The coronavirus has us all spooked right now. Clients are canceling or postponing their vacations left and right. As a result, the travel industry is taking a bit of a hit. We’ve experienced epidemics before with Ebola, SARs, and MERS, and the one thing we know for sure is that things will eventually return to normal. In the meantime, while you grapple with whether to book that Caribbean cruise or not, it’s important to keep in mind the various ways to stay healthy while traveling.
Let’s face it, America. You need a vacation. Don’t believe me? Well, according to the U. S. Travel Association, in 2018 Americans left 768 million vacation days unused. That’s a lot of PTO, my friends. And a lot of missed opportunity to reduce stress levels, avoid burnout and spend time with loved ones.
2020 is almost upon us and now seems as good a time as any to set goals for the new year. Traveling to a bucket list destination is a goal that often ends up on many New Year’s resolution lists. Sometimes these goals can seem unattainable or too far out of reach. But with a little planning and maybe a slight shift in mindset, you can turn these goals into a concrete reality.
OK, you’ve procrastinated long enough. I know spending the better part of the morning at the DMV can be a pain in the rear but it’s time to get your REAL ID.
Is traveling by train for me? This has been a burning question in my mind for a long time. I’d never really been on a train before and I wondered about the experience. In the movies, trains always seemed so romantic in an old-fashioned sort of way. And murderous. Lots of murders happening on trains or around trains in movies.
I’m a worrier by nature. I worry about a lot of things for a lot of different reasons. In an effort to control my worrying, I plan. I often plan and develop strategies to deal with stressful situations that may (or may not) pop up. Or I may plan in order to prevent stressful situations from arising. Either way, it’s all about managing my anxiety levels.
Ok, let me just start off by saying I am not being paid to write this review. I know it may seem like it with all the doting I’m getting ready to do but trust me. I’m not a paid shill for Gaylord. I just really, really enjoyed my experience. In fact, it’s one of the best hotel experiences I’ve ever had.
When I went on my first cruise back in 2013 and again in 2015, my co-worker declared that I was turning into one of “those people”. By “those people”, she meant folks who spend the majority of their vacation dollars on cruises. She was stereotyping me and all the people who love to sail the high seas, giving us a distinct set of characteristics that, in her mind, made us seem like a cult.
