Its Monday morning and you have just returned from a 10 day vacation.  At that moment it hits you.  You have so much work to catch up on that you will probably have to work at home and on the weekend for the foreseeable future just to get back to the point you were at before your vacation.  Suddenly, this vacation has added additional stress to your life and almost instantly, the relaxed state you were in at the end of the vacation is gone.

This is a  feeling for professionals,  who have demanding Jobs that require constant attention.  So what is the solution to this?  Weekend getaways that can put you in the same relaxed state but in shorter two to four day “weekend getaways”.  In today’s age where travel by air is cheap, and for the most part convenient, places that once seemed out or reach for a getaway are now within reach.  The only barrier is the mindset that makes us think these trips are silly.

This blog will provide the experiences on these weekend getaways, and show that the same benefits of long vacations can be obtained in these mini-vacations.  The only downside, the cost, but what do we work for anyway?

That being said lets talk logistics.  Living on the east coast, the common reaction when we tell friends we are flying to Los Angeles for the weekend is saying “are you crazy?”  The answer is no.  With airline tickets around $350 for a roundtrip coach ticket, traveling over 4,000 miles is definitely financially within reach.  Sure the flight will be around 6 hours but when you arrive at your destination, its two full days of relaxation.  Two days of soaking in the Southern California sunshine and taking in all of the food LA has to offer and you will quickly forget about the stresses of life back home.  A quick return flight and you’re back to work on Monday morning, refreshed, with no need to catch up on work the next weekend.

Sometimes getting away is just what the doctor ordered.  So why are you not planning your next weekend getaway?

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