"Travel is the only thing you (can) buy that makes you richer” is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown.
“I have this saying, cut out of a magazine, hanging above my desk: Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer” was printed in the Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune on April 6, 2008.
6 April 2008, Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune, “Are We There Yet?: A new adventure: Four weeks in Ecuador” by Michelle Windmoeller:
I have this saying, cut out of a magazine, hanging above my desk: Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer. I am sure this glib statement was made up by some advertising agency, but I like it. It makes me feel better about satisfying my wanderlust.
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Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you RICHER
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22 July 2012, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), “Ed Godfrey’s Outdoors,” pg. 12B, col. 1:
Stephen Hance believes the one thing you can buy that makes you richer is travel.
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americankaren
3/30/13
Travel and education is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer
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April 12, 2013
20 OF THE BEST TRAVEL QUOTES OF ALL TIME
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“Travel Is The Only Thing You Buy, That Makes You Richer.” - Unknown
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Job Spotlight: Lindsey Epperly, luxury travel consultant
By TONY ADAMS -
December 15, 2013 10:54 PM
Updated December 16, 2013 01:35 PM
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Are things getting better with the economic downturn behind us?
I see it improving. But the thing about it is, too, there’s that old saying that travel is the one thing you can buy that makes you richer.
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Travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer
Google Books
Ultimate Journeys for Two:
Extraordinary Destinations on Every Continent
By Mike Howard and Anne Howard
Washington, DC: National Geographic
2017
Pg. 16:
As the saying goes, “Travel is the one thing you buy that makes you richer” and it’s so true.
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24 Quotes About Wanderlust That Double As Captions For Your Next Dreamy Adventure
BY CIARA JOHNSON
October 24, 2018
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1. “Travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer.” — Unknown
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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