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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Traveled from ages 25-40 or so even with young kids. It was fun but really tiring. Novelty of new spots does wear off with age.

With growing wealth, we have now realized that we like going to the same four or five places, and no need to explore weird crazy off the beaten path things. We like good food, a bit of luxury, manageable touring.

So we generally travel to the same 4-5 destinations, and have even bought a place in one of these international locations.

My suggestion is find your spots. Settle down there.

You can still explore but in a more manageable way, especially with family in tow.

If you have the means/interest, explore r/FATTravel [/quote]

This is us now as a family of 4.  I think we've narrowed it to a few destinations we really enjoy domestically - NYC, Chicago, national parks.  Internationally we love CR and Italy.  Specifically Manuel as it's been cited on this thread - having been everywhere - what we love about Manuel is the nearby restaurants with locals and the proximity to a lot of great activities from MA.  For us, we stay at Tulemar, enjoy the private beach there and use this location as a way of doing a lot of CR based activities like rafting, ziplining, horseback riding, pool time.  That's our annual holiday and we love it.  We can go to other spots from there but we always want to make time for MA.  Travel to us is going to places that feel like "home" though away from home.

We don't travel to explore anymore although our kids are at the age where it would be great to do so.  But you can get so much online.  Rather, we go where we are comfortable and "explore" in the sense that we soak up the energy and culture of a specific place away from home.  We may not be seeing a ton of "things" but it is still exploring because we are in a different country and culture - eating delicious foods we can't find at home and experiencing a different way of life on a daily basis.  It's not the traditional definition of travel I think, where you go to as many different exciting places on a map for a week and take a ton of pics of famous and pretty things.  Totally different context of exploring and travel but our kids seem to really be happy with this new approach.

Seriously, have you seen the gobs of people everywhere??  We went in Aug a couple yrs ago to Jackson Hole and it was so crowded with hikers we had to wait until almost sunset to hike so we felt like we were hiking.  Went to Venice this June and it was like like being herded like cows even in the evening walking the streets due to so many people.  I mean, how do you explore when you are just in crowds that deep?!!  People don't talk to each other anymore either - they are all on their phones.  It's impossible to have the conversations I used to have while I travelled solo in my 20s because people just don't talk anymore.   
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