Second Act Travels

Save Money. Skip the Crowds. See the World Differently.

Pros and Cons of Offseason Travel (and how not to be like the Griswolds visiting Wally World)

S3 Show Notes

Will always share the goods and the bads with you. Pros and cons to everything, and I don’t enjoy it when people don’t give me a balanced review of anything.

First, what is considered off season or shoulder season depends upon your destination…

Pros of Off season Travel

Pricing
Crowds
More comfortable temperatures
Avoiding “tourist rage”
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Cons of Off season Travel

Reduced operating hours for attractions
Closures for renovations
Major Construction
Reduced public transportation schedules to and in smaller towns
Bad weather?
Some accommodations close in smaller towns, cities
Weather delays
May miss a time of year you really wanted to see

About Us

Inspiring Midlife Travelers

I’m Elizabeth, a fellow midlife traveler. We’re the in-betweeners; we may not identify as young and carefree, but we’re not quite senior citizens either. We’ve reached a stage in life where our careers are (mostly) established, our joints are (mostly) functioning well, and a newfound sense of adventure has emerged now that child-rearing and career-building are (mostly) behind us.
All of the sudden, we’re in our Second Act!