Sometimes we experience wanderlust because we want to get away from the familiar, and travel represents the best way to do it. If you're feeling the urge to pack up your life and run to somewhere else, there are good scientific reasons for that sensation, from a need for novelty to a potential genetic "push".

What is wanderlust syndrome?

Wanderlust is a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world. — according to Wikipedia.

Is wanderlust an addiction?

The Science of Wanderlust

Brein says that he's known people so desperate to continue traveling that they've ended up in foreign prisons after engaging in illegal activity to fund their journeys. Yet, only a tiny fraction of travelers he's encountered actually have an impulse-control addiction reminiscent of dromomania.