As the allure of summer vacation draws many to sunnier, warmer, and more exotic places, we, the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) community, find ourselves grappling with a complex tapestry of emotions. This is especially true when we witness white individuals vacationing in our ancestral lands—lands that bear the deep scars of both historical and ongoing genocide, settler colonialism, and extractive capitalism. In the shadows of these harsh realities, the blissful narratives of travel often overlook or ignore the painful legacy and present-day consequences of white colonialism that still persist in these regions.