Travel experience

Anniversary Travel

Going back, or finally going somewhere new.

Written for couples marking a significant year

Anniversary trips split cleanly in two: returning somewhere meaningful, or finally taking the trip you kept postponing. They are planned very differently, and the first thing worth deciding is which one this is.

Where this usually goes wrong

Returning somewhere risks the comparison
Places change, and so does what you want from them.
Milestone years raise expectations
A tenth or twenty-fifth carries weight an ordinary trip does not.

What Shanair does about it

Honest advice on going back
What has changed since you were last there, and whether it still delivers.
The occasion noted with properties
Hotels are told what you are marking, so they have the chance to acknowledge it.