How important are vacations in a marriage?

My husband and I love to travel. while it does help us relax and enjoy ourselves I don't particularly know how much it helps us solve our problems...maybe gets us in a better frame of mind to deal with day to day stressors I suppose.

 

I also believe taking a break from busy work life is best for couple. Refreshing, rejuvenating and fresh breath of life.
Not all be able to go to exotic place but it will be good packing bags and go to some place for 2-3 days and spend some good time with family.
Earlier people used to go to pilgrimige as vacation but now things are changed. People are happy in worshipping god in their place when god is in our heart and home.

So from earlier days people are following this tradition ; either a piligrim places,exotic location or out of concrete world.

 

I enjoy going on holidays, love being away and switch off from day to day stuff. For me holiday doesn't have to be a long one to get the full benefit. I can easily switch off staying in a hotel near the house...in fact we have done that...stated in a hotel nearby for a long weekend...we all enjoyed it! When the money was tight we have even skipped going on a holiday instead took annual leave together and went on day trips to nearby places, had picnic...that was nice too!

Of course going off for 2 weeks is great as well especially if it's to a nice holiday beach resort. My husband likes to explore when going on holiday so for him the location is important...he loves visiting different places. I like that as well but not as much as staying in a nice hotel with nothing to do.

Going on vacation is good for family because we get to spend time together; away from the hectic life style...having fun together. To me that is the important part

 

Soo true !! Me too from a family where budget was a constraint and did not travel much whereas hubby's family used to manage to their native. As our grandparents and relatives lived in the same city, we did not have access/parents might not have felt the need to travel. Also being two girls, my parents were conservative about us.

But thanks to hubby, he has changed me:thumbsup and we make it a point to take annual vacation and it definitely works like a tonic for refreshing relationships. The 'feel good' factor stays with me even after the vacation is over. I can see myself chilling out with music and talking to friends about it and have a new perspective to deal stress.

I keep editing the pictures taken and update my photos and make collages etc which is a fun after-vacation activity. The latest photos will be on my laptop background and i see it as a new phase.

I remind myself that nature has given us beautiful things around and we should appreciate its beauty and that also works like a hint for me to see the positive side of life....and now....that makes me feel like going for a vacation !!

 

Hi,
Nice idea to have a vacation for a week or two. I can`t even think of 2 weeks vacation. My husband can`t be off from his job for 2 weeks. Before my daughter was born we used to go 2,3 days vacation. Now the entire life is revolving around my dear daughter. It will be good,refreshing and rejuvenating to switch off from the regular,dull life. I have been longing for a long vacation for a long time. Even though finance is not a problem, planning and taking the time off is needed. I hope we will go in this spring to my long awaited place.

 

I don't like traveling or going on holidays:hide:, because I feel its like wasting time I could have used up in studying, organizing my home or relaxing. a week of traveling is like 170 hours out of your life!!....I know I m crazy and I don't want to hold my DH back from having fun. So I do accompany him for trips he sooo enthusiastically plans..and I try to have fun also, and looking at him I genuinely feel happy too..(but I know at night at the resort rooms I end up silently and helplessly counting the number of hours wasted :bonk....).....If I have free time I'd rather watch a movie, or spend time with a math book, take care of myself/my home..or just relax!! But I think traveling to exotic places is like the "in thing"..its like peer pressure, unless you're traveling to exotic places...ur friends think that u don't have a life! (So what if you dont even want to have "a life!:drowning)