Transformational Travel: How Travel Changes Everything (VIDEO)

Scott Ingram
WRITTEN BY
Scott Ingram

How Travel Changes You

Travel changes everything. It changes you.

The things you see, the stories you hear, and the moments you experience during, they change something deep inside of you. You can’t quite pinpoint what it is, but you know it’s there, because after you return home you see, feel, and think about things differently.

There’s something beautiful, magical even, about the way immersing yourself in a different place, surrounded by different people changes you. And yet, it can be difficult to understand that magic unless you’ve experienced it for yourself.

We hope this video gives you a glimpse into what that magic feels like. We hope it inspires you to take an adventure, wander and wonder, discover yourself, and see the world with new eyes.


Transcript – Travel Changes Everything

You think you have it all figured out: who you are, where you’re going, what to expect. Then you put that pack on for the first time, step out the door, onto the plane, off the plane, and out into the world.

But everything’s different; everything’s changed. It’s the same world it’s always been: same sands, same trees, same skies. But you’ve never seen them like this before.

It’s not the horizon, but your eyes that are open. And then you realize the changes that are happening aren’t with the world—they’re with you.

About the Author
Scott Ingram

Scott is the Director of Admissions at Rustic Pathways. He has spent the last 15 years in the student travel and experiential education world. Before helping families find the perfect Rustic Pathways program, he led gap year programs that took students around the world and spent three years teaching English in Japan.