Travel with a Challenge
Discover the new world of cruise and land vacations for mature travelers, their families and friends!
While showcasing both well-established and freshly-minted alternative travel opportunities throughout the world, this website and its Web magazine promise its readers practical advice and plenty of nuts-and-bolts information to encourage active, educational, value-added vacationing suitable for men and women over 50. The one thing you won’t find is an excuse to stay home!
March – April 2026
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Ever considered a home exchange? They can be the answer to prayer for families. Learn about successful strategies for exchanging homes [and even cars and pets] that will open the door to a memorable low budget vacation to be enjoyed by all in destinations around the world.
As seniors and boomers look for ways to connect with their adult children and younger grandchildren, there is a growing demand for creative inter-generational journeys that meet the needs and interests of different age groups. We’ve got great suggestions to start you and your family on a memorable exploration of the world together. Photo courtesy of Peter Sommer Travels
Ordained minister and counselor, Susan Copeland, reflects on the many motivations to undertake a pilgrim journey in the 21st century and the steps that unfold with making that decision. She shares her own experience of the joys and challenges going on pilgrimage and the destinations she has visited on the way.
In 2011, the Sabbatical Sisters launched their first book, Reboot Your Life, Energize your Career and Life by Taking a Break. They shared their creative thoughts, ten tips and engaging photos with Travel with a Challenge readers in a popular article in our permanent Travel Article Library. A must-read!
Then in 2015 came the launch of The Retirement Boom a comprehensive planning book for retirement that is about lifestyle – how to live the most fulfilling life for the years ahead. The book is a great resource for anyone retiring soon, in the next few years, or already retired. Extensive research, hundreds of interviews, input from their workshops, and their own life experiences are the foundation for this informative book with its many facts, insights, helpful stories, and exercises. Topics cover potential concerns and surprises, what you need to know, and many ideas to explore for continuing to earn money or not. It’s about designing what YOU want. As they say, “Dream a little and make it happen!” See another great article contributed by these ladies on this theme to our archive collection.
In 2026, the Sabbatical Sisters are offering small-group, in-person Reboot Your Life Retreats at two different U.S. locations. These multi-day events provide outstanding opportunities to take a “deep dive” into issues surrounding career breaks and/or retirement including funding your freedom, making best use of your time, and planning the next chapter.
Reboot Your Life Retreat April 24-26 in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Reboot Your Life Retreat September 25-27 in Sag Harbor, New York.
Sadly, one of the four founding Sabbatical Sisters, Rita Foley, passed away in 2016. Jaye, Nancy and Catherine have continued to deliver a timely, invaluable message of dynamic renewal woven through their books, consulting and inspiring three-day retreats. Also check their website for free Zoom webinars, offered from time to time.
HELP OTTAWA CELEBRATE ITS 200th ANNIVERSARY IN 2026!
Canada’s national capital is a year round travel delight with many world-class festivals and museums, cultural events and a great natural setting that lures visitors in every season. The cuisine choices in this mid-size city are exceptional, and historic accommodations offer intriguing stories.
Travel journalist, Alison Gardner, shares vivid memories of an ElderTreks cultural tour through western and central Turkey. Additional mini-articles with a Turkish theme are hotlinked separately below. Click on each image to access articles on: Ballooning in Cappadocia, Carpet buying, and Turkey’s first Olive Oil Museum.
Learn More About Travel with a Challenge
Launched in 2000, Travel with a Challenge web magazine’s mission has always been about encouraging our readership to look beyond mainstream rest and relaxation vacations and destinations to the wider, deeper travel opportunities that await the greatest adventurers of our time … the mature travel readership, ages 45 to 80+ years. Our editor shares secrets of the publication’s unique success over 25 years.
Be sure to visit the magazine’s entire Travel Article Library and the handy Theme Pages to browse our growing collection of richly-illustrated features. Finally, our innovative Travel Advertiser Directory is a treat not to miss. Click here to view our Feature Link of the Month.
The stories in our latest TravelWatch senior travel newsletter offer fresh ideas and destinations about travel. We invite you to sign up to receive launch notification of each bi-monthly issue of this invaluable newsletter.
