Dovid,
A thread doesn’t prove anything. You should ask your rabbi. Or, make a cheshbon hanefesh before deciding. What are the differences going to a place with minyan or not.
There is definitely no absolute halacha forbidding to go. But as everything in life, you weight your options; do i need it or not.. Is it worth missing the benefits of minyan etc.
Fact, in shulchan Aruch it says: ????? ??? ?????? ???? ????? ?? ????? not ????.
And it says:
????? ???? ????? ???? ????? ???? ?? ?? ????? ?? ?’ ????? ???? ???????? ??’ ???? ???? ?? ??????? ???? ????? ?? ??? ??? ?????? ??’:
None of the above indicate anything regarding the “travel purposes” are.
The Aruch Hashulchan quotes the following:
????? ????”? ??? ??? ?????: ????? ?????? ????? ????. ?????? ??? ??? ?????? – ??? ????? ???? ??? ???? ?????? ?? ????. ????? ???? ??? ???? ???? ?? ??????, ??? ????? ????? ?? ??? ????? ?????? ?? ??????.
Again it says Halachakly is only ?? ??? ?????..