{"id":14,"date":"2026-07-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:00:00","slug":"retirement-travel-mistakes-that-drain-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/2026\/07\/retirement-travel-mistakes-that-drain-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement Travel Mistakes That Drain Savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/sunil-patel-1\/retirement-travel-mistakes-remotion-videos-d449\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>A current survey of adults 50+ found travel remained a top priority for ~85%, with ~65% expecting to take trips this year despite costs.<br \/>\nEven with cost pressures, older adults have been adjusting how they travel rather than giving up trips, reinforcing demand for flexible planning and smarter budgeting.<br \/>\nIn retirement\u2019s go-go years, heavy travel spending can shrink savings early and deepen sequence-of-returns risk if market losses hit during larger withdrawals.<br \/>\nUnderspending carries risks too: retirees may miss meaningful experiences, keep too much untouched into later years, or face bigger tax bills once RMDs begin.<br \/>\nPractical moves include a separate travel fund, flexible withdrawals, waiting for guaranteed income, and off-season bargain hunting to protect long-term savings while traveling.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A current survey of adults 50+ found travel remained a top priority for ~85%, with ~65% expecting to take trips this year despite costs. Even with cost pressures, older adults have been adjusting how they travel rather than giving up trips, reinforcing demand for flexible planning and smarter budgeting. In retirement\u2019s go-go years, heavy travel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}