How Planning Future Travel Can Boost Happiness
- Jean Dailey
- Sep 18, 2020
- 1 min read
New research shows that trip planning can in fact lift our spirits, that just making future travel plans can boost our spirits, energy, and well-being.
A survey of 263 U.S.-based adults conducted August 21–24, 2020, and commissioned by a coalition of travel companies, revealed that 97 percent of people feel that having a trip planned actually makes them happier, while 71 percent report having more energy when they have a trip planned for within the next six months.
According to happiness researcher Michelle Gielan, founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research, who oversaw the study, “Booking a trip—even just getting it on the calendar—might be the very thing we need to restore our emotional immune system after months of mounting uncertainty and stress.”
“After a couple of fully housebound months, we planned a night away. With our usual four walls closing in fast, it was immensely cheering to just think about a change of scene, let alone hit the road and experience it.”
https://www.afar.com/magazine/how-planning-future-travel-can-boost-happiness?
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