7 Reasons Why Happy Couples Travel Together

Posted on Feb 28, 2016 | 0 comments

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Every year while we were growing up, my parents would take a week-long vacation alone together and a 3-day weekend trip alone together in addition to all of our family trips. I remember always thinking I can’t wait until I have a mate to travel with and why are they going without me?!

But the truth is, these trips are a big part of the glue that held our family together. Happy couples travel together and my family is a great example of this. My parents will be celebrating their 40^th wedding anniversary this year and hubby and I will be celebrating our 10^th.

Both of our relationships are based on a strong foundation of friendship, common interests and the fact that we all choose to be happy every day. Traveling with our mates is what adds spice and adventure to our relationships and keeps them fresh. Curious why?

7 Reasons Why Happy Couples Travel Together

To grow together. Each and every trip we take throughout life changes us in some way. When happy couples travel together, they are given the opportunity to experience not only personal growth but relationship growth.
To learn to depend on each other. When happy couples travel together they enter this “us against the world’ mentality. We split up responsibilities like hubby will be in charge of the travel documents and locations while I will be responsible for finding good food and packing the appropriate clothes. One will not work without the other, but combined we have a darn good time, because we have learned to trust the other person and depend on them to do their part for us. We have also learned to depend on each other for emotional support. Traveling together has taught us what each other’s warning signals are for we are close to melting down – and how to help each other NOT meltdown in those situations.
To laugh together. Laughter is the best medicine for, well anything really!! Happy couples who travel together, have learned to really laugh together because sometimes, that is all you can do!
To keep the flame alive! Nothing can light a fire in a relationship like the excitement for an upcoming trip and the passion you will find in stepping outside of your normal day-to-day routine and having an adventure together.
To broaden our perspective together. While happy couples travel together their perspective on life will change – travel tends to have that effect on people! Travel helps couples see why forgiveness and appreciation are an important part of the relationship. Which, in turn, will help us in how we handle situations when back at home.
To play together. It may sound silly, but it is true – couples who play together stay together! Setting aside time for just you and your mate to play together is a must-do for every happy couple. We recently took a second honeymoon to Fiji and it was the first time we had done this since the kids have popped into our lives. It was hard to leave my littles, but being able to wake-up on our own time, eat on our own time and do all of the things we like to do for a change was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
To remember why we love each other. Life can be bumpy. Stepping out of it for a small period of time and having an adventure for a bit will remind us both of why we are in this together, why we chose to walk the path with the other person. It reminds of exactly what it is that we love about our mates.