I don't consider myself a travel snob, but some things check some boxes.
When on a train (with only a carry on and small bag each--purse for me, laptop bag for DS), I'd watch people struggle with huge suitcases, or multiple suitcases, and be secretly thankful that we took the minimal luggage approach. Especially since we were spending 5 weeks taking a train or bus to a new location every few days.
I want bonus points for staying with distant relatives in southern France :P They picked us up at the train station, welcomed us into their home, took us on a few day trips (Conque, Belcastle, etc) and drove us to where my Great-Great-Gramma was raised (the house is now almost half rubble, but you could still see a window and a door.) They are simple country people, and even though I barely speak French, and they barely speak English, we did well.
A coworker found out about one of the trips I took shortly before transferring to this location, so he liked to talk about travel with me. He kept recommending cruises, even though I said I wasn't really a "cruise person, but maybe when I no longer like to travel the way I do." Because-- oh, they have clubs open late at night, and you can walk on a track if you want, etc. When I explained that we only really used a room to sleep, and that we'd do "weird stuff" like go to a local theater to see a play in a foreign language, walk for miles, visit museums, find cemeteries to wander through, eat at small little restaurants, buy food from the markets, etc, he finally realized that a cruise vacation really wouldn't suit my "wants". But, I agreed that it sounded perfect for him and his wife, and that it would be a great way for them to travel when he retired (he just did). It may not be my thing, but I completely get why people prefer it.
I like to hear about people's experiences, the kind of food they ate, interactions with the locals, etc, more than just "I went to x". I love other people's travel stories.
Oh, and if anyone else is interested in some Maginot Line stuff, or staying in a castle, I highly recommend going to Sedan France and taking a tour with Tucker Tours. He is a fun guy and very knowledgeable, he'll cater his tour to you and your interests, reasonable rate, he's an Englishman who has lived in France for years, teaching English. He had my very-serious son literally skipping down a dark gallery at Ouvrage de la ferte (where he has his own set of keys so doesn't have to stick to their schedule. And where he let my son dry-fire one of the 88mm artillery weapons.)
Seriously though, I'm not a travel snob, I just really enjoy travel!