TRAVELS: Question Number One: How do I want to spend my vacation?

Invariably the first question people ask me is "where are you going on vacation next?"  This is because I go to a a wide variety of places. When thinking about vacation, it is the first question people generally ask themselves is “Where should I (we) go?” When in actuality the first question they should be asking themselves is “How do I want to spend my vacation”? 

The answer to this question will help answer the other.  Don’t believe me?  Here are a few answers I got when I asked people how they wanted to spend their vacation:

1. Laying on the beach doing nothing
2. Seeing Macchu Picchu
3. Drinking wine in Italy
4. Building a Habitat for Humanity house
5. Disney
6. See a new State

Now that is not to say that some of these things cannot be combined – for example 1 the beach and 3 wine in Italy, but WHAT you want to do on vacation is more important than where.

Should you not be traveling alone, it also is important that you and your traveling companion(s) are all thinking the same thing about how you are going to spend your vacation.  If you say to someone, Let’s go to Florida, depending on who they are it may conjure images of Disney, Miami Beach, Daytona or the Keys . 

Of course there is nothing that says you can only do one thing on vacation, but just be sure that everyone who is traveling together has the same agenda, or is capable and willing to strike out on their own.  It will make the vacation much more pleasant.