There’s a growing consensus that Instagram and TikTok are ruining travel for the rest of us. A 2019 survey found that 86 percent of people chose their travel destinations based on social media content posted by a friend, family member, or peer. This wave of mass conformity led TIME magazine to declare that “We Have All Become Travel Influencers. Occasionally, a middle-aged dad will recreate his daughter’s social media poses to reveal the absurdity of the entire enterprise. Where people travel, for example, is influenced by the fads and fashions of their peer groups—whether to emulate our friends or our favorite social media celebrity.