Dream trip and uninterested spouse

[Anonymous]

Join a reputable group trip and it will be fine. Exactly what are you afraid of?
One of my girlfriends has done several trips with this company solo:

https://www.robinpopesafaris.net/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you take one of your parents with you? Or one of his parents?

Is OP five years old?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you take one of your parents with you? Or one of his parents?

Is OP five years old?

Plenty of people in their 30's or 40's travel with their Mom. OP does not want to go solo.

[Anonymous]

Go with a tour group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just looking to vent, but a reality check on whether I'm being reasonable would be good. My dream vacation is a safari. We have the $$ to do it in a nice and safe way. DH is adamant that he is completely uninterested and will never go on such a trip. No moral opposition, just thinks it seems boring and silly and not a way he wants to spend his time. As a woman this is not a trip that's safe to go on alone, and I wouldn't be able to convince any friends to go on such a trip. Is he being an ass or is it silly of me to try to push something he doesn't care to do?

Why isn’t it safe to travel alone?

[Anonymous]

I went on an Alaskan. Those with my sister because it was my dream trip and he didn't want to go. Heck. If your mom is still in good health and sort you should take her!

[Anonymous]

Relationship issues aside, I went on a private safari in Tanzania solo. Not only was it safe, it was one of my favorite trips ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Join a group trip. Not fair to make your husband go on such a big trip he has no interest in because you want to.

This is the correct answer.

[Anonymous]

I love a safari but know of many people who have no interest and can kind of understand why - very sedentary, animals aren't interesting to everyone. And it is really expensive if something you don't enjoy. So yes, I can sort of see his side of the issue.

I would try to cast a wider net to find friends who would enjoy it and have the means to go. I've been on several trips that happened this way.

If not, is there some trip he really wants to do that you have little interest in? Maybe you could take turns. There are sometimes trips that one of us has more interest in than the other, we almost always come out of it enjoying the trip more than we thought we would and learning something new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Join a group trip. Not fair to make your husband go on such a big trip he has no interest in because you want to.

This is the correct answer.

+1 I would hate a trip like this and be miserable the whole time. Who wants that? Nobody wants that.

[Anonymous]

Go by yourself, OP. It's not unsafe. Or join a tour group, so you don't feel so alone.

[Anonymous]

Another vote for going by yourself or joining a group. I'm single and female and travel alone all the time.

[Anonymous]

Go the tour group route.

Where does your husband want to go?

Do you really have the money or his saying no a way of trying to cover that?

[Anonymous]

DH and I went on safari in Tanzania last November. It was truly the trip of a lifetime. My DH wasn't super into the idea when I planned it -- he said something like "They just drive you around looking for animals -- that sounds super boring." Once we got there and were "driving around looking for animals," he found it thrilling. Best trip ever.

At any rate, if he won't go, just do a group trip. FWIW, I wouldn't have been comfortable alone, even though we went five-star.

[Anonymous]

If it's safe to do with him, it's safe to do alone. Seriously. You should only go with a vetted tour group that you'd trust alone as much as with him.