Travel Truths I Didn't Expect After Becoming an Empty Nester

When my kids were little, I used to dream about the day we'd become empty nesters. Not because I wanted them gone {although there were certain days!}, but because I imagined what life would look like once we weren't tied to school calendars, sports schedules, and PTA meetings. Since we had our kids when we were still in college, we didn't get any of that time to enjoy traveling just the two of us, so we were excited to get to experience that as well once the kids were grown. 

I pictured spontaneous weekend getaways, off season trips to Europe, and hopping on a plane whenever airfare dropped.

And while some of that has absolutely come true, there were a few travel truths I never saw coming. 

If you're approaching the empty nest years, or if you're already there, here are some of the biggest surprises I've discovered about traveling after your kids leave home. 

0

What It's Really Like After the Kids Leave Home: Reflections of an Empty Nester

Transitioning to an empty nest is a huge milestone in a parent's life. It kind of feels like this goal you've been working towards from the minute you started the clock on parenting. As young parents who didn't have a lot of time to experience adulthood without kids, it was something we were very much looking forward to as the next milestone in our own relationship. One of the biggest questions we get from those people who aren't far behind us, or who may be really far behind us and in the trenches of parenthood is, "what is your life like now, or how has your life changed since you became empty nesters?" Here are a few of the things I've noticed from personal experience in the past few years.

0