How Traveling Helps Your Relationship
Travel is a breath of fresh air. It is more than just an escape from the chaos; it’s an opportunity to pause, relax and refuel relationships with the people that we love. Whether it’s with a partner or spouse, family or friends here’s how traveling together can bring you closer.
Memories and Bonds
Traveling together creates shared experiences and memories that can be kept as treasures forever. Memories such as discovering tourist gems that are less visited, the fun in getting lost in an unfamiliar place, or agreeing to have a new favorite local food. These experiences would add up to your core memory, create a unique bond and would become beautiful stories that you can reminisce about or share with others.
Quality Time and Being Present
The routine of daily life is full of distractions and most of the time chaotic, from the demands of work, unending responsibilities to social media noise, leaving little time for a quality family time and being in the present. Traveling is a good way to disconnect from these distractions and focus on relationships. Without all the interruptions, you are able to talk with each other and enjoy quality time together, just savoring the pause in life and being in the present moment. This is one thing that is much needed right now especially that we are in the modern digital age.
“And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.”
Trust and Dependence
Traveling to new and unfamiliar places requires trust and dependence on each other that you don't often see in daily life. Whether it’s trusting your spouse to handle the map or navigating through Google Maps; or depending on a friend in using a translator app, these situations level up the trust you have in each other. Unexpected changes in plans because of unforeseen circumstances solidifies and strengthens your relationship.
Being Appreciative
Traveling gives an increased sense of appreciation for home, family and friends. Because you are in a pause or a calm and happy state of mind, you tend to see some traits or qualities that you often miss in daily life. Or because you are too busy you even forget their good qualities that you’ve seen before. Travel is a magic in relationships. It will make you smile, admire again, and appreciate more. And yes! to feel appreciated is sometimes all that we need.
Travel is just so powerful and helpful in strengthening relationships. The shared memories, bonds, quality time, renewed trust and appreciation that you can get from it bring you closer to those you love. So the next time you travel, bring someone with you! Enjoy a new place or go back to a favorite place with someone you love!