Tourist vs Traveler Circa 1881

Great post recently from Greg Watts at Following the Equator: in "Let's Go 1881," he likens some European Grand Tour travel advice unearthed from the New York Times' archives to today's student-penned "Let's Go" guidebooks, which are billed as giving travelers the "freshest coverage, insider tips, and an authentic perspective."

The 1881 article, partially subtitled (in the period's caps), "THE AMERICAN IN EUROPE - PEOPLE WHO SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT TRAVEL," includes in the author's estimation of the latter those who "...are unsuited to the variety, the singular usages, and (to them) Bohemianism of certain phases of foreign life." Not to beat this tourist-traveler horse too hard, but it's true that tourists sometimes find life abroad disagreeable in the many ways in which it is not like home; travelers, on the other hand, delight in the difference. Fun read; check it out:

• "Let's Go" 1881

Related reading: Best Backpacker Guidebooks | WYSETC: Tourist, Traveler or Backpacker?

_{Screenshot courtesy New York Times}