Ratul Puri Travel

  Planning for trips can be complicated, stressful, and intimidating even before you start. There are lists to check, tabs to open, deadlines to meet, and research that needs to be done before travel can begin. There is often a mental fatigue that occurs before the actual travel takes place, and many do not even start the journey before feeling exhausted.  This is where Ratul Puri stands out to many. Rather than seeing travel is a problem that needs to be solved, he believes travel should be an experience that captures the beauty of all the innovation travel has to offer while also cutting out the many complexities that come with travel. To Ratul, caring travel does not mean travel that is careless, but rather travel that is clear.  This post is intended to showcase Ratul Puri’s unique travel philosophy, and the many reasons why simplifying the travel experience is often the most beneficial for the traveler.  Excessive Options   When people plan out trips, the...

In almost every conversation in which we describe travel, we talk about travel in terms of destinations, planes, trains, cities, countries, routes, landscapes, and landmarks. Conversations about travel include travel itineraries, travel lists, travel rankings, and travel destinations. However, what people remember about their travels is often and surprisingly, not what they planned to see. This is what differentiates most travelers from Ratul Puri . For Puri, travel is not about destinations, although they are a part of it. What is most important is what happens when you travel. It is everything that occurs beyond arrival—within transitions, in routines, in decisions, and most importantly, in moments of awareness, that unfold travel. This article examines Puri's view of travel, particularly travel beyond destinations, and Puri’s philosophy that travel is often more enjoyable, and more enduring, when travel is perceived in such a manner. Destinations Are Travel Markers A destination...