As I've gotten older (I'm 53 now) I have found that I have a ever decreasing tolerance for discomfort, roughing it in field, packed in a crowd like sardines, etc. For me that will be what determines when taking in racing in person is no longer in the cards
I know exactly what you mean. For the last few years we have been taking a caravan down to make it easier for our ageing bones. When we first started we sniffed at people with tents as we grabbed an hour or two of sleep in the back of the car (if we felt like it). Then we succumbed to tents and now the caravan. My Dad would not approve...