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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not yet retired, but I am close to that age.  Plus looking at my parents and their friends.

Excepting the travel between seasonal homes (Maine and Florida for example), travel for new experiences seems to be 2 to 5 times a year.  Sometimes longer trips that are more involved, 1 or 2 trips to China or India or some other place that requires long travel.

My folks, for example, did 2 long trips per year (China and Russia for example) and 2 shorter trips (like Danube river cruises, Paris and the South of France, Canadian rail tours, things like that).  As they got older they changed the longer trips for shorter ones that were logistically less complicated and to places that they had some familiarity.  That progression seems to be common among their friends.  It is also the pattern that I am seeing among my colleagues who have retired.[/quote]

NP. How old are your parents?

My parents' last big trip was when they were 80. But my mom had significant health issues by then, and the trip was really hard on her physically, and my dad for all the work he did to help her while on the trip. Walking, stairs, etc.  [/quote]

My dad died at 82.  His last big trip was at 81.  But that was a slower, luxury cruise (Queen Mary 2) and then an English Political History tour.  My mom is currently alive, but is going blind and no longer enjoys travel.  But they kept up their schedule from their early 60s.[/quote]

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