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Older Americans often look for different destinations as well as a means for getting there. Sure there are times when you want your grandchildren with you, but there are also times when you’d like some solitude—the ability to relax and get away for some “quiet time”. Whether you’re traveling to a place you’ve never been before or back to a resort or community you love, your needs and desires may be very different from those of your children or grandchildren.
Healthy Travel Information from the CDC
The Center for Disease Control provides information on destinations around the world.
This site includes a map where you can easily find travel health information. Do you need a vaccination, is there a travel risk, find local clinics, etc.
A cruise or a resort vacation?
There are many reasons for both
To enjoy a cruise you need three things for maximum enjoyment.
1. Good Weather. If the sea is rough most vacatioiners will not enjoy the cruise no matter what else happens.
2. The right ship. Each vacationer looks for diffeent amenities in a ship. Some want a casino, others play areas for children, others a cozy bar and some the opportunity to be entertained at Broadway or Las Vegas style shows.
3. People with similar interests and in the same age group. Unless you plan to spend the entire time with your family or as a secluded couple it is important to be able to converse and interact and even make friends with others on the ship.
Of course weather, friendly people with some of the same interests and the right amenities are important at a resort, but you are not trapped in this location so you are able to explore other areas more easily.
It is also generally easier to get information on a resort to better determine if this is where you wish to spend your vacation.
If you want a beach as opposed to a swimming pool a resort is a must. If you get seasick a resort is a must. If you want to play golf or tennis or rent a car and drive around a resort is a must. (Of course when a ship is in port some of these activities are available to you.)
As a general rule most resorts allow for more personal space than a cabin on a cruise. Your rooms are lager and there is uasually less waiting to use various facillities, less crowds and, if you wish, a slower pace.
The key to choosing which is best for you is doing some research and uisng a travel agency that has had clients on that particular ship at that time of year or who have visited that resort. Better yet if your travel agent has been there personally and can tell you first hand the pluses and minuses.
Cruises for Seniors, Vacations for Seniors, Resorts for Seniors
Older Americans often look for different destinations as well as a means for getting there. Sure there are times when you want your grandchildren with you, but there are also times when you’d like some solitude—the ability to relax and get away for some “quiet time”. Whether your traveling to a place you’ve never been before or back to a resort or community you love, your needs and desires may be very different from those of your children or grandchildren.
Traveling outside your time zone and want to know the time it is at your destination.
This site will tell you
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
This is an interesting site for exploring destinations around the world including cruises. Travel Wizard has over a 1000 videos of destinations so you can see where you plan to travel to. Most are upscale or luxury.
http://www.travelwizard.com/
www.kayak.com/ monitors prices for flights, hotel, car rentals, etc. using the feeds of many travel sites as well as the airlines, hotels and car rental sites themselves..
www.seatguru.com/ allows you to pick the best seats by airplane and airline, see luggage restrictions, check which seats have more legroom, and even helps you upgrade to first or business class..
www.travelzoo.com/ offers great deals on flights, hotels, car rentals, and vacation packages and specials.
Ten Most popular destinations
According to Grand Circle Corporation, which arranges travel for Americans age 50 and older, its 10 most popular destinations/trips for 2009 to-date are:
- The Great Rivers of Europe
- Egypt & the Nile
- Botswana, Namibia & Zimbabwe
- The Romance of the Rhine
- Machu Picchu & the Galapagos
- India
- Unexplored Serengeti: Tanzania
- Eastern Europe & the Black Sea
- Australia, New Zealand & Fiji
- Vietnam
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