Stressed out? Travel Therapy aims to relax you by providing various trip suggestions to help you decompress.
Photo by Lola Akinmade
Overview
The driving assumption of Travel Therapy is that you–a stressed out female reader–need a break. You’ve got relationship, work, or health problems (or worse, all three) and you just need to get away– “change your attitude by changing your environment,” as the author says.
Realizing this, the author has put together a quiz-based approach to help you decide what type of vacation you need, and then offers a menu of options about destinations and activities that would fulfill your specific needs.
It’s an approach that isn’t likely to appeal to most Matador readers– check out our community members’ profiles and you’ll see that most don’t have any lack of ideas about where they want to go or what they want to do– but perhaps it works for some women.
Verdict
Travel Therapy is a pretty book, with glossy pages and enticing photos.
But it’s loaded with exclamation marks and cliches that might turn off the seasoned traveler.
If you’re really stymied about where to go on your next trip or what kind of getaway you need, then this book might be a useful place to start.
But you could get even more varied ideas just by hanging around Matador for a while.
Contest Giveaway
Where’s the most therapeutic place you’ve ever been? What place helped you wash your blues away?
Post a link to a photo of the place that blissed you out and a short description of its therapeutic qualities by midnight on Thursday, June 11 PST.
We’ll pick our favorite and give away a copy of Travel Therapy. We’ll also feature the photos on Matador Trips.
Community Connection
Want to know more about travel therapy? Head over to Brave New Traveler for our interview with author Karen Schaler.
About the Author
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Never been anywhere. Stuck in Florida my entire life..BooHoo. Sent my son to Europe last year.
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The beaches inside Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica. You have to pay to enter the park, so it stays much cleaner than the public beaches in Manuel Antonio. The day I was there, it was closed when I arrived in the morning, but by the afternoon they had opened it with free entry, but by that time people had left, so the park was really empty and it was like our own private beach!
The pic:
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I find Bali very therapeutic. It can be very hectic & the traffic is sometimes horrendous (especially around the main tourist areas) but there’s something about the charm and grace of the Balinese, the enchanting scenery and temples, and the amazing spas (the concept was probably invented there!) that I find absolutely soothing. Sinking my feet into the cool sand of Jimbaran or Seminyak with a cold beer and a lobster platter while watching the sunset is my idea of bliss!
This pic was taken in Jimbaran: http://www.twitpic.com/6mstx/full
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After cycling 4000 km and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro there is no better place to relax than Nungwi, Zanzibar. Turquoise waters, fresh seafood and sandy beaches that reach far out to sea at low tide will wash your blues away and rejuvenate you for the road ahead. Here is my photo of zen.
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While traveling South East Asia things can get pretty hectic. Touts will hassle you, the traffic will test your nerves and the noise can drive you crazy. In Thailands far south on the Malaysian border the small island of Ko Lipe will take you away from it all, where you can relax on the beach and enjoy the serenity. Here is my photo of bliss.
http://www.picturetheplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/kolipeprint.jpg
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My most therapeutic place to visit is the beach. We try to go to the beach in FL. each year. Please include me in your giveaway.
Thanks
carlene
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I want to escape somewhere where there is nothing to do but look at the sky- the water and sleep- a beach is great- but being in the mountains in a cabin with a breeze and a beautiful sunset woudl be awesome too
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The most perfect day I’ve ever had was in Bourgas, Bulgaria, and I spent a large portion of the day at the beach there…good food, gorgeous day, just wonderful.
emvark at gmail dot com
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