It was not unit the industrial revolution, which began in the mid 1700’s, that travel started to be more common. A series of advances in transportation including the deveiopment of the stagecoach, steamboat, and railroad that made travel easier. In addition to technological changes, social changes contributed to the growth of travel. A middle class, with money and leisure time, was developing. Wishing to escape occasionally from bleak-city life these people retreated to seaside resorts for recreation.