With only tow weeks left in the city that you have called home for most of your 23 years, you are nostalgic for the best this place has to offer. As you and two friends walked from the restaurant where you had dinner back to your downtown apartment the city was bathed in the golden light that only occurs one time a day. Your conversations ranged from the private carriage tours that were so often a part of high school proms and special birthdays, the growing skyline of the city, and the memories the three of you have enjoyed. Knowing that you are moving 10 hours south, of course, made you even more nostalgic for all of those horse carriage rides and other times when the downtown area was an important part of your life.
Just graduated with a second degree and ready to begin your Big Girl career of being a pediatric nurse, you are more than excited about the new city where you will live, but you know the effort and the time it will take to become this familiar with the streets and best restaurants. You have already checked and booked one of the private carriage tours in the new place where you live, but you also know that without these two lifelong friends along for the ride, the new city will take a while to feel like home.
What Are Your Favorite Memories About the Places Where You Live and the Places Where You Visit?
From private carriage tours in a southern old town like Charleston, South Carolina to the days at the beach in other cities, there are many times when the typical tourist events can have a special draw for locals as well. And even though many of us plan and save for months to take the once or twice a year vacations that our families enjoy, many others are willing to spend some of their time and money vacationing close to home. And during these months of Covid 19 it should come as no surprise that there are more and more people who are vacationing near home and saving their money for longer trips for a time when the health risks return to normal.
Not surprising, nearly 37% of families say that vacations make them happy, which means that vacations are the activity that makes families most happy. Where those vacations take place, however, can vary from one family to the next. Some families, for instance, return again and again to the same rented beach house and enjoy repeating family traditions when they have a chance to get away. Others, however, literally travel the globe in an effort to always see something new when they get a chance to vacation.
Behind the scenes of all of the travelers who are enjoying any break that they can get away from work, of course, is an entire industry that seeks to both lure and entertain out of town guests. In fact, the latest research indicates that one out of nine jobs in America depend on travel and tourism. From the drivers of those private carriage tours to the folks who clean the hotels on the most popular beaches, many people rely on the travel and tour industry. For this reason, when the pandemic abruptly halted travel for so many, local attractions found themselves frantically marketing to locals in an effort to get people to keep their vacation dollars closer to home.
Making the most of the city where you live or the place where you travel is easy if you are willing to slow your pace and enjoy the ride. For example, a horse drawn carriage tour is the perfect way to meet a new city or to reacquaint yourself with the place where you have lived your whole life. The key to enjoying any place, however, is being willing to slow your pace and relax while you learn about the special places that are a part of every city in America. Whether you are walking home from dinner with childhood friends taking in the sunset on a quiet evening or you are with your family visiting a beach town on the east coast, there are plenty of charming spots to enjoy if you relax.
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