On the last day of my trip, there is always a little bit of excitement. I’m excited to sleep in my own bed again, have access to all of my things, see my friends and family. But as I sit in traffic on the last leg of the trip home, I overwhelmingly feel dread.
Traveling is such an amazing experience. To me, it is all about experiencing new cultures and places. To me, it’s about finding new places that I could potentially call home one day. Some trips leave me with less dread than others, some locations could just simply never be home. But the ones I get emotionally attached to are so hard to leave.
Because I’m leaving them to come home to a place I’m not exactly thrilled about. And I’m immediately thrown back into the real world of bills, work, and mediocrity. Traveling doesn’t always feel like a vacation where I can put my butt in the sand and not move for 5 days and come home feeling relaxed. But it is always a vacation from real life.
The post travel blues hit me hard for a couple of days, it’s like jet lag, and then eventually I adjust. Then I begin counting down the days until I can put that out of office up again and feel free for a while. That’s what paid time off is for, right?
Rosie Culture 
I feel ya on the post travel blues. I always am so excited to get home and see my cats but then I dread getting back into my normal work routine after a great vacation. 😔 lol at least until I start planning for the next vacation.
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same!! I am counting down the days until christmas vacation lol
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I think everyone has post vacation/travel blues. You get used to a new routine and new things to see and you find that you aren’t jazzed about coming back to your normal life.
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yes, I wrote a piece about the Re-entery is always difficult. I feel it every time I travel.
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I know the feeling well. It helps me to get planning my next trip straight away and to focus on the things I’ve missed the most – especially my comfy bed!! I wrote an article you may be interested in… https://theglobetrottergp.com/2017/12/16/10-ways-to-cope-with-the-travel-blues/
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Oooh I will check it out!
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I have that exact feeling at the moment and can’t wait to book my next trip away! Where’s your favourite place that you’ve visited? I’ve started a blog about some of the places I’ve visited and cool stuff you can do whilst you’re there if you’re interested in having a look! http://themapprojectsite.wordpress.com
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I will take a look! So far my favorite places have been Toronto, Iceland, and Vermont!
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The post travel blues are so real!! I went travelling in America for three months last year and by the end I was so excited to go home, sleep in my own bed, and see family. After about a week I started getting that “I don’t belong here I belong out there” feeling! Just makes you more motivated to book a trip!
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Yes!! I just got back from a trip and I was dying to get home, now that I’m back I can’t wait to leave again
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This post inspired me so much that i wrote a piece on how to deal with the blues if you fancy checking it out!
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just got back from my trips and this is too relatable!
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Love this post! Before going travelling I laughed at the idea of post-travel blues as I couldn’t imagine loving anywhere more than home and ended up struggling through my days upon my return! Crazy how freedom makes you realise that you weren’t that free to begin with 🌝
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Definitely! I especially feel weird about it because I’m always so ready to leave vacations then so sad when I settle back into my life
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Facts, Rosie. I suffer from this, every time I come back to New York . I used to dread it a lot when I knew I had to come back to go to work the next day, but now that I’m retired, it’s worse! I wrote a post about it last year . Give it a look when you get the chance . Thanks for the follow btw. https:// sportsandtravelblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/16-what-happens-when-that-30-plus-teams-tour-is-over.
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I will check it out! 🙂
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just got back from an 11 week backpacking trip I am definitely in the blues as we speak 😦 check us out!
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