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Tera travel journal empty8/19/2023 ![]() Shoulder season travel is better for the local economy. Ultimately, visiting a hot-spot like Prague in the shoulder-season means less time standing in line and more time and space for cultural exchange.Ĥ. Bonuses also include less chaos at the airport, avoiding extreme temperatures of peak season and more time to enjoy the local lifestyle and cuisine. You will also have the change to easily explore Kutna Hora, a historical town and UNESCO World Heritage Site only 30 minutes away, without stressing about sardine-packed transportation. Visiting Prague in the fall, for example, kids will be able to roam more freely across the Charles Bridge or up the 300 steps to the castle. That said, adding one big city to your shoulder-season itinerary or, better yet, focusing on just that city as a deep-dive slow travel experience, will have less impact than if your family joins the stampede during high season. In keeping with the tenets of responsible travel, it’s generally best to avoid highly touristed places altogether and opt for under-the-radar spots or “second cities” instead. When we choose to visit a place outside of their busiest time of year, we help release some of the pressure on their natural resources like water, and lessen some of the effects of over-tourism such as pollution. Many of the world’s most popular destinations have become over-touristed, leaving local ecosystems collapsed and depleted. The top reason we love a good shoulder-season adventure is that it provides ample opportunity to travel more responsibly. So why make the shift to these less-traveled periods? Where should we start?ģ. But there’s a whole host of ways why it can also benefit the destination and the communities within it. We know that if we are able to take our kids out of school, traveling during these less impacted times makes for an inherently more easygoing experience for both children and parents. Off season, or any time outside peak and shoulder seasons, offers many of the same benefits of shoulder season travel, but the weather just might not be as nice. There is some wiggle room here, depending on the local climate.įor example, the shoulder season in Italy and some other southern European countries could extend to November (Thanksgiving in Tuscany, anyone?). In the northern hemisphere, this usually means September and October make up the fall shoulder season, and April through May in spring. In many parts of the world this occurs twice a year, in the spring and the fall. Shoulder season, as its name suggests, falls between the peak and off season of any given destination. But for parents looking to have a more relaxed- and thus more joyful- travel experience with their children, shoulder-season might be the way to go. Calendars work around the seasons, around school breaks and work schedules. When planning a trip, especially with kids in tow, it’s easy to fall into familiar patterns and take vacation days when everyone else does.
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