What are the Benefits to Regular Family Travel?
After a year and a half of the Covid-19 pandemic taking its toll on our daily lives, it’s important to note that you shouldn’t feel bad about being a little rusty when it comes to… well, most things. The ability to travel confidently, however, has certainly seen something of an intensive and difficult hit during this time. This is because those who don’t travel for a while can feel a little anxious or worried about getting back into the swing of things.
Getting away together! Spring Break 2021 @ Disney World
Perhaps you need a few tips for getting the wheels back in motion. This brilliant guide to making international travel more comfortable can be truly helpful during this time. From then on, we’d recommend prioritizing the benefits of regular travel, and noticing when they arrive.
Confidence In Uncertain Situations
Everyone who travels will develop skills for dealing with situations out of their control. Plans might have to be adjusted on the fly and people have to come together to get through a sticky obstacle.
This might involve seeing a flight get delayed, or struggling to find your way in a town where you don’t speak the language, or simply trying to figure out where you should enjoy your next meal.
When you travel in this way, you do become more confident and assertive because you can never really guarantee one day will be like the next. You are also teaching your kids how to be resilient and face challenges and enjoy new experiences together.
An Understanding of Culture
Understanding culture is one of the most mind-opening activities you can ever have, but reading about it in books, while helpful, it’s not the same as being in a new place.
It’s true to say that those who travel regularly, engage in the peak of culture like international music and cuisine will naturally become kinder and caring for people with different backgrounds even in their subconscious biases. That can only be healthy.
The Willingness To Try
The willingness to give something a go will become intuitive for someone who enjoys regular travel. This might mean taking an impromptu weekend to a country because the flights have been discounted, or it might mean getting away from the beach resort and spending a day learning about the cathedrals in a local area.
Trying seafood that you’ve never had, or even engaging in activities like beginner scuba diving or skiing becomes that much more possible when you’re in proximity to areas that offer this. Even if you’re a relatively conservative person, it’s hard not to want to explore, because travel curates your inmost curious explorer.
The Interested Become Interesting
Many people talk about how travel can influence your personality (we’ve done a fair amount of that here, too), but one of the most important yet subtle aspects of this is how being interested in the world gives you more life experiences and lessons that you can share with others.
It’s really that simple. This isn’t to say you have to bring up your travel experiences in every single conversation you have - but those who tend to take a risk and travel, or at least explore where they can within budgetary and scheduling allowances, can offer ideas and insights in conversations with others.
Organizational Skills
Even those who book all-inclusive trips need to plan their days logistically and make sure they have everything they need to survive and thrive when in a different location. Those who travel as much as they can tend to have the kind of organizational skills that others feel they lack.
The good news is that the more you travel, the more you get a feel for how organized you like things to be while on vacation. You can hone in your skills over time.
Before long, you become more capable of packing your suitcase, or you feel less out of your depth when trying to figure out how to drive to a location without hitting traffic. This goes tenfold for those who travel with their families, as taking care of the people you love, and certainly, the needs of your children including in that is its own challenge.
Get-Up & Go
Finally, those who try to travel often will generally have the ability to take opportunities where they can, developing that sense of get-up and go that may not have been there prior. After all, only we can make our traveling dreams a reality, and so understanding that it’s down to you will help you stop taking your days for granted.
With this advice, I hope you can continue to see the benefits of regular travel in the best possible sense. Hopefully, this list motivates you to go somewhere new. Even if it’s a quick day trip to. a nearby city, the benefits of getting away really can’t be beat!