Traveling never goes out of style and those who know that can find travel inspiration just about everywhere they look. There are hundreds of thousands of blogs (hello!), Instagram accounts, Pinterest boards and videos focusing on this destination or that hotel—the possibilities for armchair travel are endless, but the idea is to get you out there. TED Talks, that fabulous non-profit dedicated to spreading ideas on just about every topic under the sun, has a nice little library of talks that are ready to fuel your travel inspiration. Take a look below at a few of our favorites:
Ben Saunders: Why bother leaving the house?
“What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy,and joy, after all, is the end of life. We don’t live to eat and make money.We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means, and that is what life is for.”
David Macaulay: An illustrated journey through Rome
“I could take you down one of those narrow little streets into one of those surprising piazzas by using a double gate fold — double foldout page — which, if you were like mereading a pop-up book as a child, you hopefully stick your head into.You wrap the pages around your head and are in that piazza for that brief period of time.”
Pico Iyer: Where is home?
“The real voyage of discovery, as Marcel Proust famously said, consists not in seeing new sights, but in looking with new eyes. And of course, once you have new eyes, even the old sights, even your home become something different.”
Rick Steves: The Value of Travel
“Fear is for people who don’t get out very much.”
Robin Esrock: Learn to travel – travel to learn
Robin pioneered a new era of multi-platform, switched-on and wired-in travel journalism, leading to adventures beyond his wildest dreams.
Judith Fein: Deep Travel – Connecting on the road and in life
Her TedX talk “Deep Travel” is about why authentic interaction is the best way to travel. But how do you get beneath the surface and have meaningful, memorable, and unique travel experiences? How can you be a peacemaker, goodwill ambassador and deep traveler every time you hit the road?
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