What makes friends traveling together special than couple travel or solo travel?
I know a lot of us has different traveling styles and preferred traveling companion. I, for one loves to travel with my husband, sometimes with family and sometimes with friends.
I haven’t really travelled alone except during business travels that I often do when I was still working in the corporate world.
If you’ve been following along, you will notice how I several photos of the same faces on the blog. They’re actually friends of mine way back in college — please don’t ask me how many years ago it was. LOL.
After college, most of us moved out from our hometown to explore other employment opportunities in bigger cities. At first, getting in touch was hard as social media was not as efficient as it is today.
We’ve started traveling together way back 2014 and it’s been an annual tradition to go on trips together since then.
It was a habit that added to our annual get-togethers on December when almost everyone is home for Christmas.
Traveling with companions is always a fun experience. I’ve previously written about traveling with my partner and traveling with siblings. Today, I’m sharing with you some of my reasons why I think you should travel with friends once in a while:
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Make Exciting Memories.
With the various personalities in the group, traveling to a place can be very exciting indeed. There is never a dull day when you are on the road with friends.
Conquered new heights? Visited a remote island? While doing it alone is exhilarating, sometimes traveling with friends makes those incredible moments matter more.
Even the simple pleasures of seeing gorgeous sunrise and sunset is even made more special when you have friends to share it with.
Keeps You Sane.
One thing that we all understand when we travel is that not everything goes as planned. There are crazy days when your contacts don’t deliver as promise or when you are delayed for trips.
Having friends with you keeps you grounded and forces you to not overthink. They’re like an assurance that no matter what you’ll have people beside you.
And of course, more heads are better than one, right? Someone may have just the right solution for you!
Allows You to Save More and Do More.
When I travel with friends, we always go on guided tours to save time, effort and money.
Money? Oh right. You might be wondering why I included this as tours are often charged per head. Well, the thing is, there are also places that you can only reach through a boat and sometimes those have minimum number of heads.
When in a group, the total amount is divided equally among us, thus the saving part.
I also think that we are very fortunate as one of our friend is into organizing tours and we have her to plan out our trips for us. And she is budget-conscious so all the better.
Aside from financial impact, traveling with friends ensures that you see a lot more places.
Our trips are usually fitted when majority of us are available, thus it is necessary to have a well-planned itinerary.
Makes the Bond Stronger.
As we have moved on from school and are leading our lives apart, the frequent trips has definitely strengthened the friendship.
They say ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind’.. Sadly, these often happen when friends fail to keep in touch. Well in our case, those moments spent together is definitely our way of staying in touch (as well as those frequent group chats).
Live that ‘Friends that travel together, stay together!’.
Makes the Planning More Exciting.
I don’t know about you, but personally, I love planning trips. I get a kick researching, drawing up itineraries and budgeting trips. But doing it alone can sometimes be a downer.
With friends, planning a trip is more exciting and definitely a lot of fun. Especially if you’re all doing a countdown till the trip. LOL.
Makes You Years Younger.
You know that feeling that when you’re with old friends (and I’m not referring to their age, of course) is that whenever you are together it always seem like the old times.
I always get that nostalgic feeling of being brought back in time when things are a bit simpler and all you worry about are grades and exams.
Friends travel does that to you and makes you feel a lot younger than you are.
Makes Your Parents Less Worried.
So I’m mostly referring to younger travelers out there. But for us older (a.k.a matured), we know that our parents also worry for us too!
I’m sure I would if it were my daughter, no matter how old she is.
Knowing that you are traveling with friends they know of will definitely make the worrying less stressful.
So… Considering to friends travel now? I really hope you do so that you can experience and appreciate what I mean.
Have you travelled with friends? Share with us your experiences on why and why not!
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These are excellent reasons on why trips with friends are the best! Plus, traveling with friends make us more accountable to actually travel or leave the house during the weekends. By the way, where did you take the “Love” sign? It’s an awesome sign.
Aww.. Thank you Jackie! Love your input too! Super great excuse to go on a trip, right? 😀 The photo was taken at Baker’s Hill in Palawan! 😀
I can’t remember the last girls’ trip I had. This post makes me want to call my girlfriends for a trip!
Thank you, Chloe! 🙂
Travelling with friends is the best! Love all your pictures!
Thank you Maartje! 🙂
I couldn’t agree more with everything you said! I travel as much with my friends as I do with my husband. It’s such a different energy and vibe with the friends that go way back. Felt great reading this post.
Awww… That’s so great to hear.. 🙂 I’d agree that traveling with friends is indeed a different energy all together! 🙂
I love this. I had noticed that your posts have the same smiley faces. It must make it so nice when you’re not travelling too, you have close mates to chat about all those memories with!!
I love travelling with friends too. 🙂
Love this post! I am traveling with my friends this June and I am so excited as usually I do it alone! I can’t wait to make memories!
Solo, family, couples, business or friends travel is all good. Travelling with a buddy always special
I agree. I love traveling with my Husand and also with our kids and their families. But every other year we take a friend trip and it is just such a different trip and always so much fun.
I have traveled both solo and with friends and each of those ways of travel are exceptional and unique, Marvi. Traveling with friends is very special as those memories are for a lifetime!
My main travel companion is also my husband, and we are very compatible travel partners, more so than any one of my friends that I know. BUT we do love spending some holidays with friends, but usually pick different types of holidays, a single-centre break, usually in UK, where a large group of us can be together and enjoy each other’s company, and do shared activities as we like, but not be forced into doing everything together. Works well for us and the shared memories are indeed wonderufl.
I can’t remember the last time I went on a trip with friends but I expect when they all read this they’ll be dragging me along for a new adventure!
This is so true! I usually travel with my husband, but traveling with a group of friends is such a special experience. Always ends with amazing memories and a closer connection. 🙂
I often prefer to travel alone, but sometimes, depending on the nature of the trip, I do like having company. Great points about traveling with friends. The worst part of traveling alone is not being able to share your experiences and make new memories. I’ve done a few trips with small groups of friends. I definitely think the group should be limited to 1-2 friends. Haha! Or, it’s nice to stay with a bigger group in one place if you each have a bit of freedom to do what you want.
All great reasons to travel together – the most important for me is the incredible lasting bond of seeing and doing things out of your comfort zone – and the memories that will last forever. Although friends can keep you sane – they can also drive you insane while traveling too! The key is being flexible and open minded! Great post!
I travel mostly with my husband. People are often amazed that we can travel in small spaces together for 10 weeks at a time. Travelling with others both challenges you to do more and also at times helps to constrain you. Great to have a different perspective. The one thing that keeps me sane is to occasionally head off on my own or send hubby out for half a day. Sometimes I just need the quiet time.
Its been ages since I travelled with friends. Lately several of us got connected on Social Media and Whatsapp . We are all pretty much scattered all around but we meet once a year for a reunion party. We are now discussing the possibility of combining reunion and travelling . Let us see how it goes. 🙂 🙂
Though we now travel more as a couple and with family, travelling with friends is a different experience altogether. A trip with friends is always in a different league altogether, and especially if the chemistry between the friends is good. The entire travel experience is iced with the sugar of shared experiences and stories. Need to do more of these.
No doubt that traveling solo has its own benefits, but I love traveling with friends and family equally . Pretty much for the reasons cited here. I think there is a certain bond that gets stronger as you make memories together. It also, allows you to appreciate the other better. Well captured – all the reasons to travel with company.
I enjoy the travel with friends the most. And all of these reasons mentioned is true. Parents are the most relieved lot.