Travel is a very wide and varied pasttime, everyone likes to do it to a certain degree, so how to do it is as varied.
An ever increasing popular way to travel is solo, the benefits are obvious: Everything is on your own terms and at your own pace. This is also the main downfall of travelling with a partner, you need to be flexible to their needs without forgetting your own. This guide is for friends as well as long term partners.
Be flexible in both of your basic needs, toilet stops, desire to eat, sleeping patterns are all different and can mean a lot of waiting around if you both are on different schedules. If you really are that much different then accepting you may not be travelling together that much at all is a better way to deal with things. You might be noctural clubbing type waking up at midday for some sunlight and food, your partner may want early nights and to take advantage of the cool mornings to get their sight seeing done. Trying each others method usually confirms what you like rather than ‘convert’ to your partners ways of life, but being flexible is a good idea and makes you appreciate the differences.
Next will be the sights you both want to see. An artistic type of person and a history lover will have different ideas on a cities attractions, again if splitting up for the day doesn’t sound like a good option then compromising and missing out on getting in everything you want to see is second best if time is a factor.
If time isn’t a factor then things are much simpler; history/museums one day, artistic sights the next. Planning ahead helps so you both know the agenda rather then argue when the time comes around.
It’s amazing how irritating your friends funny burbs or jokes can become the bane on your life when you start living together. Keeping it shut is often more appreciated then repeating the same thing over and over if you have nothing fresh to add to conversation.
Listen, Learn, Contribute. You’ll both be seeing amazing new things, and a different perspective on things is just as much an eye opener as the thing itself. You might be missing a lot whilst your friend spots something more meaningful, and likewise they might be missing what’s right on the surface.
Arguments are best solved after eating. Eating is a natural soother and often a cause of arguments itself. Hungry people are irritable, a person with a full belly is much happier and more receptive to your critism or issues you need to get off your chest.
Buying a gift, like these gift hampers canberra, for your travel partner is a good way to make amends. Travel can be stressful, and looking out for both yourself and your partner can make a long day more manageable and much appreciated.
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