“Well what about rain season?”
“I can only travel during high
season…but it is too expensive”
Being teachers is a blessing in many ways, but a curse for those
with the travel bug sometimes. Yes, we do have much time off together, which
allows us not only to travel reasonably often for professionals, but also for
long periods of time. However, the time we have off is often when most
destinations raise their prices and/or it is rain season. So what do we do to
balance this positive and negative? Stay longer to get our money’s worth and do
not be deterred by “rain season”.
The past two summers
we have travelled to Asia (Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and China). It was
their rain season and in total over the two trips we only had 4 rain days
total. We maintain the attitude that we need to “seize the summer/winter” time
that we have off. We have no regrets and I tell you, our eyes have been opened
to new countries and experiences that we may not have had if we had just stuck
to those destinations that are comfortable or safe.
As it goes for costly destinations
like Europe, we just opt to stay longer (often 3-4 weeks). This way our
expensive flight over (Toronto-Paris), is not such a hard pill to swallow when
we know we are getting plenty of time to enjoy our destination. We do a great
job hopping around various parts of Europe by train or budget airlines and
split our time between hotels and apartment rentals. Another bonus of extra
time is….you get just enough time to sink into the lifestyle and forget
all about your responsibilities at home.
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