Hotelupwell.com – What can you learn from this article?
1. What is the importance of vacations?
2. What do you need to pay attention to when planning a holiday?
3. What is good financial planning for a holiday?
4. Does the holiday require traveling outside the city?
5. What positive activities can you do during the holidays?
6. How to avoid holiday depression or “holiday blues”?
7. What are the choices of tourist destinations that are not boring?
The long school holidays are just around the corner. We can start planning any activities to fill the long holiday to make the holiday more meaningful and our lives better quality.
What is the importance of holidays?
Psychologist Tika Bisono agrees that vacations are an obligation because they function to maintain mental and physical health. People who had quality vacation moments during their youth, said Tika, have the potential to become happy and mentally healthy individuals in old age.
”Humans need leave, holidays, or me time. This is an obligation, not only if you can, but you must. Humans should not be constantly bombarded with work and problems. “We need time to rest,” said Tika.
Even so, people need to understand the purpose of vacationing. According to Tika, sometimes people are mistaken about the purpose of going on holiday. Moreover, nowadays everything is related to social media. Instead of going on holiday, you are busy thinking about what to upload to social media.
The holidays should be a moment to reflect, reorganize your life, bring your partner or other family members closer together, and get to know yourself.
“The goal is to rearrange or reposition what is within us, like an opportunity to press the reset button. So, everything can start again anew, start fresh. “You need to be disciplined in this me time,” said Tika.
What do you need to pay attention to when planning a holiday?
Financial planner from OneShildt Financial Independence, Agustina Fitria, said, to avoid a ballooning budget or even accumulating debt after having fun during the holidays, it’s a good idea to do the calculations first before the holidays.
These calculations include the holiday period, destination, complete with place to stay, food and drink needs and so on during the holiday. “So, you can actually calculate it first. It just depends on what type of holiday you want, backpacker or luxury. “So, later you just have to adjust it to your pocket situation,” said Fitri.
The same thing, he said, applies to people who like to go on holiday impulsively or impromptu, for example after receiving a year-end bonus or THR. As long as the basic obligations have been fulfilled according to the intended purpose and needs, the remaining funds can be used for vacation.
What is clear, Fitri suggests that holiday funds should not be obtained by “going into debt” because it will only cause new problems. Especially for consumer things like holidays.
Attending travel exhibitions or travel fairs, such as the Kompas Travel Fair, can also be an option for planning a memorable and meaningful travel trip.
Anita Gouw, Vice President of Operations at PT Bayu Buana Travel, said that at every event such as the Kompas Travel Fair, her party has provided travel packages to Turkey, Western Europe, Japan and South Korea, to serve the enthusiasm of package hunters with big discounts. Prices to many countries can be reduced thanks to collaboration with many parties, for example banks and credit card issuers.
Bayu Buana usually provides 100-300 tour packages at each tourist destination. Anita advises those who want to hunt for cheap tickets and packages to have a thorough plan of where they want to go, for how long and when.
Careful planning will make it easier to find and seize the opportunity to get the best price because other people are also looking for the same thing. That’s why, we have to be quick, aka move quickly, to get the tempting promotions.
“Do not forget. What you are looking for are tickets or tour packages at the travel fair for the next six months or a year. “If it’s for one to two months, yes, all prices are expensive,” he said.
Anita said that tourist destinations in Asia and Europe are most often the tourist choices of Indonesian citizens. The top three destination regions or countries are Türkiye, Western Europe, as well as Japan and South Korea.
Vice President Marketing & Communications Dwidayatour Yohannes Heraldo said that potential travelers are showing a trend of interest in tour and cruise products, especially for destinations in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, Scandinavia and domestic tourism, such as Labuan Bajo. This trend refers to transactions that occurred at Dwidayatour’s branches throughout this year.
Personal financial planner, Wong Sandy Surya, said, the first and most important thing in carrying out financial planning for a holiday is that the cost of the holiday does not exceed the funds that have been prepared. Also record all expenses during the trip.He recommends avoiding debt for a vacation. “This holiday debt is in the same category as consumer debt. “Remember, debt must match your ability to pay,” said Wong Sandy.He added that there is a tendency for the average person to spend more than their budget on holidays. So, when you return from vacation, rearrange your financial budgeting.
Does the holiday require traveling outside the city?
The answer is no! There are many alternative choices of holiday activities that don’t have to involve traveling out of town.
There’s no need to worry about just going on holiday at home, aka without going anywhere. Holidays don’t have to be boring because paid viewing platforms or OTT offer unlimited entertainment. A number of new films or series and shows that are trending again are worth watching.
One parent, Mita (38), admitted that he deliberately took his two children to a book exhibition, not to a natural tourist spot because he didn’t want to worry about traffic jams on the roads. Apart from that, his son, who is in grade 5 of elementary school, likes drawing, so he often reads comics.
For him, apart from being able to buy books at low prices, vacationing with his children at book fairs is a joy. Because, he is busy commuting from Serpong to Jakarta every day and can enjoy quality time with his children with books.
“At first I wanted to go to PIK (Pantai Indah Kapuk), but I saw that there was really traffic jam, I was lazy. “So, it’s better to just go to the book exhibition, there’s more time to chat with the children,” said Mita.
What positive activities can you do during the holidays?
Psychologist from the Indonesian Child Protection Institute (LPAI), Febdi Hermawan, stated the benefits of filling holidays with positive activities. “Teenagers who exercise, for example, get endorphins and satisfaction. Tired, yes, but happy. “He slept soundly,” he said.
Different, for example, from teenagers who play games all day, even staying up late. They get angry easily because their metabolism is chaotic. “Emotions are built up from the game, then rise because negative energy appears. Should have rested instead of playing games until morning. It becomes an addiction,” he said.
Febdi emphasized the importance of parents’ role in educating children by conveying the rules so that the holidays don’t just pass by. “So that children are disciplined. “The environment shapes personality which greatly influences their psychological development,” he said.
Playing games, lying down, or watching videos may relieve stress, but the intensity has a huge impact on the teenager’s psyche. ”Games are made so that players fight constantly. Playing games is allowed, but the time is set. “If they are aware, teenagers will switch first to studying the Koran, reading or exercising,” he said.
How to avoid holiday depression or “holiday blues”?
Clinical psychologist who is also the Chair of the Association of Clinical Psychologists (IPK) for the East Java Region, Toetiek Septriasih, when contacted from Jakarta, Friday (29/12/2023), said that the feelings of anxiety and sadness that a person experiences during the holidays are generally temporary. This feeling only appears during holidays or holidays. In popular terms, the condition can be referred to as holiday blues.
”Actually, the condition of holiday blues is not a diagnosis. This condition is a derivative of the condition mood disorder. For some people, this disorder only appears temporarily during the holiday period. “When the holidays are over, the disturbance will disappear,” he said.
According to Toatik, holidays are only a trigger for feelings of disappointment, sadness and worry. There are other stressors that are the real cause of why these feelings arise. These stressors should be handled well.
Stressors can be different for each person. Trauma that occurs during the holidays can trigger the occurrence of holiday blues. For example, the experience of losing someone close to you during a holiday or other bad experiences that occur during a holiday.
In the end, people who experience trauma during the holidays prefer to divert the holiday period to other activities. During the holiday season, some people with trauma ultimately prefer to continue working. Holiday leave is not taken during holidays.
What are the choices of tourist destinations that are not boring?
To Puncak, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Borobudur, Bali or Bromo? For some people, these goals may be too mainstream and sometimes even boring. Overcome boredom by looking for references to specific tourist attractions at your holiday destination, for example special interest tours. Who knows, you might find a hidden “treasure” that will make your holiday more meaningful and memorable.
For example, this tourist attraction on Lombok Island.
Visiting the circuit and coastline of the Mandalika area, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, might sound ordinary. Less challenging. Especially for lovers of special interest tourism. Therefore, there is another option, namely enjoying the beauty of the coast and getting your adrenaline pumping.
Tourists can visit the Aerosport Lancing tourist area in Mekarsari Village, West Praya, Central Lombok. This area is about 18 kilometers west of Mandalika.
”The Aerosport Lancing tourist area offers aerosport packages, such as paragliding and paramotoring. “You can also camp in a gazebo that faces directly to the coast,” said Haryono Ramadhan (44) from the marketing department of Sky Lancing Lombok Paragliding, the manager of the area.
According to Ramadhan, activities in Lancing are open from 06.00 to 18.00. This is because many enthusiasts of paragliding and paramotor activities hunt for the sunrise and sunset.
“Lombok, which is called a piece of heaven, will truly be visible. “The atmosphere of the orange sky at sunrise or sunset combined with the green expanse of hills, coastline and the vast ocean can be enjoyed from above,” said Ramadhan.
So, don’t get bored looking for references to refreshing new tourist destinations!
