Facebook. Snapchat. Instagram. Every platform allows us to live vicariously through others.
But one start-up is taking that to a new level and allowing people to digitally insert themselves into popular attractions without leaving home.
Their website Fake A Vacation encourages users to “Fake a vacation with pictures.”
Some of the destinations include Las Vegas, Hawaii, Niagara Falls and it offers custom experiences.
Myles Gorham, 29, said he would rather pay for the experience.
“To pay somebody to fake something that you did, just for clout or Instagram? I don't understand. I understand not having enough money to go on vacation. I've been there,” Myles said. “Social media to me is a lot of people you interact with that you might not have ever met in your life but you are trying to impress people you have never met. The FOMO, fear of missing out, seems real for a lot of people."
He and his friend, Lexi Wayne, who works in advertising believe social media platforms are great ways to connect but could open the door to other problems.
“In this day and age social media is how a lot of people are raised. Their normal day to day culture life and I think it is really taking over,” she said. “Stuff like that can really influence younger millennials. That is their day to day norm.”