There's a lot to be said for safety n numbers...the five benefits of family travel.
1. Spend quality time together. Shared life experiences such as travel can bring families closer together with the opportunity to spend uninterrupted time together. The trip itself will provide many opportunities to strengthen relationships. Travel takes away distractions such as work, school and the daily family routine and creates more time to talk, experience and play together.2. Create lasting memories
Taking time together to share experiences and activities creates memories that will be recalled and reminisced about for many years.
3. Experience the world from a child’s perspective
Children are naturally inquisitive, so having them around makes the family as a whole see what they otherwise might not have noticed. Seeing children’s reactions to the world’s most extraordinary sights and scenery can remind an adult to feel that appreciation, too. Travelling with kids encourages you to travel at a slower pace with time to experience new destinations.
4. Travel education
Travel, even at the planning stage, can reignite a child’s curiosity and sense of adventure regardless of their age. Exploration and experiencing new cultures with new people broadens all of our horizons. Children are able to absorb knowledge through experiential learning, so while embracing new cultures, trying new cuisines and getting to know local customs, they may even pick up a little of the language.
5. Teach children flexibility and adaptability
Experiencing an unfamiliar culture will create many new and unpredictable situations. When you are in a place where languages, customs, transportation and food are different to what you are used to, there will be plenty of unpredictability.
So, plan a trip! Detach from your daily stress; teach your children how to adapt to unplanned situations; expose children to new experiences; connect as a family and create memories for the future – all accomplished with a family holiday.
Helloworld Travel Ponsonby 2019 travel highlights:
Dave Nagel: India is a great place to experience culture, colour and, of course, the exquisite cuisine that is Indian food.
Nan Sima: My favourite is Bali, the highlight was staying at Tony’s Villas Seminyak as all the staff had the ‘old world service’ discipline and made you feel so welcome without being obtrusive or intrusive! Value for money destination unprecedented.
David Simms: China is not what we imagine it to be like; a country with 2200 years of history and culture, having large areas of parks, trees and great open spaces. It has so much history and culture, food and shopping.
Caroline Sowden: Aloha Hawaii! Perfect climate, total relaxation when staying on the Island of Maui, beautiful scenery. Great food, bars and then there is shopping! Totally my go-to destination!
Rhonda Morris: Skiing in Whistler, BC Canada. Being North America’s largest ski resort in North America there is so much to explore, see and do. The longest ski run is 11km long! That’s equivalent to travelling from the Viaduct Basin to St Heliers. It also has a great township with great eateries, shops and nightlife, so makes a perfect stop for a ski vacation.
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11/2019