Pack Your Patience!

Want to hear how my week has been going?

 

My kids have been back in school for less than 2 weeks and already we have had 1 home with a cold for 5 days and 3 home for 3 straight days due to their school’s air conditioning being broken…I can’t even make this stuff up at this point!

 

But parenting and traveling in this COVID-era has taught me to always be flexible and try my best to be patient…it can be really hard some days.

 

Trying to make the most of having the kids home, I decided to book passport appointments for them so I wouldn’t have to pull them out of school because passport appointments are only available from 9:00am-2:00pm?!?

 

Coffee-fueled and practicing deep breathing, we took 4 small children to the Post Office this morning to ‘sit still’ for an hour long appointment. I was highly optimistic that I was as prepared as I could be…well that was silly!

 

Much like everything these days, the passport appointment went sideways real quick and my husband and I went into triage mode to be able to get all the t’s crossed and i’s dotted on all of the paperwork times 4 within the allotted 1 hour timeframe. Oh yes, and trying to get small kids to not smile but not frown in a passport picture is painstakingly hilarious!

 

Thankfully, we feel good-ish that we got everyone’s birthday’s and birthplaces correct but I’m preparing myself for anything these days!

 

So my advice is simple…pack your patience daily, be prepared and CHECK YOUR PASSPORT to make sure it isn’t up for renewal! 

 

Many countries will not even allow you to enter if your passport will expire in 6 months AND passport processing time is now 18 WEEKS and still 8-10 WEEKS even if you expedite!

NEED TO RECHARGE?

Of course you do!

 

After the roller coaster of the past two years, more and more travelers are adding WELLNESS TRAVEL to the top of their lists. The purpose of WELLNESS TRAVEL is to truly focus on rebooting your overall health, both mentally and physically. This type of travel has several benefits – precious moments of relaxation and rejuvenation blended with physical activities, nutritious food, wellness spas and therapies.

 

Sound like something you could benefit from? Check out some of our top recommended spots for WELLNESS TRAVEL and give us a call to figure out which might be best for you:

• Carillon Miami Wellness Resort – Fronted by Miami’s largest stretch of private beach, this elegant retreat focuses on mindful living with an integrative program of holistic spa therapies, wellness medicine, exercise, and healthy eating. Meet with a nutritionist, test for food allergies, get acupuncture, and restore balance with non-invasive, healing energy; the European thermal experience ranges from a rooftop hydro spa to Miami’s only igloo.

 

• BodyHoliday – Reinvigorate your body, release your mind, and reignite your spirit at this luxury resort in Saint Lucia. The all-inclusive, 155-room resort will personalize your vacation around the tenets of relaxation, restoration, exercise, and diet. Allow the experts at BodyHoliday to design a program around your yoga practice, weight loss goal, or overcoming limitations by, say, rappelling down a river gorge. Being set on a secluded, white-sand cove, lends itself to endless water sports, including sailing lessons.

 

• Miraval Berkshires – Situated on 380 acres of stunning New England landscape in Lenox, Massachusetts, the Miraval Berkshires is the newest addition to the Miraval brand. This inspired sanctuary offers a host of insightful wellness experiences and mindful offers to guide you on your journey to Life in Balance. The entire resort is interconnected with windowed, heated passageways, allowing you to stay in your robe for mindful indoor exploration. Join a beekeeper at the onsite apiary or take a tour of the organic garden to taste freshly sprouted herbs, fetch fresh eggs, or forage for mushrooms.

 

• Canyon Ranch Tucson – Across four decades, Canyon Ranch Tucson has redefined health, pioneering a brand of destination resorts that promises you the most valuable destination of all: true well-being of mind, body and spirit. You’ll find new pathways curated with the most impactful ways to lasting health, energy, joy, and peace. In the striking Santa Catalina Mountains, you’ll quickly feel the healing energy that surrounds you. Welcome to an all-inclusive getaway that renews, inspires, and helps you create a healthy living plan for life.

 

• The Retreat Costa Rica – Among the soothing rhythms of nature and the stunning views of the tropical Costa Rican rainforest valley, sits this luxury wellness retreat. Whether you’re being pampered at Vida Mía, the luxury Ayurvedic Healing Spa, nourished by a daily yoga class with one of the resident teachers, or savoring the organic, garden-fresh cuisine sourced from the crystal quartz mountainside, The Retreat Costa Rica is mindfully designed to strengthen, nourish, and renew you — carrying you from wherever you are – to wherever you wish to be!