Would you like to take day trips with other seniors?

Would you like to take day trips with other seniors?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 15 31.3%

  • NO.

    Votes: 21 43.8%

  • Maybe.

    Votes: 12 25.0%
  • Total voters
    48
I absolutely adore traveling... ya know, I'm going to choose "maybe" for this particular question, though. My reasoning is that I don't think I'd want to travel with *only* seniors. If I'd get klutzy and fall on my posterior or sprain an ankle, (how embarrassing! :oops:) it would be nice to have a gen x or z or millennial bodybuilder on the trip to help out and fireman-carry me back to the vehicle. 🏋️‍♂️ :giggle:
 
I looked into a few local operations that do things like run buses of seniors on day trips. They typically work in conjunction with senior centers to find victims customers.

Sadly it was entirely dominated by old crocks just like in the senior centers and the trips look as dull and saccharine as that nasty "sweet tea" some people chug down.

So being younger and still halfway-able I didn't pursue it.
 

dilettante said:
But I should add that the idea has merit. I just haven't found the right situation for me yet.
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May or may not be doable for you, but have you considered being the one to plan/organize a group trip to see how it goes? If it's a success, then you'd have better control of where to go and who travels with you. Just a brainstorm... they hit me sometimes. :giggle: @dilettante
 
CallMeKate said:
May or may not be doable for you, but have you considered being the one to plan/organize a group trip to see how it goes? If it's a success, then you'd have better control of where to go and who travels with you. Just a brainstorm... they hit me sometimes. :giggle: @dilettante
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It's certainly possible. Could be as simple as having people meet at some local event, do some networking, and perhaps set up future group excursions to particular destinations. Lots of small towns run festivals and such, and those are bound to be more fun as a small group.
 
I voted no. Not because of the group being seniors but because I like doing things by myself.

I've got to the point where my time is precious to me and I've become a bit selfish how I spend it. I like my own agenda, doing what I want when I want. I guess I no longer play well with others. lol
 
CallMeKate said:
I absolutely adore traveling... ya know, I'm going to choose "maybe" for this particular question, though. My reasoning is that I don't think I'd want to travel with *only* seniors. If I'd get klutzy and fall on my posterior or sprain an ankle, (how embarrassing! :oops:) it would be nice to have a gen x or z or millennial bodybuilder on the trip to help out and fireman-carry me back to the vehicle. 🏋️‍♂️ :giggle:
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I would think the people who organize these senior outings would be much younger. Someone’s got to be responsive for things going wrong… flat tire etc..
 
I wouldn’t mind as long as they didn’t start before 9.

Casinos often have day bus trips. You’ll get a variety of folks, mostly seniors, on those. Things will be upbeat on the way there.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
Hey. These younger people work out and are super fit. They ‘have’ to be in order to look after us older folk. I’m not ruining anything.
There’s got to be a bus driver and 2 or 3 buff guides. Your dream can still be valid.
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Ah, well good then. Maybe your tour guides and bus drivers up there are different from the ones I've seen. :giggle:
 
I'm a loner. Always have been. Raised an only child, I like being by myself and doing what I want, when I want, and IF I want.

My late husband and I spent winters in south TX in our RV in a senior park. Three winters of that was enough for us. We were probably the "youngest" seniors in the park at the time (61 and 55) and it was like living with children again. Always squabbling and hard feelings, etc. Don't get me wrong, we enjoyed doing a lot of things with a certain group but there were others that you just had to stay away from. This is another reason why I don't want to live in a 55+ community. I know a lady and her husband that have a winter home in FL and have been trying to sell it for months because she said there is too much friction in the park.

I may be 77 but I'm NOT old....yet.
 
There isn't a thing wrong with doing such things oneself. But I don't think the thread is advocating that every outing be a social occasion. More a suggestion of a way to help moderate the sense of isolation as we age, retire from working, kids move away, etc.
 
I think that the senior center here does some kinds of trips, but we never go to the center and i am not sure what they do or where they go.
I am not interested in trips to casinos, but an excursion to see something historical, or just something of interest, I would love to do, and would definitely go, if i could do that.
My husband has no interest in any of that kind of thing; so I have never looked into it here to see what is possible.
 
I've gotten conditioned to doing things on my own, so I voted no. (then changed it to maybe) I'd like to go to some places. I really need to go to Lake Tahoe some day. From California and I've never seen it.

I'll edit to add, I'm not completely opposed to the idea if the right thing came along I was interested in.
 

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