Weekly Review: August 20, 2016

Thank you Benny for your hard work - day in and day out.

I don't envy his lifestyle. Actually it's pretty shitty. The novelty has probably already worn off. And now it's a chore chugging the Krug down.

The first time I went business class I dreank so much champagne. Now thinking of the acidity makes me want to puke. Arriving in style at your destination is great. Simply arriving in style with nowhere to go, which is what most of his trips are, is useless.

No envy 🙂

Ah, a three-time winner. Credit wins best post of the day again.

But a lot of stuff in life is more fun to read about than to do. Mountain climbing and marathon running come to mind. And the pictures from the former are hard to beat.

Hi Lucky spotted any pokemons on the plane up 30.000 ft???

Marathon running and mountain biking end with a sense of self accomplishment.

Landing after a pointless 15 hour flight in a pair of $90 pajamas comes with a sense of self pity.

Thanks to you all for the best website and your really hard work. I do hope that your compensation equals the amount of time you guys send making my travelling life better.

I have your back.

Even at half mast – which I certainly don't think this last week has been – this is still the best travel website I know.

@Credit - Not to mention he is having to travel on far inferior carriers to have some fresh reviews and maintain blog traffic. I do wonder when he'll get sick of the endless travel without purpose.

Some of these commenters are insane if they think what Ben does is "travel without purpose." It's literally his JOB to travel and then review it. And, as is apparent, air travel gives him huge thrills. So he's literally getting paid to do his favorite thing in the world. That strikes me as a level of purpose that most of us will never achieve in our professional lives. Jeez, some of these commenters are just so annoyingly sanctimonious, and will say anything so that they can feel superior to Ben. They're the type of people who view other people's successes and then try to rationalize why those people are still worse off than them.

@ QR @ Tom -- Hah, thanks!

Ben - I suppose it is a backhanded compliment that some (less than totally sane) people choose to criticize your lifestyle and travelling. If they really thought it was worthless they would not bother to read or subscribe to your blog. The fact that they continue to criticize rather than "hanging up the phone" suggests that they are envious of what you are doing and jealous that they can't do it themselves.

Hope all is well in your private life and ignore the ignoramuses.