I generally dislike putting people into categories, but when it comes to travel, I think the well worn cliche “there are two types of people…” works quite well. So… when it comes to travel, there are two types of people: those who like to plan every waking moment of a trip, and those who like to stroll and take things as they come, what the French call a Flâneur. So we’ll call them “planners” and “Flâneurs” for the sake of conversation.
If you’ve ever traveled before, you’ve probably found that the experience has an inherent level of stress, no matter what type of person you are. There are always a wide range of variables (especially when you’re traveling in a foreign country), and that’s compounded for both planners and Flâneurs when they’re forced



