Not that my experience is universal, but my personal experience would disagree with this statement. I have put up with projects that would have otherwise driven me crazy with boredom or frustration because they gave me the opportunity to go someplace new. There are things I am willing to put up with work on the road that I wouldn't even think about putting up with if I wasn't getting the free travel out of it.

Of course, I still haven't found anything in life that I "love" doing enough to make it my career (*). I, like most people I think, put up with work because we need to work, rather than loving what I do for a living.

Greg

Footnote (*) - well, travelling without any responsibility would be a cool career, but very few people willing to pay me to travel without wanting something in return for it.