I was done bingeing The Morning Show on Apple TV+ (so good!) and was looking for something else to watch when I stumbled across The Reluctant Traveler, twice. Let’s just call me the reluctant viewer. I didn’t think this would be a show for me. I was wrong. And if you haven’t seen it, you must.

Why? Well, the premise is simple. The series follows Canadian actor Eugene Levy (you probably know him best from Schitt’s Creek), who travels to remarkable hotels around the world and explores places and cultures surrounding them. And if I forgot to mention it, he’s now 77. That’s the reason I think it will appeal to many people who read this site. If you’re older and still haven’t achieved your travel goals, you may, and I mean MAY, be inspired by this show.

Now yes, Levy is traveling to amazing places around the globe (probably on someone else’s dime) and you’re just trying to get off your couch and see things that are close by (and don’t have dimes) but I want you to know that you can travel at any age. Start locally and do free things, but yes you can. I’ve talked to so many people who say “I’m older and I just don’t think traveling is for me.” But yet they still have dreams of seeing certain places.

Of course, if health or finances are an issue for you, that’s understandable. You can use The Reluctant Traveler to live vicariously through Levy. I got a kick out of the fact that he has a very small comfort zone and is a homebody, something we can all relate to. But he steps out of it and does things that, even he says he never thought he would do.

Now apply that to your own life. Let’s say you watch the show and are inspired. Perhaps you venture out a few hours from your home to see something you always wanted to see that’s practically right in your backyard. That’s a start! No matter what age you are as a virgin traveler, you have to start somewhere. Of course, you might just watch the show and just enjoy it for what it is. After all, maybe you’ll never go to Finland, or it’s not on your list at all, but seeing it through Levy’s eyes is enjoyable, heartwarming, and funny at times.

There’s one review of the show on Rotten Tomatoes that says it’s repetitive at times. Yes, it is. The critic writes, “It’s a solid show to have in the background when you’re working. It’s well produced but it does suffer from repetitiveness. Every episode is the same, he does a bit of luxury, a bit of sights, a bit of cuisine, and a few “out of the safety zone” experiences that he’s “reluctant” about.”

Okay, so what’s wrong with that? He has a formula and he follows it. Also, why do you have a show on in the background while you’re working that is on travel? You’re missing the sites! Watch a show you’ve seen before or put music on! I don’t understand that. Take the first episode in Finland. It’s BEAUTIFUL. If I were listening to it while I worked, I would’ve missed that beauty.

Another critic says that he acts like a spoiled child who is doing something against his wishes. Yeah, I didn’t get that. I watched a man who was doing something outside of his comfort zone that might make him feel anxious and nervous about traveling. That, I understand.

Then the critic goes on to say how someone who doesn’t like to travel should stay home. What?! If you don’t like basketball and suddenly are invited to play and by playing the game you fall in love with it, isn’t it worth it? Or, what if you’ve never cooked for yourself and you are invited to a cooking class and reluctantly go only to find out what cooking ignited something side of you that you didn’t know was there? Should you not go because you don’t like to cook? Yeah, ignore ridiculous comments like that.

If you want to step out of your comfort zone and watch someone else step out of his, The Reluctant Travel is a nice watch.

In the first season, Eugene Levy visits locations in Costa Rica, Finland, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Portugal, South Africa, and the United States. The second season takes him on a European trip. And in June, it was renewed for another season.