It’s difficult to say when the best age is to go traveling; you can get different experiences at different ages, and you may find that you can see the same places from a lot of different perspectives. Leaving out traveling as a child as a teenager, when you may not have as much control over where you go, what is the best age to go traveling? Is it your twenties, where you arguably have more freedom, or is it when you’re older and able to invest more in comfort?

Your Twenties

During this time, you may have a lot of freedom as part of a gap year and may be traveling in between studying and work. In theory, at least, this will be the time of your life when you have the least responsibilities, and the most endurance for traveling at the least cost; backpacking through different countries, benefiting from flexible insurance, or braving hostels might not be so much of a challenge in your twenties.

Your Thirties

At this time in your life, you may have a bit more money, or a family and long-term partner to regularly travel with you around the world or more locally. Your choice of destination might have moved on from clubbing venues towards romantic city breaks and camping sites with the family; that’s not to say that your thirties cannot be as hedonistic as your twenties, just that you may be in a position to try some different things.

Your Forties

Similar to traveling in your thirties, your forties can be a great time to see the world on hopefully more of a higher budget; if you have children, they may either be getting older or already independent, giving you and your partner more time to yourself; this may be an excellent time to finally see new parts of the world, and if you’re lucky enough to be secure in your work, to take more time off and enjoy yourself.

Your Fifties and Sixties

Again, this may not be a time of your life when you particularly want to hang glide or go bar hopping through Eastern Europe, but it might be the time when you have the luxury of making multiple high-quality trips every year. If you enjoy traveling, this can be the time when you travel without children, and can spend longer savoring particular countries and cities; you might even decide that you want to permanently relocate or retire somewhere a bit warmer than the UK.

Your Seventies and Beyond

It’s never too late to travel, and your seventies and beyond can be the time to see more places, or just relax at the beach is a favorite destination; you may just decide to skip out on the British weather altogether during the summer, while also taking the time to revisit older cities. This can be one of the best times to travel, especially given the ease of flights and the ways in which journeys abroad can be safer and more diverse than ever before.