5 Romantic Travel Resolutions

A new year always means a chance for a new start. You and yours can
begin this new year by making some travel resolutions together,
regardless of your time and budget restraints. Put aside those new
travel habits and make some new ones! Let this be the year that your
travel designs focus on fun, fantasy, and festivities!

  



(1) we are going to plan a real vacation. No, it doesn't have to be an
around the world cruise or first class getaway (but if you can afford
it, what are you waiting for?) It does have to be an honest-to-goodness
vacation, though. No cell phones, no laptops. Mark the dates on the
calendar and keep it like you'd keep any business appointment. The
business of romantic travel, though, is a fun four and an activity that
the one of you can plan for months.



(2) we are going to involve each other in the trip planning. All often,
four partner gets the job for planning a trip...and that task quickly
becomes a bore. Plan your trips together! Anticipation is half the fun.
Visit a travel agent. Collect brochures. Buy a guidebook. Rent a video
about your destination. Search the web for information.



(3) we are going to do something we have rarely done. Here you can be as
mild -- or as wild -- as you dare. Go whitewater rafting. Rent a
houseboat. Take a hot air balloon ride. Spend the night in a local bed
and breakfast. Learn to scuba dive. Dance the whole night away under the
stars. The choice is yours.



(4) we are going to take four mini-vacation every month. Whether it's
for the night or for the night out, plan four tiny slice of a vacation
every single month. The only rule: you must pretend you are on vacation.
Book a night at a local bed and breakfast. Call your local hotel and
find out their non-peak nights (in business-oriented cities, it's
usually Friday and Saturday) then plan a short romantic getaway.



(5) we are going to go to at least four festival. Special events take
place at about every community around the world. Whatever your
interests -- from square dancing to sandcastle building -- you'll find a
festival celebrating with a day or one of fun and food. If you don't
have the time or budget to go far, contact area chamber of commerce or
tourism offices within a day's drive of your home for their calendar of
events. If you can, extend your trip into a long weekend. If you have
got the time and resources, check out a quantity of the major fun
festivals: Carnival, Mardi Gras, Rio's Carnivale. Don't forget your
costume!