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Hey you want build an enduring relationship as couple then you sincerely need to read and digest this post, every word of because it's going help you bild that relationship it could probably end your relationship a lot of really relationships fail when they go out and travel together because travel can be inherently stressful basically today we've come together to share with you guys and girls some of the tips that I have found out sometimes the hard way through nearly two years of traveling together so to hit ground runing things I am just going list out some pros and cons of traveling as a couple Pro Set is guaranteed con nightlife is probably less likely to happen as a couple just because you have less incentive to go out why would you go out to eat if you have a Michelin star meal at home unless of course, you're actually going to
Michelin star restaurant in which case you should totally go out to eat speaking of food prohm you can always taste more food when you're sharing con some partners eat more than other partners mmm you have double the money to spend so when it comes to the place that you're staying like an air B&B; you can get a nicer space you don't need a second bed or a second room so you're spending less but your money goes much brighter one of the cons is that if you're not careful and you don't communicate clearly one person may feel like they're pulling more weight and covering the costs of the other person's all-expenses-paid vacation pro you have two brains to come up with more ideas which means more fun adventures you ready Kerry that's good the con to that is that usually one person tends to take the lead naturally and that can leave the other person feeling like a little bit ignored or undervalued and it could cause resentment later on in the trip a lot of the reason why couples trend happens in a traveling is because of communication
sometimes couples can have widely different ideas about what they want to do on their travels and having expectation is a surefire way to get let down asuming a scenario that's all too familiar in this day and age babe give me your phone that is with you there is this perfect photo op for Instagram you know I just really want to unplug and I didn't bring my phone and you were going on those trips primarily for Instagram Iyou didn't even bring your phone you should have talked about this beforehand so avoid the let down by having a long clear conversation before you go about what your expectations are for the trip ,what you want to get out of it where you want to go and why and then once you've done that sit down and listen to your partner's take on their ideas for the trip then compare notes and compromise one of the most important things that you can do is to talk about your budget clearly what really works for us is just going Dutch as they say which literally means splitting the costs fifty-fifty right down the middle but also try to keep it fair you don't have to be counting every single penny because if you're getting obsessive about keeping it 100% totally even then you might cause a little bit of bad blood you don't want to spend your trip thinking about every single little penny you want
to enjoy super important tip eat before you get hangry yeah I'm the queen of hangry I'm the king of hangry so things do not go well when we are hungry so we've learned the hard way that we start to get kind of snappy and disrespectful
LAUNCH PLANS
when we're hungry but it's only our stomachs talking it's not the real you so avoid it get snacks to stock up talk over breakfast about what your lunch and dinner plans are and if they're few and far between if you're on a road trip or you have to cover a lot of distance if you're traveling like via plane just make sure that you're stocked up on snacks that your tummies are full and it will just make everything that much better and anyways when you're traveling food is one of the best parts of travel tour anyways so if you talk about it at breakfast and you'll make sure you hit all of your spots that you want to go to what about sleeping habits, I would say generally you are like getting ready for bed way earlier than I am also waking up and also oh my god yeah like your partner is an ultimate morning person the reason why I like waking up really early in the morning is because I really really like personal time and the morning when I'm having my
coffee it feels like the rest of the world is still asleep and then there's a bonus because when I wakes up in the morning coffee has already been named goals but that brings me to my next talking point which is valuing personal space and personal time travel can foster immense personal growth especially solo travel but traveling as a couple sometimes you don't have that space to kind of let your wings kind of spread a little bit and really dive into your destination and dive a little bit deeper into yourself a lot of the questions that I've got which I will be answering in specifics in this post it is about how to kind of figure out your travel itinerary when one partner wants to do one thing and the other partner wants to do something totally different and I think that an easy solution to that is just accepting that hey we're two people here we might have different desires when it comes to what we're gonna do in a destination and giving each other the time to do that and use that time and space to embrace your individuality and explore an adventure and create moments with yourself and then at the end of the day when you guys reunite you can talk about your travels and
Plan Your Itinerary
your experiences and all the adventures you had during that day and at the end of the day that just brings you closer and it doesn't even need to be a full day it could be something as small as like cool I'll see you in an hour or two we can meet at this little coffee shop and what kind of rendezvous like for example you might go to a market yeah and go shopping and I would go on like a trail run or go surfing and those two activities might like polar opposites but if you give each other a little bit of room to breathe it can all be fitting which brings us to our next point compromise let's take a little quick second here okay Google what is the definition of compromise compromise an agreement or a settlement of the dispute that is reached by each side making concessions which basically means both sides are equally unhappy with the final product what does it mean then it just means to be understanding of your partner's plan and what they want to do and to make sacrifices mm-hmm sometimes when you're on a trip it's impossible to do the two things that both of you want to do at the same time when that is the case be the bigger person and like concede a little bit and
say all right cool well today I'll do the thing that I want to do and hopefully tomorrow you can do the thing that you want to do mm-hmm but also I think that talking about everything that you want to get beforehand like I mentioned before is a really great way to avoid having to sacrifice too much and avoid having to compromise all of the time if you have a game plan pretty much solves that problem which brings me to our next point which is have a plan but don't over plan over planning is a guaranteed way to totally destroy the spontaneity and the carefree aspect of travel when you over plan something you feel the stress you feel like you need to be doing something or you need to be somewhere at a certain time and that really just kind of removes you from the moment and it's really going negatively affect your trip for
me the best part of traveling there is disconnecting and relaxing and if you have a plan set in place and you're worrying about that all the time you're not going to be able to relax the best things about travelling together what I love most is having a full day with no plans and we can either stay in bed all day as we want to or we can go on some crazy adventures and I think having that option when you wake up in the morning depending on how you're feeling is really important so for example I and a partner went to Costa Rica for two weeks last summer it was an amazing trip it as a real big unplug neither of us had taken like a proper vacation I know I travel a lot but traveling for work and traveling for pleasure sometimes are two very different things so when we went to Costa Rica we had a really loose plan I knew that I wanted to spend a couple days in Playa Hermosa and I wanted to spend a couple of days in the far south of the country at a wave called Pavone ins there was a lot of distance to be covered in between those two things and Cheri was like well where are we going to stay in between we kind of just played it by ear and that was one of the best calls mm-hmm it was really neat just going on a road trip and not having a plan and we did cover so much distance but we enjoyed every minute of it and when Cheri was surfing a lot of my plan was put into play and since we've talked about beforehand we should just disconnect and relax soak up the Sun read take naps I just wanted to do whatever I wanted every single day and when she was gone surfing I had a lot of free time and it was amazing on a side
note Cheri did forget to put sunscreen on the first day we were there I knew you were gonna say that when you got yourself soaked up the Sun,you got a third-degree booty burn baby I had a boot burden and wear sunscreen okay we're getting towards the end of our travel tips for you travel freaks out there but one of the most important ones is just to slow down relax take it easy take in the moment of being there together as a couple and make sure that you're aware
in that moment keep your mindset as I'm here with my significant other the person that I love and I want to embrace
every moment that we have together also just realize that you know travel can be stressful if you let it be stressful it's pretty much guaranteed that something is gonna go wrong on your trip you might miss a flight you know,you might get a flat tire just look at it as part of the adventure realize that you're there with your best travel companion and you know it's all just part of the journey so the more you can kind of remove yourself from the expectations remove yourself from the stress and the hustle and bustle of life at home it's just gonna really allow you to soak it up that much more and when you look back at it it's always those it's always those tough moments that end up being the most memorable ones from a trip just being on a trip with your significant other you grow so much as a couple you learn so much about each
other and it just overall can be so great for your relationship which is our last piece of advice which is use your trip together as an opportunity to fall in love again to remind yourself what you really love about your partner and why you've chosen to be with that person remember that you're there with somebody that you love so give them the time and attention that they want to because at the end of the day that's really what you're doing as a couple when you're on
vacations together you're reconnecting I think it's important to remember that and when you are ready for it do it .
