There are occasions once you desire a trip that challenges you. However there are different occasions once you crave a well-recognized scene, a traveler’s model of consolation meals.
What’s it that brings folks again to the identical vacation spot many times?
Charlotte Russell, a Manchester-based medical psychologist and founder/editor of the Journey Psychologist weblog, didn’t see worth in visiting the identical place twice when she was in her 20s, however as she obtained older, her opinion modified.
Now certainly one of her most frequent locations is Seville, a brief, direct flight from her residence airport. Nonetheless, her journey cadence is strategic. “I don’t wish to spoil the connection I’ve to the place by visiting too often,” she says. “For me, as soon as each few years appears to be about ‘proper.’” As soon as there, she savors “the attractive buildings, the orange bushes, the smells and flavors of the meals,” having fun with the possibility to get to know the tradition extra deeply than a one-time customer would possibly.
Then once more, Russell acknowledges, perhaps we are able to by no means actually go to the identical place twice.
So says psychology professor Andrew Stevenson in his 2023 ebook “The Psychology of Journey.” In his view, “locations change on a regular basis, and so can we. Sure, we are able to go to the identical location once more, however are more likely to expertise it in a totally completely different manner when visiting once more, because the place turns into extra significant, extra filled with reminiscences, extra important, every new time we arrive.”
We requested Southern California readers to inform us about their most prized repeat locations. The solutions took us throughout — Hawaii, Utah, Arizona, England and Hermosa Seashore, as an example — for all kinds of causes they share with us under.
