Travista

When it comes to planning a trip, we often take so much time to plan but so little time to decide. But when it is a family trip many of us hesitate, considering that you might save it for a trip with your friends. And while there is absolutely no doubt that a trip with your best friends would always be fun, but one with your family will always be worth it for even bigger reasons than enjoyment.

The more we grow up the less time we spend with our families and the less we appreciate the moments we spend quality time with them and it might not be anyone’s fault and it is just how life goes but believe me, you can stop for a minute and plan.

Plan a trip where you can take strolls with your mom and talk about life, about how you’ve been feeling lately or about how your life is turning around. Book a trip where you could have a proper meal with your dad and share plans about the future. Make the time to bond again with your siblings over memories and shared stories that you no longer find the days for in your schedule.

Or even plan a trip with your spouse and children, teach them young to grow empathy towards you and to appreciate the time spent with their family. So that by the time they’re old enough to travel with their own friends they would sometime choose spending time with you.

Plan a trip where you could listen to stories that are not only about you, where you be a part of their lives and share a part of yours. And part of that planning is not only booking hotels and flights but planning to be a bit different and to come back with a better relationship with them.

There will come a time when you will wish you would have squeezed your schedule a bit. And I don’t mean to get too depressing, but life turns around and people lose family members and even without thinking this way; you owe it to them and to yourself to put the effort to spend together.

Whether it is a relaxing beach destination, a busy city or even an exotic place to explore there is nothing like seeing the world with the people you love the most.

And yes, maybe you’d have a little less money to spend when you’re back, maybe you would’ve missed some other plan, but believe me one day you’d look back and realize it was all worth it. You would have memories and moments that would stay when everything else vanishes and you would have stronger bonds with your family. Bonds that need effort and time and bonds that are so worth it!