Delta Air Lines is adding 30 percent more capacity to Latin America and the Caribbean next winter with more flights to popular destinations from Costa Rica to San Juan.
19.07.2023 - 22:13 / cntraveler.com
Does absence make the heart grow fonder or go yonder? Hotel bar trysts are a classic trope for a reason; what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, so the saying goes. Between the adulterous chaos of the White Lotus, Don Draper's string of affairs with flight attendants and acquaintances on work trips, timeless scenes such as Anna Karenina and Vronsky falling in love at a Moscow train station, it's clear that as a culture we are curious about what happens to our relationships when we travel and apart from our partners. But how much of this is merely fantasy? And does traveling someplace new really make it more tempting to stray?
If you ask Sophia*, a 48-year-old writer, the answer is yes. Sophia worked in the mid-2000s in a hospitality management role at an arts festival for which performers and other professionals were constantly traveling from around the world.
“Every single year that I worked this festival and every single tour that I went on, I got hit on by someone who was traveling abroad,” she says. “And in nine-out-of-ten of those instances, I wasn’t made aware that they had a partner, at least not at first, but would find out later that they were married or had a girlfriend.”
Obvious factors that motivate individuals to cheat when traveling include increased opportunity, increased ability to get away with it, an illusion of anonymity, escapism, and a heightened desire for novel experiences. But there’s more to it than that, says psychotherapist Jordanne Sculler, who works with couples in her therapy sessions.
“Travel is very often a part of the stories that come up with my clients around infidelity,” she says. “There is a very strong link. For some people, being away from home feels like another reality.”
She continues: “An out-of-sight-out-of-mind complex is a way to soothe yourself into thinking actions are justifiable. Travel can make people feel like they're invisible to their reality, and invincible to the consequences of their reality. Some people say, ‘It didn’t mean anything because it was so far away.’”
This attitude resonates with Carlos*, a 31-year-old branded content professional who hooked up with a newly partnered old flame at his college reunion, a destination wedding, and some trips she took to visit him in New York City.
He playfully cited the Two-State Rule: Hooking up with anybody is fair game as long as they’re two states away or further.
“I had no qualms about it, honestly,” he says. “Essentially, I was like, ‘It’s on her.’ Her boyfriend was in San Francisco. “‘I’m not really threatening her relationship. I don't live where she lives,’ I thought.”
Sophia feels similarly about the relations she had during her arts festival days.
“Lifetime fidelity is hard,” she says. “And if
Delta Air Lines is adding 30 percent more capacity to Latin America and the Caribbean next winter with more flights to popular destinations from Costa Rica to San Juan.
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