Can we travel together?
I was thinking the other day about the whole "make sure you can travel with them before you date them" adage and it got me thinking about what my travel partner must-haves are. (It's a similar list for friends, but I think friends have a lower expectation of how close you'll be while on the trip.) Roll with the punches . After a lot of thought, this is king. Travel inevitably involves t hings going wrong . You want someone who's resourceful, organized, proactive and able to make the best of whatever situation you end up in. Emotional intelligence . Know yourself, help when you can, communicate clearly. On one of my first trips with my husband I remember saying, "I'm frustrated and angry right now and I'm going rage for 3 minutes and then I'll be absolutely fine again, so just go for a walk and come back when it's over." And likewise, I've also been the one handling my travel partner's meltdown. But if I'm always the one hand...