But, as I recently learned the hard way, something major has changed in the way we experience vacations: we just don't do "down time" anymore, not really.
We tend to judge long experiences (vacations, say) by averaging, more or less, the most intense moment and the end.
We're the posterchild for poor health," Peters told The Huffington Post, explaining how her experiences vacationing on the Vineyard since childhood turned into a study published in the Journal of Women & Aging last month.
What an awesome way to experience a vacation!
In some cases, joining a class can help keep your spirits buoyed, such as cooking, dance or art classes that reflect the cultural experience your vacation brought you into contact with.
Ms. Sharma, who is also the chairwoman for the National Volunteers Council, said that the idea of including a volunteer experience in vacations is gaining ground "among families and single people who want something more than a typical getaway".
I'm disappointed that you never explored the other point of view: that of the millions of people who've had wonderful experiences in vacation rentals and who wouldn't have it any other way.
THE city often makes these small visits to different corners of the earth seem more real than the actual ones, perhaps because in New York, we see and experience the vacations and journeys we have taken as a single flash of recollection.
But if Tours, where Bonnefoy was born, was "associated with negative experiences", a vacation village to the south offered "images of plenitude", a low door on to a garden where "the fruits had begun to ripen … and I almost wept with a sense of belonging".
And if you party too hard on your trip or experience any vacation-related health issues, that may also throw off your pill's effectiveness.
