Updated: 07/22/19 | 22. Juli 2019
This is a guest post by Ant, who used to blog at positive world Travel, a travel blog that focused on couples travel tips. Their blog is no longer in existence.
When traveling the world as a couple, there can come a time when your relationship “spark” loses some its brightness. While exploring new cultures and racing around the world, it‘s easy for your relationship to fall to the wayside or end up in a rut.
I’m talking from experience.
Our relationship has become boring and mundane a few times, but we‘ve found many ways to keep igniting the flame over and over again. The important thing is to try and keep your relationship as fresh and as exciting as the countries you‘re visiting.
Here are a 6 ways Elise and I have found to keep our relationship interesting while we travel the world:
1. organize a date Night
As corny as it might sound, going out on an actual “date” can do wonders for your relationship. It can get monotonous sightseeing, eating low-cost meals, or cooking your own food day in and day out, so making time for a special night can be something to look forward to.
Elise and I plan a date night every two weeks. We spend a little extra money, go to a nice restaurant, and dress up as best we can. We spend that night not talking about our website or what we did that day but rather talking with one another, putting our dream caps on, and playing the “what if” game.
Elise loves to chat about our eventual wedding, and even though it can drive me crazy at times (I never knew you could talk so much about floral arrangements!), date nights are a terrific way to share and chat about her — err, I mean our — dream wedding.
Date nights give you the opportunity to listen and reconnect with one another outside the traveling experience.
2. Be Spontaneous
Traveling as a couple can take its toll on each of you, and this tip is one of our key ingredients to success. Elise likes our travels to be somewhat planned, and I try and mix things up and be spontaneous, which keeps her thinking because she doesn‘t know what I have planned next.
If you have extra time in the city you‘re in, head out for the day and just act on a whim. Do activities you hadn’t considered before. try some romantic activities like booking a massage together. Or try something more fun and unconventional when traveling, such as seeing a movie or going bowling.
Traveling doesn‘t always have to be about sightseeing. You can spend time doing “normal” activities that you did back home, too.
3. embrace Celebrations
Even while traveling, celebrating birthdays and anniversaries is important to any relationship. It doesn’t matter if you‘re in the middle of nowhere, because the fact that you‘ll go to a little extra effort and get creative will always make your partner happy.
Once when we were camping, it was Elise’s birthday and we were far from any nice restaurants. So, the morning of her birthday, I woke up early to blow up 23 balloons and then gently placed them throughout our tent. I woke her up to an out-of-tune singing birthday candle and a dry piece of cake I found at a corner store the day before. She was delighted that I had gone to the trouble of making her birthday a little special even though we were camping.
We spent the rest of the day at a deserted beach, and Elise says that it was one of her best birthdays ever.
4. plan Surprises
Even though you‘re traveling on a limited budget, a surprise every now and again will always excite your better half. Elise knows that I‘m a sucker for dark chocolate, and I always get excited when she‘s been out to run some errands and jumps on the bed with both hands behind her back when she gets home. I love that she thinks of me while she‘s out. It brings joy to our relationship.
Try to surprise each other with little touches here and there. even a small gesture can work wonders.
5. face Your fears Together
Doing activities that one or both of you have a fear of can bring you together and bond you. Sharing a fear and overcoming it will definitely bring the spark back and a sense of achievement for you both.
Elise has a small fear of heights, and she has frequently pushed herself to confront this fear over the past 18 months. She has jumped out of planes and off cliffs into fast-flowing rivers. Each time she faces this fear I get so proud of her and it deepens my love for her.
Supporting your partner and giving them the encouragement they need to face their fears or overcoming them together is an instant bonding moment shared between the two of you and only strengthens your relationship.
6. get Intimate
It has to be noted that sex is an important part of every relationship, and when you’re not having any, you‘re bound to be fighting more. traveling in dirty environments and staying in shared accommodation can be a dampener to sexual relations. finding time for a romp when there are train scheDules, um zu trainieren, lange und verschwitzte Busfahrten oder ein Tag mit störenden Touts zu nehmen, können schwierig sein.
Von Zeit zu Zeit ein wenig mehr Geld auszugeben und in einem privaten Raum zu bleiben, ist der beste Weg, um einige Zeit allein zu finden, da es ansonsten ziemlich schwierig sein kann, Sex in Hostels zu haben. Elise und ich tun dies von Zeit zu Zeit, um sicherzustellen, dass wir zusammen intime Momente haben können. Es ist die zusätzliche Zeit und das Geld wert. vertrau mir.
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Selbst Paare, die seit Jahren zusammen sind, müssen sich ab und zu Zeit nehmen, um sicherzustellen, dass der Funke noch da ist. Der wichtigste Tipp ist, herauszufinden, was für Sie als Paar funktioniert. Elise und ich stellen immer sicher, dass wir nicht nur Zeit für langfristige Reisen haben und alles, was auch dazu beinhaltet, unsere Beziehung auf der Straße zum Laufen zu bringen und den Funken am Leben zu erhalten.
Ant ist eine Hälfte des dynamischen Duos, das bei Positive World Travel gebloggt hat. Sie schrieben über ihre Erfahrungen und Gedanken darüber, wie langfristig Reisen als Paar sind, obwohl sie nicht mehr bloggen.
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