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At this exact moment I’m sitting in the passenger seat with my sister at the wheel. We just passed Richmond on our way from Raleigh, NC to New York City.
A week ago we weren’t sure if we were even going to make the trip. Even now we only have a few solid plans. The entire idea sprouted out of my sister’s lack of desire to sit around the house again for the entirety of her Spring Break from senior year of college. Knowing that she needed a vacation, but also being the Gen Y overachievers that we are, we decided to take a Kerouac-like trip. We would enjoy the journey itself and leave ourselves as flexible and open as possible to new experiences and new people.
Speak of the devil. A song called “iGeneration” just came on my iPod at random. Good song by the way.
If anything has shaped the way that the “iGeneration” or Gen Y travels, technology has no doubt.
Think about how GPS navigation and cell phones have changed the way you travel from place to place. For our trip we didn’t print out any maps and definitely don’t have any paper maps from 10 years ago with us. We didn’t need to call our friends from our home land-line phone to confirm our arrival time or where they would pick us up. We simply packed our bags, hopped in the car with our gadgets and some snacks, and set the course.
What about how smart phones and laptop (i.e. mobile) computers have changed the way we do business and vacation in other cities. Business and vacation blend together almost all too well. Here I am writing an article in a moving car on my laptop, after all. We didn’t pack guide books, but have LonelyPlanet.com bookmarked on my laptop and my iPhone in case we can’t find wireless internet access.
Even social media has changed the way some really connected Gen Y-ers travel. For this trip we’re crashing on a college friend’s couch (the budget traveler’s alternative to a hostel) and meeting up with another college friend coming in from out of town, too. For the most part nobody we know IRL knows a whole lot about our destination. So we reached out to the Twitter community to find fellow tweeps who live in the area, get suggestions for places to go and things to see, and even plan meetups to bring the internet relationships to real life.
Well this traveler has to sign off now. We made it past DC and it’s my turn at the wheel. Let the adventure begin…
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