Hope you are enjoying your Memorial Day weekend. In honor of the beginning of summer we decided to repost a previous blog post on creating a healthy vacation in time for summer travel planning.
7 Tips for Creating a Healthy Vacation
Vacations, if done right can be restorative. It is a chance to spend time with family and friends, relax near a beach, or discover new places. Research suggests that taking time off makes workers more productive and can reduce the risk of serious medical illnesses such as heart disease. Americans, however, take less time off than citizens of any other nation in the industrialized world, and over a third of Americans don’t use all of their vacation days.
Here are seven tips for a creating a healthy vacation:
- Take at least a week. One vacation of at least seven days is more relaxing than taking several three-day vacations. It allows you time to settle into your new surroundings and truly enjoy the break.
- Don’t forget to exercise. Light exercise during your holiday such, as walking tours or daily laps in the hotel pool with leave you feeling more rejuvenated than simply lounging around the whole time. Get out and take a walk around the city or town.
- Indulge in delicious locally made foods. Everyone wants enjoy himself or herself while on vacation by sitting down to a delicious meal you wouldn’t normally have. Instead of worrying about gaining weight let yourself have foods that use fresh local ingredients. You’ll get a better understanding of the local culture and fresh local meals are healthier than anything else you’re going to find.
- Spend time learning about yourself. Self-reflection and realization are keys to a healthy vacation. Take the time to think about your life and try something new that you’ve always wanted to such as taking a cooking, pottery, or surfing class.
- Plan a vacation the entire family will enjoy. If you taking a family trip make sure there will be something for everyone. You don’t want to spend the entire holiday arguing so if one person really wants to go rock climbing and another wants to visit museums try to pick a destination that will allow for both.
- Get some sleep. Yes, we said to make sure you kept exercising while on your vacation, but also take some time to sleep. Let your kids sleep in and try to let yourself sleep in as well. Instead of waking up at the crack of dawn to go on a walking tour of Rome go in the afternoon. You’ll enjoy the tour more and learn more if you’re not tired or dragging your kids around the Coliseum.
- Get lost in the moment. It’s hard to resist the urge to check emails, call the office, and even create a jam-packed holiday itinerary. Taking the to time to really get away, freeing yourself from work and allowing for spontaneity, however, will let you have a healthy vacation and create memories.
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