Must Travel Feel Even Slightly Like A Chore?
- Elisabeth Caraballo
- Jan 24, 2019
- 3 min read
Travel is usually a labor of love. It’s something we absolutely adore to do, as exploring new lands could be considered the basic core of a person’s spirit. It’s something that can educate us, enlighten us, challenge us, and keep us interacting with this crazy world around us. It can make us better people. But while travel is of course a love, it could sometimes be considered a labor. Sometimes travel can be extremely exhausting, even if you’re simply sat on a chair flying or taking another form of transport to your destination. While most of us are able to make it through that exhaustion and adapt, some might struggle.
But must travel feel like a chore at all? Or can it be much smoother than you might have been making it? Well, depending on the kind of trip you take, the results may vary. Backpacking across Europe might be more draining than heading on a luxury cruise, but that doesn’t mean the experience is any less amazing. However, even for seasoned travelers, you can make things easier for yourself. Consider our advice to help you with this mindset:
Save Your Expenses
It can sometimes feel taxing when we have to spend overlong for many different services just to travel to a destination. Of course, we can all expect to invest in our vacations, but sometimes seeing the money melt from your bank account can be pretty demotivating, particularly if you’re using a service that doesn’t quite warrant the cost. Sometimes a little frugality can not only help you review some of the services you use more stringently, but potentially help your money smooth the way a little further for you. For example, finding cheap international flights might warrant you taking more than one trip, extending your stay, or perhaps experience more of a country than you might have been expecting.
Quality Insurance & Emergency Links
Of course, worrying is a chore, but all travel must bring with it some worry. This is because heading abroad on an airplane in an environment you don’t know, trying to find your way around brings with it many uncertainties. Most of the time things will go without a hitch, but the issue of something going wrong is always there, and you know it. However, with competent insurance, traveling with someone you trust or updating your emergency contacts with your location continually, you will know that both your financial, emotional or emergency needs can be expressed and taken care of, with little overall harm to you.
The Preparations Ahead Of Time
There is a saying that the old gladiators of Rome were reported to use - ‘the more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle.’ This is quite an intense quotation to bring to our mindsets when it comes to travel, hopefully we needn’t do either of those things. However, parallels exist. The more you plan for your vacation, the more you care for your interpersonal security, the more you know the road layouts and where the information points are, the more you know commuting times and where’s good to eat, the less you need feel completely out of the loop when you get there. Leaving little things to be discovered is essential, but a little preparation and research ahead of time, even for the most stalwart traveler, is never a bad idea.
With these tips, your travel plans are sure to go smoothly.
