Now is Your Time

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It is lovely to read about all of the places that you can go to, now is your time!

If you want to say YES to your next trip and planning stops you in your tracks, this is the right place. There are many reasons we let barriers get in the way of making our dreams come true or checking things off our bucket list.

I made a conscious decision long ago to live my life with few regrets.

Making that decision has meant that there are choices and sometimes risks to make this a reality. I have found that the rewards have been worth it for me.

Live life with no regrets

I don’t mean to get morbid. However, losing over 500,000 souls has traumatized us all collectively in the last year.

Trauma has made us look at life differently and realize that life is a journey; tomorrow is not promised. Now is your time.

Looking at a list of 5 regrets collected over many years for people in their final stage might be a reminder.
1. Wishing “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”
2. Thinking “I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.”
3. If  only “I’d dared to express my feelings.”
4. Saying to yourself, “I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.”
5. “I wish that I had let myself be happier.”

This is Your Time

Often, we have feelings of regret and disappointment and believe that today’s life would be better or happier if we had done something differently in the past.

Isn’t it funny how tomorrow looks better than today when it comes to getting things done?

We put off doing those things that are so important for us. We lie to ourselves and say we will do them later, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. It’s time to stop fooling around. This is your life.

To help make your travel dreams come true, I have put together a short resource list of women-owned businesses.

These business owners share my vision for making travel easy and enjoyable for women over 50.

I know many women who have the money but not the time to put a trip together. Let’s not live with any more regrets.

Here is a list of travel advisors, travel apps, and other resources that can be helpful as you decide to make your post-pandemic travel plans.

It is time to fulfill the promise, now is your time! Women-owned businesses provide these services.

Helpful Travel Resources

1. Blanco Travels – A full-service luxury Travel Agency. Specializing in Destination Birthday Celebrations. They look forward to helping you create the most memorable birthday adventures. Blanco Travels their mission is to bring your Destination Birthday visions to life. A. Lynn Blanco, Owner
2. LaVon Travel & Lifestyle – Tiffany Layne, Founder. Her passion lies in bringing the best in luxury travel and exquisite client service to elevate the modern jetsetter’s experience.
3. Overton Travel – Lori Overton created Overton Travel to offer well-planned tours that include an array of unique experiences at an exceptional value. If you dream of basking in the Caribbean sun, indulging in a croissant in a Parisian cafe or watching a lion roam the jungle, she turns your dreams into fond memories.
4. Selfishmetravel – SelfishMe Travel LLC is a full-service travel company specializing in designing personalized & stress-free Culinary (food, wine, beer & liquor), Golf, and Spa vacations for women as a solo traveler or in small groups. Danielle Lewis, Owner.
5. WeGolightly – WeGolightly is an invite-only private club providing a vacation rental and home-sharing platform for women. All Golightly properties are owned or managed by women in over 75 countries. Bookings are only made by women within the network, though they can travel with whomever they wish: Victoria O’Connell, Owner. Please request a unique code to become a member betty@lifeisajourneyescapes.com.
6. TripAdvisor: Guide to Female Solo Travel–Resource for research and travel ideas; I use this like Yelp (restaurant guide) to read reviews and find out what honest people have to say about activities and accommodations.

In a previous article, I gave some travel tips for safety and other considerations in your planning.  When traveling with friends, I am usually the designated planner and researcher.

According to my friends and family who travel with me, this is not a job anyone else competes. With the list of travel advisors, I want you to have everything you need to take the first step. Now is your time. Tomorrow is not promised. Live in the moment.

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase; just take the first step.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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