The best time to travel is now
With full confidence, I can say the best time to travel is now. I think it’s wrong to hold off your dreams of traveling until you are retired and presented with many years of free time to “enjoy” life. The reality is so far from the truth. The information I’m about to tell you comes from speaking with my older coworkers, close family members and reading various posts online about what people regret in life. If you have the funds, stability in life and time, the best time to travel is now.
If you have the funds, stability in life and time, the time to travel is now.
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The risk of waiting for the “right time”
If you wait until you are in your 60s and above, you will not get to fully enjoy a destination as you were if you were younger. As we get older, our bodies break down and we get more tired easily. Waiting to travel until you are retired, you will likely not be able to walk long distances. I put likely because there are a few of us out there who will still be in tip top shape even throughout our golden eyes but for most of us, no.
Besides walking, you won’t be able to do other activities such as hiking a dormant volcano, swim in crystal clear waters off the Philippines and dance the night away in the best club in town if you waited until retirement. Physical activities will be reduced because of our aging. You simply can’t get the full experience.
Many activities are out of reach when we get older
The appeal of traveling also means trying the best cuisine a culture has to offer. As we aged, the type of food we can intake will be severely limited. Due to unfortunate medical conditions that arises we when get older, we can’t indulge in foods with a lot of sugar, salt, alcohol, and other ingredients our bodies can’t handle. If we defy it, you can surely count on a one-way ticket to the nearest pharmacy or the hospital. Not to mention an angry spouse yelling at us for our careless and stupid mistake. Right now, as people who are still young, we can enjoy whatever is on our plate much easily than if we were old and retired.
Don’t wait, travel now
To those who have the time and money to travel, now is the time to plan out a trip and do it. This means if you have your finances in order and you don’t have to worry about keeping a roof over your head, you are in the perfect position to explore and travel! Don’t wait until you are older, weaker and aren’t as mobile as when you were young. Time only moves forward and our body gets weaker.
