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6 Ways To Avoid Losing Touch With Loved Ones On Your Travels
Monday, August 19, 2019 22:52
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If you’re traveling for an extended period of time, it’s all too easy to get wrapped up in your new adventure and forget about friends and family. However, staying in touch with your loved ones while you travel is pretty easy – plus things can change quickly back home, and your loved ones will likely want to hear all about your adventures and live vicariously through you. Below, you’ll find 6 ways to avoid losing touch with loved ones on your travels:
It’s always fun to receive a postcard in the post, so why not send a postcard back home whenever you visit somewhere new? They probably aren’t the best way to keep everybody super informed, but they are fun to send and receive.
2. Get A Phone Especially For Travel
If you’re traveling for an extended period, it’s probably a good idea to get a phone especially for travel. Get a sim card that you can easily top up as you go and use that to stay in touch with the people you love. You probably won’t be spending too much time using your current contract while you travel, so it makes no sense for you to pay a bigger chunk of money each month than you need. Only pay for what you really need when you get a phone especially for travel. If you get a cheaper phone, you won’t be so tempted to spend ages living your life through a screen, either!
3. Set Up A Special Email Address
Having a special email address means you’ll have somewhere all of your travel correspondence is documented. You’ll have emails to and from your friends and family, and even after you get home you can look back on them and smile as you reminisce about your trip. Take a look at how to set up an iCloud email login and you’ll have an easy time of doing this.
4. Use Skype
Skype will help you if you’re feeling homesick, as you get to see the faces of your loved ones and interact that way. It can be better than a phone call, especially since you can Skype multiple people at once and have a group catch up!
5. Start A Blog
How about starting a blog? It may take time, but a travel blog can become profitable. You may be offered free trips and accommodation in exchange for a post, although you’ll need to be consistent. At the very least, you’ll have an online diary of your adventures that you can read through again and again. You might even help others gather the strength to travel too!
6. Create A Whatsapp Group
A whatsapp group is a quick and easy way to stay in touch providing you have an internet connection. Add all of your family to one group and your friends to another, and before you know it, it’ll feel like you never left! This is a great way to stay in the loop while you’re away.
I’d also like to suggest Voxer as an app that you can use for group and individual convos. It’s free an easy, plus it has a time stamp for when you actually sent the message, not when it went through, and you can see where a message was sent by clicking on it and looking at the map. I use this when I’m traveling solo in the states as well, just so everyone knows where I am.
How do you stay in touch with your family and friends when you travel?
Want to read more tips for traveling worldwide on a budget? Check out my blog at Shereen Travels Cheap or find me on Facebook or Twitter. You’ll also find product and website suggestions, packing tips, current deals and a whole lot more to help you travel better for less!
