Travel makes us happy: Here's why

Wed, 10/26/2011 - 05:00 — Anonymous At the conclusion of a
recent Intelligence Squared Asia debate on whether "Money Can't Buy
Happiness," the audience was split -- 49 percent agreed and 49 percent
disagreed, with 2 percent undecided.  But when it came to travel, there was
one very obvious winning premise -- travel makes us all happy. As a luxury
travel planner, I thought it was pretty obvious: travel makes us happy, but
one needs money to buy wondrous, inspiring travel experiences. Ergo, money
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