# Travel Mates


I am blessed to have had great adventures with great people. Travelling can be stressful and if you are with people that don't match your style then it can be a real challenge. We have a couple friends that enjoy the slow travel like us, they aren't so much into jam packed schedules, but are wanderers and day planners. We match perfectly as travel companions because we don't have to follow a constant time schedule and we can split up our adventures without someone being hurt.

{{< cloudinary src="mt/20260627-mates-1" alt="Travel companions enjoying a moment together" width="1200" caption="Great adventures with great people" >}}

Sometimes we all get together and sometimes we each seek out our own adventure. We are not late night people and all enjoy a great meal together at the end of the day! Usually planning for the next day through dinner. It's not to say that we don't have preliminary plans like accommodations, a list of would likes and the most important an open mind. Things don't always go as planned. Sometimes a great idea doesn't quite work out. How did you react? How did your travel mates react? Just because they are great friends does not mean necessarily that they would make great travel companions.

A few questions to ask yourself when deciding to travel with people: Are we…

1. Booking together or separate? (i.e. Can you share accommodations with them?)
2. Early birds or night owls? (Do you respect each others morning/night routines?)
3. Scheduled or do we like to wing it?
4. Foodies or do we grab and go?
5. Walkers or do we taxi everywhere?
6. Historians or adventure seekers?
7. Go go go or do we prefer leisure time?
8. Complainers or do we go with the flow? (We all complain but what are your limits and is this a public display? Or do we keep the peace at all cost? Both can disrupt the enjoyment of travel)
9. Budget friendly or budget busters?
10. Clean organized or Dirty disorganized?

If you ask yourself these questions and if you can meet somewhere in the middle, then I believe you will have a great trip. Find your people, venture out, and explore this beautiful world and if you can take along a couple of great travel mates all the better.

{{< cloudinary src="mt/20260627-statue-santorni" alt="Statue in Santorini, Greece" width="1200" caption="Exploring the world together" >}}

{{< cloudinary src="mt/20260627-statue" alt="Ancient statue during travels" width="1200" caption="Shared discoveries" >}}

{{< cloudinary src="mt/20260628-castle" alt="Castle view from travels" width="1200" caption="Making memories" >}}

Yours full of wanderlust, Ms. Mindful Traveller