Traveling is like eating

What I have discovered is, there are similarities between traveling and eating.  Have you ever  noticed, the better quality food is and the easier it is to get, the more you want of it.  For instance, I remember an all you can eat restaurant by the name of King's Table.  The food was okay and you could eat all you wanted, but because it wasn't great, all you want becomes less than one might expect.  Of course one enjoys the food, but not as much as if it were, for example, the buffet at the Atlantic, or Harrah's, or the Silver Legacy, in Reno.  One has to pay more for the better quality foods, but if there is a way of reducing the cost and still getting the same high quality, one can enjoy it even more.

It is the same with travel.  It is enjoyable to jump in a car and take trips to less expensive destinations and staying in low cost lodging.  Traveling to resorts at higher expense is, without a doubt, more enjoyable.  It costs a lot more, but the results make it worthwhile, if you can come up with the funds.  On the other hand, if you can take the higher cost trips to resort locations for a greatly reduced cost, the trip ends up being even more enjoyable.  We recently went on a cruise that underscores that point.  We received an email from vacationstogo.com telling us of a last minute cruise at a deep discount.  The offer was for a 14 day cruise for only $400 per person.  We decided to bite the bullet and charged the cruise, knowing it would take several months to pay it off, because the 14 day cruise and eight island ports would give us a sorely needed reprieve from other issues we were dealing with.  We enjoyed the cruise immensely, just as if we had paid the full amount for the cruise.  Actually, we feel we enjoyed it more, because we were getting the full effect of an expensive trip while paying far less for it.

I will be writing a couple articles I will be posting to this blog, in the near future.  I can tell you with certainty, though, as we find these low cost deals and find the time to take these trips, we are thoroughly enjoying high quality travel and deeply discounted prices.

Stay tuned and feel free to write me at normre49@gmail.com if you have any questions I might be able to help with.  All feedback is welcome.