Keywords: Love, travel
Tips for single travellers
Particularly if there’s a little lovin’ on the cards
Your passport’s in hand, the bag’s packed and you’re counting down the days ‘til you flit off on your solo, I’ve-not-a-care-in-the-world overseas adventure. Sure, you’re about to experience cultures, view vistas and form friendships that will create life-long memories, but you’re also kinda hoping you’ll get a bit of loved-up action as well. You’re only young once, right?
Holiday romances have often been referred to as the ‘swine flu of emotions’. That’s because travelling can be a surreal experience, where you chuck all sense of reality and reason out the door and embrace the delicious anticipation of a whole new world of newness. Including new could-be amours. But before you drift off into a heady world of cupid-filled, rainbow-hued dalliances, let’s take a look at some of the facts.
Types of holiday romance
The Random Coupling
You’re in a strange country with a …show more content…
Reality check time. Relationships (even short-termers) are all about learning – whether it’s about love, life or even yourself. No relationship is perfect and yes, it may not last forever, but if you can walk away with your dignity (and heart) still intact and a better understanding of the ways of the world, then it was worth it. So what’s to learn?
You’ll learn to embrace the present
Travelling can give you an intoxicating high and make you confident, bold and often uber-attractive to others. And in the midst of an endless array of crazy arse adventures, you may find yourself falling for someone who, back home, you wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole. Suck it. Don’t let thoughts of tomorrow destroy what’s happening now. And if (and when) it’s all over, realise that you’ve got a little tale for your grandkiddies that’ll up your legendary status.
You’ll learn about
Tips for single travellers
Particularly if there’s a little lovin’ on the cards
Your passport’s in hand, the bag’s packed and you’re counting down the days ‘til you flit off on your solo, I’ve-not-a-care-in-the-world overseas adventure. Sure, you’re about to experience cultures, view vistas and form friendships that will create life-long memories, but you’re also kinda hoping you’ll get a bit of loved-up action as well. You’re only young once, right?
Holiday romances have often been referred to as the ‘swine flu of emotions’. That’s because travelling can be a surreal experience, where you chuck all sense of reality and reason out the door and embrace the delicious anticipation of a whole new world of newness. Including new could-be amours. But before you drift off into a heady world of cupid-filled, rainbow-hued dalliances, let’s take a look at some of the facts.
Types of holiday romance
The Random Coupling
You’re in a strange country with a …show more content…
Reality check time. Relationships (even short-termers) are all about learning – whether it’s about love, life or even yourself. No relationship is perfect and yes, it may not last forever, but if you can walk away with your dignity (and heart) still intact and a better understanding of the ways of the world, then it was worth it. So what’s to learn?
You’ll learn to embrace the present
Travelling can give you an intoxicating high and make you confident, bold and often uber-attractive to others. And in the midst of an endless array of crazy arse adventures, you may find yourself falling for someone who, back home, you wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole. Suck it. Don’t let thoughts of tomorrow destroy what’s happening now. And if (and when) it’s all over, realise that you’ve got a little tale for your grandkiddies that’ll up your legendary status.
You’ll learn about