Admittedly, either traveling with or without a guide has advantages and disadvantages, respectively. Nonetheless, all things being equal, young people tend to travel alone because they are energetic and ambitious. They are eager to take adventures, and traveling without a guide is like an adventure. Hence, as a young student, traveling alone fits me more.

The economic development attributes to the growing popularity of the DIY trip. Generally speaking, it will be cheaper if we follow a group containing a guide. In such a group, a guide may settle the schedule, the timeline, etc., which means that the free time of tourists is limited. Moreover, the kind of travel agency determines your travel experience. Some agencies would force tourists to buy local products in specific stores, from which they can have feedback income. Other agencies may ignore the tourists’ demands, leaving tourists unsatisfied. Consequently, there are plenty of disadvantages of traveling with a guide.

In comparison, you can design extraordinary travel experience by ourselves, only if you decide to travel alone. Every tourist has their ideal travel routine, and the Internet makes the trip preparation more convenient. We can search the Internet for further advice of the DIY trip from other tourists. Moreover, popular scenic spots do not mean interesting. For instance, as a university student in Guangzhou, I have never been to the Guangzhou Tower, which is almost the most popular spots for tourists. Although we can enjoy the spectacular panorama of the CBD of Guangzhou, the Guangzhou Tower is always so crowded. As we know, we can only see people if we go to the crowded place.

I had a remarkable experience when I travel in Changsha alone. I can truly feel the lifestyle of residents in Changsha as I just went across the secluded streets. The cuisines in Changsha are very spicy, and the local people can tolerate them. I also met some new friends in the local bar. They are very friendly, and they told me a lot about the history of Changsha. How to take the trip depends more on you. There is no standard answer. But from my point of view, I prefer traveling alone.

All things being equal, young people would like to live in the past. I can imagine that living within such a stressful modern society is not preferred. Nonetheless, we must admit that living condition has improved. Young people would not be more comfortable if they live in the past on account of the lack of the Internet. Hence, in my own opinion, it is certainly that life today is easier.

The economic position limited the selectivity of your lifestyle in the past. Although we would take advantage of the lower living pressure, the development of techniques was insufficient. Moreover, at least we have various choices of jobs with considerable treatment at present. In the past, we would have to struggle for hunger, which is another type of pressure. For instance, my parents tell me that they did not live well when they were young. All the methods they earned their living were to do agricultural work, which is exhausting. Also, they were often starved because of the bad weather, which led to the scarce food storage.

Some young people are eager to live in the past because they are curious. They can only imagine the previous lifestyle through photographs or so. I consider curiosity the most significant reason for them to be willing to live in the past. Only if they experienced how hard it is would they give up this idea. Young generation lives in a comfortable globalized world. Hence, they can not consider the condition of previous decades.

As a young student, I can sincerely feel why they will come up with the supposition. The amount of population skyrocketed, yet most of them need to compete with others. We are all exhausted, and we want to escape. Nevertheless, in comparison, with the development of science and industry, we can assert that we live more comfortable nowadays.