I got a call yesterday from the guy who's handled my retirement investments for the past 25 years, we're friendly, but not friends, and he said he had to call to say that he had been thinking of me everyday for the past 2 weeks. The reason, he and his wife just got back from France where they hiked the Pyrenees and cycled through Provence. He'd never been to Europe before and his idea of a dream vacation was hiking and biking through the Rocky Mountains and the occasional warm climate beach vacation. But he said I was right and he was wrong and he's got this sudden interest in history and castles and old architecture and can't wait to go back.
I have a lot of friends and family that act enviously about my travels, but rarely does anyone actually pull the trigger and change their vacation habits. They talk the talk but end up following comfortable old habits and visit the same destinations (from here, it's a lot of Mexico and Hawaii). Not that there is anything wrong with that, but it was a nice call to get that somebody was so excited based on my enthusiasm and dreams.
I'm curious who else has a feel-good story about somebody's new travel discoveries thanks to you.