Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. If you are an amorous adventurer, you may be looking for some travel tips to ensure you and your partner have a great time celebrating. Spontaneity is great in relationships and can keep things fun and interesting. However, when planning something particularly special, a bit of planning doesn’t hurt. Especially if you want to ensure your plans go smoothly and you both have a wonderful time. Leaving things to chance could can problems which in turn could ruin what’s supposed to be a romantic adventure. With that in mind, here are 5 travel tips for this amorous adventurer this Valentine’s Day. We hope they help when planning a great getaway.
Ensure Time off Work
Ensuring your partner organises time off work is vital. Yes, it means that your plans can’t be a complete surprise, However, sometimes needs must. Also, depending on your partner’s job, you may need to ask them to submit their leave request well in advance. This is to ensure it is approved. Or if they work for themselves, they will have to arrange their diary. This is to take into account the time off needed. If you do not ensure that they take the time off work and you book flights, hotels, attractions etc you may be left out of pocket if they are unable to take the trip. Although your partner will know when you are going away, they will not know where. Therefore keeping the element of surprise alive.
Check Other Commitments
The first thing you should do is check that your partner does not have other commitments that they cannot or do not want to back out of. Not doing this could end up being a costly and/or upsetting mistake. You could lose money on flights, hotel reservations, attractions etc. Depending on how long you have been with your partner and at what stage you are at will determine how you source this information. For example. if you have a shared family calendar it will be fairly simple to find out if they are free. However, if your relationship is new you may have to adopt more surreptitious ways of finding the information. Especially if you do not want your partner to know your reasons for wanting to know.
Don’t Forget To Make Reservations
Reservations are always important. Even before COVID reservations were always advisable, now they are vital. If you want to ensure that you get to visit a popular attraction or eat at a certain restaurant book your spot as soon as you are able. This is especially important on Valentine’s Day (and other holidays) as things get booked up way in advance. With this in mind, when planning your romantic getaway, ensure that attraction and restaurant bookings are on your list of things to do before you set off. Yes, you may be able to snag a last-minute reservation but what if you cant? Why put yourself under that added pressure. Book in advance and free up your time to organise other aspects of your trip.
Is Foreign Travel Possible?
A romantic weekend break abroad is high on a lot of people’s bucket lists. But for many, it may not be possible. Even leaving our old pal ‘Rona to the side for a minute there are several reasons why skipping off abroad for a couple of days is not doable. One prime example is if children are involved. Organising a sitter might not be possible. Plus you may not want to leave the country especially if your kids are little. Another issue could be that one or both of you doesn’t have a valid passport. Because of restricted travel over the past couple of years many people have let their passport lapse without the need to renew it. Not to worry, you can still have a romantic staycation closer to home.
Remember Money Can’t Buy You Love
Many argue that Valentine’s Day is a money-making racket, with many companies hiking prices and running marketing campaigns designed to encourage you to spend a fortune on your partner to show your love for them. We believe this can be true. Therefore consider your budget before making any plans. We’d all love to live a champagne lifestyle but when on a lemonade budget, we simply can’t. Therefore, don’t overstretch. Why not make your trip shorter or book less fancy restaurants or plan activities that do not break the bank – hiking, picnics etc, providing you and your partner like those things of course. Also, if you have not been with your partner long remember money can’t buy you love!
We hope these travel tips for the amorous adventurer help you plan a memorable romantic getaway with your partner. Valentine’s Day should be fun, exciting and above all, a celebration of your love of one another, don’t let lack of planning ruin a wonderful experience.
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