What a ride the last year and a half has been. One good thing that came out is people are now opening up to experience new terrains. Being cooped up inside their homes for over 18 months has forced them to crave going outside, even if it’s just for a stroll in the neighborhood until taking a vacation becomes possible. And now, wellness vacations are a fast-growing trend.
The whole attitude towards traveling has completely turned around on it. Even those who were never keen on traveling are now planning getaways for a change of scenario. While some countries are still under lockdown, others are slowly opening up.
Wellness Vacations Are Growing in Popularity
In this situation, wellness travel has emerged as one of the most popular trends post-COVID. While some are taking it up as a means to recover from lockdown fatigue, others are looking at it to get away from the monotony. Here are the top 5 tips to get the best out of your wellness travel plan.
Do Your Research
One of the first steps is to decide where you would like to travel. The first thing to consider is whether you would like to travel to a cold escape or tropical resort. Next is to decide whether you want to travel far away or look for weekend getaways for your wellness retreat.
Know the weather so you can optimize your wellness vacation
Knowing the weather at your wellness destination plays a huge role in the success of your wellness travel. You wouldn’t want to reach your destination just to realize it’s snowing or facing a heavy downpour that’s likely to put a halt to your wellness program.
For a positive state of mind and an uninterrupted retreat, it’s better to choose the best time to visit based on the weather in that particular location. Therefore, before deciding on the location of your wellness vacation, check out the weather around the time of your planned vacation, weekly forecast, and more. You can also get additional information like air quality or pollen spread on a weather website, like https://www.tomorrow.io/weather/.
Check The Quality of The Wellness Center
Next up, research the wellness center available at your preferred locations. Ideally, a good wellness center should provide world-class accommodations, fine dining, and wellness training provided by qualified professionals to help you reach your goals.
Stay True To Your Resolution
Realistically, a wellness retreat is more of a commitment towards a healthy lifestyle with bonus hospitality thrown in.
The focus of a wellness vacation should be to commit to jumpstarting the path towards optimal mental and physical health. Once you decide on your wellness retreat, make the bookings in full and buy plane tickets to and from the retreat.
This will help you stay true to your commitment to regaining pre-COVID mental health and an optimal lifestyle. Once you have affirmed your commitment towards your health, you will have an open mind, determination to follow through, and willingness to learn, which will play a crucial role in making your wellness retreat successful.
Set Your Goals
After committing to the retreat, the next step is to work out the goals you want to achieve from your retreat. It could be treating the pent-up stress and anxiety from being cooped up over a year and a half, losing weight, or any other goal that you want to achieve. Setting up goals before you embark on the journey will play a good role in your quest for a healthy lifestyle.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there are five conditions to consider when setting up wellness retreat goals. The CDC calls them SMART, an acronym for specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-related.
In layman’s terms, set goals specific about what needs to be achieved and measured in quantifiable indicators. Additionally, set goals that are realistic and are within your capacity to achieve. Ensure that the goals you are setting are relevant to the cause at hand, like dealing with pandemic stress. Lastly, set time-defined goals to keep track of the progress.
Research Background Of The Wellness Coaches
Your goals are as good as a comb to a bald person if you don’t find a wellness vacation with qualified experts to help you achieve them.
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Look for retreats with staff with the required qualifications, training, and experience in the wellness service they are offering.
Do your diligence and verify the history and qualifications of practitioners at the place you are visiting. Remember, you are placing your health (mental and physical) and well-being in the hands of strangers.
Most wellness treatments involve some level of risk, and knowing how good these experts are will give a sense of security. This, in turn, will allow you to stay focused on the goals instead of dealing with a sense of insecurity regarding the outcome.
Take-Along A Wellness Travel Mate
Be rest assured that you’ll meet many like-minded people at the wellness retreat with the same goals as you. However, having someone by your side who knows you and supports you will be an extra motivating factor for achieving your goals.
For couples, a wellness retreat can be a life-changing experience. Together you can commit to healthier life choices, and the time spent together to achieve the goal will only strengthen the bond you share. If your better half is unable to join you on the retreat due to some unavoidable circumstances, take along someone who has known you all your life, like a family member or your childhood friend.
It’s all about having the support and encouragement of a loved one, which can make all the difference in your journey towards mental and physical well-being. Remember, any journey is more rewarding when you have a loved one along for the ride, and a wellness retreat is no different. It also helps that upon your return from the retreat, that person will ensure you stay on track with what you have learned.
Now that you’re armed with the knowledge of how to best plan your post-COVID wellness trip, go ahead and book yourself a retreat. Times have been challenging, and you’ve earned yourself a retreat; make the best of it. Good luck!
Who Is The Author?
Nikki Gabriel
Nikki Gabriel has about 12 years of experience in digital marketing and business operations. Connecting people and sharing thoughts is something she loves to do.
