Vacations tend to change what they look like when we get older.

There is a reason that the hospitality business makes a healthy profit on no-kids resorts and elder cruises, and that people find it kind of weird when anyone over the age of 30 pursues a budget backpacking trip around Southeast Asia. A lot of us have preconceptions about what holidaying should look like at different stages of life, and they are frequently based on very real preferences. What is an 18-year-old’s idea of a dream trip is often something a 50-year-old would pay good money to avoid.