This post was most recently updated on April 6th, 2024.
US Work life is demanding. Believe us, we know! If it wasn’t tough enough already, along came 2020 and the whole essential worker thing, and work demands kind of went over the top. It can be really difficult to recuperate from the pressure of constant demands, ever-increasing goals, and ever decreasing deadlines. I am a firm believer that good weekend getaways can help do the trick.
We all do our best, but sometimes the stress creeps up. When it becomes too much, a break in the routine relaxes our bodies and minds, enabling us to recuperate and have a refreshed perspective. So we take vacations. But when the next vacation week is six months off, we need a healthy alternative. Weekend getaways are perfect for breaking the routine and clearing the fog!
Our Weekend Getaways
Most of our weekend getaways were written exactly as that – an ideal 3 day itinerary for that city or destination. Others were written under a different format, but they make the perfect weekend destination either way.
We have separated them by regions, to help you find a perfect destination for your next escape!
- Mountain Weekends – Rockies States
- Pacific Weekends – Far West States
- Calypso Weekends – Caribbean Islands
- Weekends Suggested by Fellow Travel Writers
New England Weekends – the Northeast States
Weekend in Bar Harbor, Maine
New England Weekend Getaways
Weekend at Niagara Falls
Southern Weekends – the Southeast States
Weekend in Little Rock
Weekend in Lake Charles, LA
Weekend in Richmond, VA
Weekend in Savannah, GA
Weekend in Punta Gorda, FL
Weekend in Coastal Mississippi
Weekend in Key West
Adventure at Mammoth Caves NP, KY
Weekend in the Shoals
Weekend in Memphis, TN
Weekend in Nashville
Weekend in New Orleans
Midwest Weekends – the Central States
Weekend in St. Louis
Weekend in Hannibal, MO
Weekend in the Shawnee National Forest, IL
Weekend in Frankenmuth
Weekend in Grand Rapids, MI
Weekend at Mahoney SP, NE
Weekend in Cleveland
Weekend in Springfield, IL
Weekend in the Chicago Loop
Western Weekends – the Southwest States
Weekend in Austin, Texas
All the Things to do in Las Vegas
Mountain Weekends – the Rockies States
Weekend in Golden, Colorado
A Rocky Mountain National Park Road Trip
Pacific Weekends – the Far West States
A Family Weekend in Santa Cruz, Clifornia
Southern California Weekend Getaways
Calypso Weekends – the Caribbean Islands
San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Beautiful Side of the Bahamas
A Few Weekend Getaways from Our Traveling Friends
Indiana Weekend Getaways
From Our Friends at Practical Wanderlust
I remind people almost every day, that work is not their life, and it is not your life. Work is only required to pay for your life, so you can afford to be who you truly are. Yep, you gotta do it, and you gotta pay those bills, but don’t ever confuse the two. When you punch that clock at the end of the work day, you gotta leave it all behind. We know that sometimes that is easier said than done.
The unfortunate fact is that many of us carry our work burdens home. We talk about them to our significant others and friends. They replay in our heads when we try to sleep. We have to ensure that our real lives are filled with relationships, interests and hobbies that are deep enough and involved enough that we can be completely absorbed. Our real lives need to be more important, more involved, and more meaningful, than the work persona.
So have a THING, or many THINGS, that you do, that helps you let go of work, and be YOU. I don’t care what those things are, as long as they matter to you.
But if travel is your thing, we will keep on bringing new places for you to experience. This will include lots more weekend getaways, for when that next vacation is still too far out.
