Touristocrat 

/ˌtʊərɪˈstɒkrət

/ noun

 

An elite form of tourist favouring frequent affordable trips that put the emphasis on exploration and not relaxation.

Welcome! If you’ve ended up here, it’s probably because we have something significant in common.

Not everyone in the world understands this shared interest of ours. It may be difficult to believe but not everyone gets a thrill from holding a ticket to a new place in their hands, or spends hours in bookshops browsing the travel guides. But you get it. You know that the world is big and open and wants to be witnessed, and you want to be the one to witness it.

That makes you a member of the Touristocracy, elite travel enthusiasts that won’t let tyrannical work schedules or limited budgets get in the way of exploring this globe of ours. My unofficial sigil is a porthole because for me it has come to be the ultimate totem, the perfect symbol of  that sense of adventure and discovery and the taking of the picture shown above was the exact moment when this blog was born.

Think of this as your comfy VIP lounge on the internet. I’ll be providing the things that i’ve learnt that i can pass on to our fellow Touristocrats as well as occasional guides to different locations that we explore and discussion about the most pertinent travel related issues as they occur to us. I’d like to be your first port of call for inspiration, practical advice and i’ll even try to give you something to read on the plane on the way there.

The travel lifestyle is about planning, dreaming, booking, and going.

So lets go!

Danny