Are You Planning Your Next Trip, Even If You Don’t Know It?

Think you aren’t planning anything because your next vacation is months away? Think again. Our brains unconsciously crave travel, leading us to subtly plan future getaways in everyday moments. Indeed, are you planning your next trip, even if you don’t know 1t?

Even during the doldrums of winter or amid a busy work season, you likely experience micro-moments of trip planning outside your awareness:

– Pausing on an enticing travel advertisement
– Mentally noting an appealing resort you drive past
– Daydreaming about your dream destination
– Getting swept up in wanderlust by an Instagram geo-tag
– Reading a news article about an emerging destination
– Meeting someone at a party and quizzing them on their latest trip

Amandari Uluwatu, Bali

These small instances plant seeds, gradually compiling preferences and perspectives that inform your next trip’s planning when the time finally nears.

So while you may feel no conscious trip on your horizon, your brain is gathering inspiration in ways you don’t even notice. Keep this in mind next time you catch yourself admiring a travel commercial or googling a far-flung place that intrigued you. It’s all part of the secret travel planning your brain does for you in the background.

The next time you declare to someone “I’m not planning any trips!” – reconsider. Your brain likely is, just not on your immediate radar yet. But one day, you may find yourself in that destination you can’t recall ever explicitly planning or choosing, yet realising it perfectly suits the hidden wanderlust wishes your brain gently gathered over time.

So embrace every micro-moment of travel inspiration, even when no getaway is scheduled. You are planning your next amazing, if still undefined, journey in ways you don’t even realise.

To Your Success!

Bert Bykes @ Contact