Recharge Your Spirit and Relationship with a Staycation!

With the rising cost of gas and daily expenses, many couples are abandoning their plans for a vacation and opting to stay home to save money. Just because you’re staying home instead of escaping on a romantic getaway doesn’t mean you can’t have a relaxing, romantic, or even erotic “staycation”. What’s a staycation? It’s a vacation spent at home enjoying all the comforts of home…a stay at home vacation.

With a little planning, just like you would for a vacation, you can have a memorable staycation. Think about what you are looking for in your virtual vacation. For most people, vacation means relaxation, no work, no chores, only doing things we enjoy, an opportunity to explore new things, reconnect with our partner, and hopefully have vacation sex. You can have all the benefits of a vacation without the high cost if you follow these few simple steps.

STEP 1:
Just like a regular vacation, make plans! Decide what you want to do and places you want to go…get excited about it! Odds are there are lots of exciting and new things for you to see close by that you don't usually have time to explore. Find things you and your partner can do together. Sharing new experiences together gives you new things to talk about and brings you closer. If you have children, make plans for activities that include them, but also plan for some one on one time with your partner.

STEP 2:
Make plans for what you would like to do during your “down time”. Snuggle up and nap with your partner? Catch up on some erotic reading? Have a movie day? Play board games with the family? Have a romantic date night with your partner? (Need romance ideas?) Think about what you enjoy doing on vacation when you aren’t out and about and have everything you need ready for your “down time.” Go ahead and rent or buy the movies so they are ready when you are, have a listing of movies playing at the theatres, order those erotic novels to get you in the mood, make dinner reservations, or book a babysitter.

STEP 3:
Take the time you would ordinarily spend packing for a trip and get your house ready instead. De-clutter, clean up, go grocery shopping for the week, and finish up the laundry. Once your house in order, it is much easier to relax and begin enjoying your vacation. If you are planning a romantic night with your partner and have children, schedule a night off and send the kids to friend’s house for a sleepover. Make sure you have things to help set the mood like candles or candle/romance kits, chocolates on the pillow or chocolate for your bodies, exciting instructional adult videos, new lingerie, soothing music, or even a romantic or naughty interactive adult game. Not sure what to get? Sinclair offers a vareity of Better Sex Kits that combine top selling products in one convenient kit. If vacation is usually a time you and your partner experiment, you might want to research new sexual positions to try or buy that new adult toy you have been thinking about. Just because you aren’t in a hotel it doesn’t mean you can’t have great hotel sex in your home!

STEP 4:
Make rules and stick to them! If you were away on vacation you wouldn’t do laundry, chores, or home projects so don’t do them during your staycation either!

STEP 5:
Disconnect from the outside world and that means no emails, work calls, PDA’s, or cell phones. You wouldn’t plug in if you were on island somewhere so don’t do it on your staycation either. Tell family, friends, and neighbors that you will be on vacation and that you will not be returning phone calls, answering the door, or accepting visitors (unless they are invited) during your time off. We suggest that you just tell work that you are going on a vacation. If they know that you are local they might expect you to be available and not take your staycation seriously.

STEP 6:
Reconnect with your partner! For most couples, vacations are when they reconnect with each other. They spend time together, are relaxed, talk about things important to them outside of the daily grind and simply enjoy being together. At Sinclair Institute we know that communication is the foundation for a good relationship and great sex. Whether you are on vacation or a stay at home vacation, if you follow our advice you will have the time, environment, and mind set you need to rekindle passion and recharge your relationship.