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First Vacation Ideas and Tips for You and Your Partner

The time has come where you two are together for good and its time for your first vacation together, well now what?! It is one of the most stressful things you will end up doing, up on the stress list with moving, childbirth and death. Now, not wanting to scare you off with that, it's stressful in a sort of good way, like when you want to make sure everything is perfect and there's no mishaps. Expectations will be high, you both will be having some sudden doubts on the decisions you two made on the subject and once you get to where you two are going there will be only the two of you to focus on. You will be surprised just how fast it will turn into the perfect vacation the two of you will probably ever have, unless you do it again of course, but it's really up to you two just where the vacation goes, it may end up being the worse if you two make it so. Being together alone in some foreign place will polarize the thoughts and behaviors. It can easily put the spot light on the smallest worrying traits you and your partner has and it will put every fine detail into the light of how well you can plan things.
 


Once you two actually check into where ever it is that you're staying, this is when you two will find out just how you two behave as a couple on their own. You may want to think the night will be full of 'tangoing' as you two lay on the beach at night with some wine, or maybe you two will get flight sickness or car sickness and spend the time sick! Maybe you two will enjoy tans or sightseeing, but no matter what, if done right you and your partners love and romance will blossom stronger than ever.

You need to remember that a great relationship comes from planning together, some adjustments as you go on, tons and tons of compromising and a great sense of humor. Do all that and you will be sure to come out with a successful relationship. Relationships ride on compromising together at all times, if you don't that leads to fights, you don't want fights. But if all fails, its best to fail now then after you get married.

So here are some ways you can lower your stress levels, follow the tips and you should be fine.

1. The first vacation together would be better is it is just an extended weekend in another city, explore, see new cultures and dine on new foods. 2. When you two decided on a place for your first vacation you need to make sure its a group effort, don't decide for your partner, you need to do it together to keep it fun. 3. Don't rush having a vacation together so soon. You need to time it just right, spending a vacation together after the first date is dumb. Understand what I'm saying? 4. Keep your expectations at a realistic level in advance of the vacation. Don't expect a few days of heaven, you will only be disappointed . 5. Got to make sure you are good at tolerating things and are open to suggestions and compromising. 6. Remember that a vacation is to relax, and that includes when you are arranging it.

7. The final destination needs to be one that you are both very comfortable with. A one sided vacation will end in disaster. 8. Once again, you need to make sure you don't go on vacation too soon after meeting, you need to be pre used to the person you are going to be spending this time with, and know for sure its someone you want to spend the money on. 9. Before leaving, make sure you two talk in large amounts. It ensures you two are on the same page and at the right understanding levels. 10. Make sure you keep up with your niceness and compliments after the vacation as well, being someone else on the trip will turn your partner off. Stay yourself. 11. Make sure you are well packed personally and make sure you are well prepared. Don't expect your partner to take care of everything. 12. Make sure the room you book has a double bed, not twin beds. 13. You need to make sure you know SOMETHING about the destination before setting everything up, making sure you can surprise your partner is important. 14. Make sure you two talk enough to reveal any doubts your partner may have, and reassure them through the whole thing. 15. When on vacation make sure you show each other how much you care for each other, the rest of the world doesn't matter when on vacation.
aug 17, 2010 | Comment (21)

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Lindamcraven, 33 Aug 17, 2010
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Such an useful article, you have pointed some very important suggestions for making a vacation enjoyable. Thanks

Fidel, 35 Aug 17, 2010
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The place of the vacation is too much important. You mush choose a place for vacation that you both like to go.

Rio Ferdinand, 34 Aug 17, 2010
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fully agreed with Nutty, both need to be compromise the place. A beautiful place makes a vacation more enjoyable.

Mauro, 35 Aug 17, 2010
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All the points seems important to me. If anybody follows this, the vacation will be perfect for anybody. I always pack my things one night before for making sure that everything important goes with me.

Oliver Goodloe, 36 Aug 17, 2010
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Always use the comfortable way for go to vacation place, if its too far then take a airplane journey. And make sure that your partner is also comfortable with this journey.

Gah, 35 Aug 17, 2010
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Oh! last month when i went my vacation, I totally forgot to take the pack of my garments. I had to go shopping and bought some garments and this was so much creepy. grrr

Tyson, 20 Aug 17, 2010
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@ gabriela: oh, this is totally embarrassing. so you have to also spend some extra money. isnt it?

Davis, 35 Aug 17, 2010
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a very nice and useful article. dont except much. cause over expectation can ruin everything.

Sarah, 29 Aug 17, 2010
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well, you have to be conscious about the security of vacation place, cause if you go to an unknown place, security becomes an important issue.

Fidel, 35 Aug 17, 2010
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i just cant forget my first vacation with my husband, its the happiest vacation i ever had.

Stan, 36 Aug 17, 2010
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Nice article indeed, but not all points are important.

Dim, 36 Aug 17, 2010
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I went to paris on my last vacation, it was so enjoyable. I just loved the food of paris.

Deborah, 33 Aug 17, 2010
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Dont forget to take a communication device, such as Mobile phone, it will help you to keep communication alive.

Francis, 35 Aug 17, 2010
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Absolutely agree with point 4, must keep expectation realistic.

Jackie, 35 Aug 17, 2010
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Everytime, my gf plans all about a vacation. cause i dont love to make plans, im only for enjoy. lol

Gwendaberton, 25 Aug 17, 2010
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@ paul: shit man, what r u talking abt... its creepy.

Kate, 26 Aug 17, 2010
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guys, share your best vacation, i wanna hear it.

Nadir Donovan, 26 Aug 17, 2010
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guys, what is your best vacation you ever had? my best vacation is with my bf jimmie, it was last year on los angels.

Murad Sinclair, 25 Aug 17, 2010
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@ anna: my best vacation was with my husband, we had a superb vacation on malaysia.

Yakov, 35 Aug 17, 2010
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I cant even remember the best vacation, every vacation is enjoyable for me.

Alex, 36 Aug 17, 2010
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12. Make sure the room you book has a double bed, not twin beds. - Very important issue, i've a bad experience about this. X(

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