Hi Hana,

Thanks for your kind words. We are looking forward to writing more about couples travel for sure! I think that if you have a pretty good, open and honest relationship from the start then when you travel things can really only get better. Being able to explore the world together like you are going to do with your boyfriend will definitely be such an exciting experience. It is also normal to be a little scared about travelling with your partner-even I was and Ant and I had been overseas together before, just not for this long, but in the end, excitement outweighs any other thoughts!

Also, travelling together has allowed us to meet a whole heap of travellers while we have been on the road. I think there is a misconception that couples don’t meet new people. We often have quite a few solo travellers who will often chat to us in bars, hostels and we’ll go out to eat dinner with. We’ve also met other great couples that we still keep in contact with now. If you are the sort of couple who likes to meet new people and make friends then you’ll have no shortage in doing so while you are travelling!

Thanks again for your support!

The main thing I hear from other people is that it’s nearly impossible to be together 24/7 without nitpicking and fighting about small things; like you said, there has to be some solo time to go off and do your own thing, and to get away from each other for a while. One thing I’m afraid of is not meeting as many people as a couple as you would traveling solo or perhaps with a friend. I worry that you’ll be spending so much time together and being such a “unit” all the time that maybe social opportunities don’t arise as often. Have you two made a lot of new friends on your travels?

I think my favorite line from the article was, “You are that little piece of home to each other that is so good to have around.” So true! It’s great to be immersed in a totally new and foreign experience, but it’s reassuring and surely makes everything more comfortable to have someone loving and familiar around. Great post, can’t wait for more. 🙂

This was our first really long trip together as well. Prior to this we had only done a 6 week trip to India & Nepal about 3 years ago and the odd weekend away. It really is exciting exploring a place together for the first time, but also revisiting places together to. Ant & I had done separate trips to Thailand before we met one another, but going there with each other was just as exciting!

Christy, we can totally can relate to missing each other. It just seems strange to be apart now and when we do spend a day doing separate things and when we see each other again we have so much to tell on another about our experiences. It now just seems normal for Elise to always be around 24/7 now.

My partner and I travel together and really wouldn’t have it any other way. People always assume that if you spend 24/7 with someone that you’ll get tired of them (and that can certainly be the case with some people, lol), we find that we miss each other after even a day spent apart.