Travel Savings Means Real Money To Retirees

Time is money and money is time. The more you have of the one, the less you need of the other. In retirement you'll have more time to travel and save money, because costs at a resort vacation retreat are often less expensive than costs at home (especially if you're living in a metropolitan area). And costs beyond our borders are usually less than in the U.S. The longer you stay, the less it costs. And you can take advantage of low-cost, off-season travel bargains when you have the flexible travel schedule that retirement allows. Here are other reasons why you might want to travel in retirement:

• Break a routine. Travel gets you out of the rut of a do nothing' retirement, gives you new challenges and opportunities, makes you think and plan.

• Gain a new perspective of yourself. Travel takes you away from familiar surroundings and familiar people and introduces you to interesting new places and people–and they to you. This helps you gain a fresh perspective of your life.

• Gain a sense of personal history. ancestors. This helps to give you a shedding a preconceived image of the our own country. We owe it to sense of your 'old country" ourselves to visit the land of our place in this world, whether by or by gaining a new perspective on

• Strengthen your hobby. Wouldn't it be more interesting to play golf at St. Andrew's in Scotland? Paint along the banks of the Seine? Take pictures at the Vatican? For people who participate–those with hobbies, special interests or adventurous spirits. Remember travel means the excitement of new places, people and experiences.