5 Reasons to Book a Longer Vacation

A point in every traveller’s life when you realise that a three day getaway and rushed weekends just aren’t cutting it anymore. You blink twice and suddenly you’re back at work wondering if the trip even happened or if you dreamt the whole thing in a caffeine induced haste. You could be eyeing a long stay RV park or planning a month in a hammock somewhere tropical, but a longer vacation might be exactly what your soul and your sanity needs. Let’s take a look at some of the most sensible reasons we can think of to stretch that trip out for longer than a weekend.

You finally get to actually relax.

Short trips are great, but by the time your body starts relaxing, you’re about to go home again. The first 2 days of a trip are just your brain trying to remember how to stop thinking about emails and your nervous system resetting. By the time you begin to unwind, you’re packing again. A longer holiday gives your mind and body time to decompress, which you desperately need. You’ll be able to ease into vacation mode instead of crash landing into it, and your shoulders will drop, your jaw will unclench, and you’ll stop mentally drafting replies to messages that haven’t even been sent yet.

There’s no rushing with the exploration.

Short trips can often feel like a race against the clock to pack as much in as possible. You must see this. You must do that. You must eat here. Longer vacations allow you to experience a destination at a human pace. If you want to linger in a cafe for two hours because the pastries are flirting with you, it’s not a problem.

You actually save money

It sounds backwards, but longer trips can often be cheaper per day. Weekly or monthly rental rates for accommodation are almost better value. Transport costs are spread out and you can cook or shop locally instead of eating out for every meal like a panicked tourist. Slow travel means fewer taxi fares, fewer pricey last minute decisions and more opportunities to choose budget friendly options. It’s like turning your holiday into a slow cooked savings stew. Delicious and yet economical.

You’re actually going to feel the culture.

Culture isn’t something you can fully absorb between airport transfers. When you stay longer, you become part of the scenery, you start recognising local faces and you learn shortcuts. You’ll know which bakery does the best morning rolls and which cafe understands your coffee order.Your future self is going to thank you dramatically.

Picture future you glowing, rested, mysterious, longer vacations give you stories, space, stillness and a glow. You also collect enough happy memories to get you through the next three office crises. It’s the type of trip that sticks with you, the kind that makes you say that it was worth taking the time for.

Plan the longer trip, stretch it, luxuriate in it. Because your calendar will recover, your inbox will survive, and your soul will thrive as a result.