Life Begins At 50!

Does your lust for travel dissipate with age?

Hardly.

Exodus Travels ran a survey of American travelers over 50 years old, with passports, and 64 percent said they are MORE adventurous and daring now than they were before turning 50. About one-third said they booked a trip-of-a-lifetime since turning 50 – and that number increases the older the respondent is. More than 40 percent over 70 said they have booked a trip-of-a-lifetime.

The research was conducted by market researchers, OnePoll, and commissioned by Exodus Travels, one of the world’s oldest active adventure tour companies which specializes in walking, cultural, cycling and responsible wildlife tours to 100+ countries across the globe.

The survey of 2,000 Americans over the age of 50 found as many as seven in ten felt they gained a completely new zest for life after turning fifty – with 56 the average age when the realization sets in.

“This new research reaffirms that age is not in any way a limitation to adventure travel and that if anything the older we become, the more likely the timing for your trip of a lifetime is to be had, whether it is learning to make pizza in Italy, hiking the Inca Trail in Peru, seeing elephants on an African safari or cycling through Thailand and Vietnam,” Exodus Travels’ Robin Brooks said in a statement.

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One in three said an inspiring travel experience was the leading cause of a freshly positive take on life, while one in six said the loss of a friend or family member put things into perspective and caused them to approach life with a renewed vigor.

Some 64 percent of those surveyed said they are MORE adventurous and daring now than they were before they turned 50.

Brooks added: “After 43 years of designing adventure tours, those of us at Exodus have personally seen the positive effects travel has on people in all stages of life,” Brooks said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re nine or 90, the wonder of the experience of adventure travel really has no age limits. When you travel abroad, you gain a new perspective and appreciation for different cultures and environments, learn something new about the world, yourself and broaden your horizons for the better.”