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American Peter Shenkman said he was looking forward to free drinks when he flew to work.
The entrepreneur would drink, then a few more, slept, then landed. he said, he said.
So far it was not.
“In the end, I realized that I wasn’t all good,” he said. “I’m tired, moody … (that) was not a way to live.”
Yes, he said, he quit drinking – first on planes, and then at all.
“I like it anymore if I don’t drink,” Schenen said. “I get up earlier. I work. I don’t eat like shit.”
One dad, Shenenkman said he was now at the gym until 5:00 in the morning and returned home to send his daughter to school at 6:30 am on working trips, he is playing sports and sleeping better than before.
“I have a massive change,” he said. “I lose weight, I’m generally happier.”
More energy and more money
Shenkman is part of a large contingent of people who drink less or completely throw alcohol.
Only 54% of Americans now say they use alcohol, According to a Gallup poll published in August, the lowest amount recorded since the company began to track consumption habits in 1939. In the other, the first, most adults (53%) say that drinking, even in moderation, is poor for health – compared to 28% in 2018, the survey showed.
I miss the wine – but I didn’t stop visiting the vineyards.
For Jonathan Ayala, a real estate strategist, giving up alcohol, meant more energy and better sleep, but also “more money left in my budget for experience that matters.”
“In the past, I wouldn’t imagine the trip without drinking,” he said. But now “I believe that I wake up earlier for hikes, markets or cultural tours. In the end, I see more place where I came to visit that made my journey feel richer and deliberate.”
Ayala also said that the transition to alcohol had changed where he also travels.
“I am more attracted to places with strong food cultures, wellness suggestions or fresh adventures, not places where the main attraction of nighttime life,” he said.
Blogger Travel Joe do told Travel CNBC Once upon a time, she and her husband were spinning around food and drinks, including wine tasting and tours with bourbon.
Now they choose outdoors that provide for white water, hiking, bicycle and kayaking, as well as extraordinary paths rather than traveling or beach resorts.
Joe do and her husband Eric at Montfrag National Park in Cossack, Spain.
However, they do not shy away from the events that provide for the drink, she said. Like big music fans, they still enjoy live performances, and they even joined Tapas and Wine trip In Granade, Spain.
“In Spain, it took a little more to find out that we could not drink alcohol at all – even” a little “,” she said. After all, “they prepared (non -alcoholic) version for us to try it very obviously for the first time!”
An experienced traveler Robert Medchak said his decision to stop drinking four years ago did not change where he was traveling, just what he drinks while there.
“I miss the wine but I didn’t stop visiting the vineyards,” he said, adding that he also visited the brewery and ate in restaurants, with Michelin’s participation During trips to Europe, North America and South America.
It is also in improving health (“no medication for acid reflux”) and has the best relationship in his life.
“Family and friends notice more calmly, kinder,” he said.
Not without compromise
Although a lot of health and cost, some travelers believe that without alcohol comes their own set of problems.
It is definitely amazing to be in the settings where most people drink, and it took a lot of work on our parts of the mental aspect to adjust, “she said.
Ayala said he sometimes feels that in some places he does not get full travel experience.
“The main disadvantage is that in some directions nightlife is a large part of the culture that it may feel that it will disappear,” he said.
He also said that no use could complicate group trips and that travelers were ambiguous.
Jonathan Ayala said that night life is no longer a major attention on his trips, and he is now attracted to food, healing and outdoors.
“Some of them support or even interesting to try it themselves, while others are confused or believe that it means that I am less fun,” he said. “I learned how to create it as a choice that really helps me get more from the trip, which usually changes the conversation positively.”
Paul Sendau, a French emigrant based in Singapore, said that most of his friends understand their decision to reduce the drink from four times a week to twice a month.
However, he said his lifestyle forced him to cancel one trip with “two very oriented parties,” he said.
For Sendou, a compromise is worth it.
“I am more, more sure, understandable that I want with me and others,” he said.
– Monica Pitrelli CNBC contributed to this report.
