By: Courtney Humes, Follow Your Shine

CAN WELLNESS TRAVEL REALLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE? IT CHANGED MINE.

At the time, I did not know what wellness travel was, or realize the impact wellness-inspired activities and destinations could have. I was young, just graduated from college, and was feeling unhappy in my home city. I was looking for answers on what path to take in life and just knew it was time for a change.

So, I packed my car and headed west. The final destination was Banff, Alberta, Canada. When I arrived and first saw those Canadian Rockies mountains I was in true awe. I had never seen anything like it. They made me feel so small. At that moment, my fears, stress, and worries subsided. I realized there are so many things to explore, see, and do in this life. That I was just one tiny piece of this wide-open world and the small things troubling me were likely insignificant. That moment changed my perspective forever.

Since then, I have incorporated wellness into every trip I have...

By Kayla Ihrig of Writing From Nowhere

Nothing fuels wanderlust like seeing influencers posting pictures of gorgeous highlight after highlight, making it seem like they’re skipping across the world experiencing everything.

The photos are amazing, but we all know that it’s an illusion: no one is everywhere. Photo sessions are batched, and the jet-setting lifestyle isn’t as experiential as it looks. There’s a better way to see everything: it’s called slow travel, and it’s the answer to all of your travel goals.

Slow travel allows you to travel longer and get to know the culture of your location on a much deeper level. At the heart of slow travel is the urge to see more of less and travel longer.

There are also 5 little perks that will make slow travel the most memorable type of travel you experience.
 
1. You Benefit The Local Community More

Fast travel demands a certain level of convenience that isn’t required of slow travel. For example,...

Written by Leslie Campos

For many people, vacations are annual summer affairs carefully planned for when the kids are off school and work isn’t quite as hectic. For families with busy schedules and plenty of personal responsibilities, that’s a long time to wait. This is especially true if you run your own company.

Weekend getaways are a delightful breath of fresh air, but they can be tough to plan and may, considering airfare and accommodations, be prohibitively expensive. Fortunately, the advent of budget airlines and online tools like Airbnb.com and VRBO have altered the way many people think about travel. With a budget-conscious mindset and a little know-how and planning, The Travel Coach Network shares how you can make weekend trips a regular part of your yearly vacation agenda.

Leave work behind

No matter what you plan for your weekend, it won’t be enjoyable if you are stuck answering important phone calls about your business. As the boss of your company,...

When you hear the term “Travel Coach”, you may initially think it means a “Travel Agent”.  I can completely understand why. Travel coaching is a newer concept. When I started my wellness travel coaching business over 4 years ago, there was little to no one talking about it.  That doesn’t mean that no one was doing it though.  I have countless people throughout the years who have said that they have been a travel coach for years or that they were doing it but just didn’t know what it could be called.

Since travel coaching has grown tremendously in the past few years, especially after the pandemic has shined a bright light on the value that travel has on our personal and work life, I have come to learn that there are several definitions of what a travel coach is or does.

Some of the definitions that I have heard are people who coach travel agents or simply, someone who still just plans and books trips.

But that’s...