Properly Plan Your Vacation

The results of the experiment conducted by Uppsala University, Sweden, are summarized. During the experiment, two groups of people spent their regular holidays in different conditions. The first group was placed in a five-star hotel all-inclusive, and under the conditions of the experiment did not leave the hotel limits. The second group was housed in inexpensive aparthotels and had a busy schedule for every day of vacation. Tourists actively visited excursions to local museums and places of interest, took part in various sports and entertainment events. Under the conditions of the experiment, the same amount of money was spent on organizing the rest of both groups.

As a result, almost half of the participants in the first group on their return to work had depressive conditions, apathy, depression, sleep disturbances and increased aggressiveness. A third of the participants in the first group became overweight. Observers noted numerous cases when the participants of the first group began to react irritably to seemingly absolutely insignificant inconveniences and complained about the hotel staff. At the same time, no such case was recorded in the second group. The working capacity of the participants in the second group increased after the holiday by an average of thirty percent. At the conclusion of the experiment, the members of the second group continued active communication with each other, and the two pairs even announced engagement.

Assessing the physiological changes that occurred with the participants during the experiment, the researchers came to the conclusion that the wrong organization of rest has a negative impact on the person's life expectancy, comparable in strength to smoking and drinking alcohol.

The scientists' recommendations are quite simple: Plan your vacation in advance. Learn the guidebooks for the country you are planning to visit. Read reviews of tourists, they contain much more useful information than in advertising. Use more often to the services of professional guides and guides. If you decide to rent a villa or holiday apartment, then plan a visit to all the famous sights in the vicinity. Try to see as much as possible new, take part in the maximum possible number of recreational activities. Make a list of personal achievements that you want to accomplish, and consistently follow the goal. Collect things one day before departure to fully enjoy the last day of vacation. Prefer to rest several times a year little by little, rather than take one long vacation, and, most importantly, always keep an active life position.

Experience shows that the amount of money spent on leave is by far not the most important criterion of its quality and utility. Always try something new. Look at the surrounding world with the curious eyes of the discoverer. Following these simple tips, you can not only fully relax and rest, but also provide yourself with invaluable vivid memories of what you saw, because, you see, how can you say that you were in this or that country, if all that you see is the airport building and Territory of the hotel.

The stereotype of vacation, imposed on advertising, as a time of idle lying on the beach, interrupted by five breaks for meals, has a much worse impact on the holidaymakers than meets the eye. Unfortunately this view from an ideal rest is still quite popular amongst our compatriots.