Persuading a friend to travel to India with me

Topic: I will persuade my friend to travel with me to India
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Introduction
Travelling is today more a necessity than a luxury. It helps one escape from the busy and mundane
city life and spends time close to nature and explores new places. Every one of us possess an internal
eagerness and curiosity to explore, to be far, to let go and to explore and connect with people who are
not known to us. Disappearing deep in the heart of the mystic mountains, breathe fresh air or walk bare
feet on soft sands of the picturesque beaches of the world are some of the motivations behind my desire
for travelling to India. Travelling is for me a joy and happiness I would love to share with my best
friend.
Background
My friend has never been to India. And I must say that this is my very first time as well. However,
my parents are from India and I have grown up hearing stories and watching photographs and videos of
India with them. I have a deep longing to see my motherland and explore it with my friend. My friend is
a skeptic and hence I listed down some ideas which will surely persuade her to walk with me in my
journey to India. I have asked her previously and she has refused. She has refused as she is scared to go
to new places.
I am soon turning 20 and wanted to spend some months in India to learn about the place.
However, my friend felt that I can be kidnapped and is literally freaking out. Well for me this is a
narrow way of looking into a situation, ignorant as well as offensive comment about people in India (K.
C & Leelavathi, 2016). This is because I am aware that bad things happen in every part of the world and
still people must travel. As a woman we do will be taking our precautions but not travelling out of the
fear is absolutely trash.
India is blessed in terms of nature. Millions of people visit India annually from all over the globe.
Historically, the country is a real gem. Archeological sites, rock-based sculptures, monuments etc are
widely present in India. I and my friend both are history students and this gives us additional reason to
explore the historical significance of India (Arunmozhi & Panneerselvam, 2013).

Convincing my friend to travel to India with me
I have spent months to do my own planning. Right from joining varied travel groups in online
forums, social media and WhatsApp to get a clear picture about the places I finalize, the right months
and also chalking out an itinerary and budget. Everything is planned out except that my friend is still too
hesitant to book her tickets with mine (Globetrotter, 2019). Now, for others this might be a very small
thing. But, for me I really want her to come see my country with me. So now it is my task top convert
her “no” or “maybe” to a strong “yes” with the following plan.
1) Pictures to lure:
I now can understand why it is believed that a picture speak more prominently than even a
thousand words. So, I would love to choose some selected pictures of the places I plan to visit and show
them to my friend. Slowly I will also send her important links about the places which are loaded with
colorful and vibrant photos. Mailing such pictures and exchanging them through messaging apps will
keep the interest continued (Kumar & Gupta, 2018). At the same time, I will post varied inspirational
quotations loaded with beautiful travel pictures and how it impacts human life. I believe all these will
appeal to her sense of freedom, adventure and will enhance her level of interest and desire to a much
higher level than what it is at present. I will show her the rich culture, religious events, places, people
and activities in India through right photographs to convince her come to India with me.
2) Do my research effectively:
Most of the time people do not affirm to an idea or a proposal as they do not have enough
knowledge about it. Lay down a plan in complete details and soon you can see that they are convinced
and confident. So, I will do my research well so that I can have the plan of our travel to India clear in
our heads. There is no doubt that India is vast. There are incredible cities as well as rural, historic and
natural places which are to be discovered. It is crucial for me to effectively make my travel research and
for this I will take help of an expert (Guillebeau, 2019).
3) Inspirational Films can be watched:
Since I myself have got my inspirations about traveling to India through photographs, videos
and lots of movies and documentaries I will use the same technique for my friend as well. Why to
waste words when a movie can be watched together. And the movie can be anything which is closely