Contest #235 of @Ladiesofhive community questions for this week are :
1οΈβ£ Do you prefer to travel alone, with friends, or with family?
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2οΈβ£ As a woman, do you consider Solo Travel as a way of 'Me Time' and self care?
Some of you will already know that I love to travel and I travel often. Weather it is long holidays or short getaways, I have to travel. I enjoy travelling all ways, which with family, friends or solo. There are some places which I will like to travel only with friends and then there are some places which I will like to be only with my family and then a few which I will like to explore all by myself. So, there is no particular preference.
If I have to give a priority, then I would like to travel with hubby. The reason being our travel preferences are same and we complement each other very well when it comes to travelling. There is never a difference of opinion. Basically he goes with all my suggestions....hehe. So having his company is not a botheration for me at all. I also enjoy when my Son is around, but he does not always listen to me :-), more or less he too goes with my choices but sometimes he can get rigid and he likes all leisure kind of travel, which is not for me. If I am travelling, I like to get out of the room early morning and only return back at night, spending full day outdoors. So anyone who does not complement with this habit becomes a challenge for me to handle
There are some places which you like to explore with only friends, though I have never done many holidays with friends, only 2 till now. They have been decent. It all depends on the place. I enjoy solo travelling too and have done couple of solo holidays.
This is a picture from one of my early days solo travels
Yes, as a woman I feel it is important to do some solo travels in life, it is just not about the me time in it, but there is lots that you gain with solo travel. I was always used to travelling with hubby, and once I had to travel by myself for work for a long duration and that too on a International trip. I wanted to run away from it, because I had no confidence of travelling alone. There was no choice, it was duty travel so I had to. When I travel with hubby there are so many things where I do not pay attention. He does the check-in formalities, baggage handling, booking cabs on arrival, hotel check-ins, so basically all administrative activities are handled by him, and I was so nervous and running out of confidence thinking I had to do all by myself.
After going through all of it, I had a new level of confidence, I felt a lot of freedom doing everything myself, I was enjoying the freedom, and yes the Me time which I was getting. I had never thought about the Me time, until this time. I missed having some one around and at the same time I was enjoying my own company.
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