventure is a collective experience. We travel because we believe in the power of forging real human connections, friendships, and experiences. We travel because the world should be experienced intuitively and empirically, not just virtually. We travel because engaging in the world’s complexities leads to more cooperation and sympathy. We travel because wandering helps alleviate fears and prejudices, and we want to build a community that promotes empathy and understanding of people, cultures, and stories. We travel because travel is the most authentic way to understand what it means to be human. We travel because sometimes it hurts, sometimes it is uncomfortable, sometimes it breaks your heart and heals it at the same time. We travel because it changes us. It leaves a lasting mark on our memory, it leaves lasting footprints on our soul, it changes the way we see the world and the way we see ourselves. We travel because we’re all chasing happiness, and nothing touches the heart of that search more powerfully than the thrill and vulnerability of adventure. That’s why we travel, but what’s your why?

Happy Friday!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT In Berlin the beginning of March? Save the date: 5th March 2025!!

WE LIVE-STREAMED A RESERVOIR DOGS THEMED CONVENTION It’s awards season baby, but more importantly it’s convention season, and this year we have already kicked off conventions in Italy and France. Over 1000 Travel Coordinators tuned in to watch the Convention live, created, written and filmed by the WeRoad A&C team. Since our communities are spread across Italy, France, UK, Spain and Germany, communities of Coordis got together in cities closest to them to watch together, and organise smaller reunions between them. Wait, what’s the convention? It’s (believe or not) to inform our community of Travel Coordinators about business updates, get the community together and share important info, all to the steady beat of George Baker Selection. Fabulous video by Italian Coordinator Alice Martini

TRIGGER WARNING: This post mentions actually talking to people in real life

THE ONLY RED FLAG YOU DESERVE THIS VALENTINE'S DAY: Love is in the air, so leave the country. Let us know if you spot us around Milan, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, or London

YOU WILL DRINK THE TAP WATER AND REGRET IT* No, we're not being weird (well, any weirder than usual). This is one of our fortunes featured in our WeRoad Fortune Cookies that we distributed around Berlin, Rome, Turin, Naples, Bologna, Palermo, Paris, London, and Madrid. Are they all this ironic? Maybe. Maybe not. You'll have to find one and open it to find out... Happy Lunar New Year! *Written by someone who drank the tap water and regretted it

The writer of this post owns a Patagonia jumper, and it has only ever been exposed to the treacherous walk from the sofa to the kitchen, the aggressive archiving of emails, and the bitter temperatures of the fridge.

THINGS THAT LAST LONGER THAN THE TIKTOK BAN Number 12 hits hard.

THE MILLENNIAL TRAVELLER STARTER PACK Having lower back pain is a Millennial rite of passage when you're off the road, let alone on it. So, to lighten the load (literally), we have partnered up with Bounce to give you a discount on luggage storage in 100 countries worldwide!