Instead of just sitting on some tropical beach and sipping pina coladas during your vacations, it is very possible to get a ton of personal growth from your travels. But in order to do this, you will have to get off those all-inclusive beach resorts and five-star hotels. Although there might be some exceptions, most […]
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13 Amazing Reasons Why Couples Who Travel Together Stay Together
According to a survey of 1,000 couples about understand how important traveling affected their relationship positively, almost two thirds (63%) of the respondents claimed that traveling has helped them stay together. The truth is not so far-fetched, when you travel together, there are sudden and exciting elements that fire your relationship. 1. A common goal […]
The Next Time You Travel…Travel With Fear
I was reading a Chinese travel book recently, by the Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese edition of Business Weekly and a FT Contributor, Xu Zhiyuan. In his preface, he quoted Albert Camus’ The Notebooks, on what travel meant: “What gives value to travel is fear. It is the fact that, at a certain moment, when we […]
What Are the Benefits of Taking a Vacation?
According to the 2009 International Vacation Deprivation Study, commissioned by travel service company Expedia, more than 30 percent of Americans did not use all their vacation days. One of the major reasons Americans leave vacation days unused is the fear of losing their jobs, according to CNN. However, vacations are beneficial, not only to workers, […]
Latest research: Why everyone should take vacation
We Americans work hard. Weekends are more like workends. We sleep with our smartphones. And we think vacations are for wimps. So we don’t take them. Or take work along with us if we do. But what if taking vacation not only made you healthier and happier, as a number of studies have shown, but […]
Plan a Pet-Friendly Vacation
If you can’t bear to leave your four-legged family members at home, bring them along for a pet-friendly vacation. Here are our top tips for traveling with pets. Fly the Pet-Friendly Skies Flying with your pet is actually a lot easier than it sounds as most airlines are quite animal-friendly. However, each airline has its […]
15 Reasons Why Frequent Travelers Are More Likely To Be Successful
Success can be defined differently for everyone but the fact is some people achieve it and some people don’t. What is it that successful people do or have to find success that others don’t? There has been a lot written about the skills and habits needed to live a successful life and I think most […]
Four Common Travel Disasters and How to Prevent Them
You have your guidebooks, your spare underwear and even your inflatable neck pillow, but do you have a way to deal with untimely disasters that could ruin your well-planned trip? Putting travel disasters out of mind will not prevent them from happening. But if your passport gets stolen or you break your leg surfing in […]
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