Traveling can make it difficult to keep in touch with your loved ones. You will need to make a conscious effort to stay connected. There are many ways you can keep in touch with your family and friends while overseas.

Here is a look at some fun ways you can keep in touch.

Send a Postcard

Postcards are an old-fashioned way to stay in touch and the wonderful thing about them is that they still work even after all this time. Your family and friends will love getting a snapshot of your location. 

With such an increase in technology, you can even use your own pictures on a postcard, all you have to do is upload them to a postcard app, customize your text, and print them out. 

Capitalize on Faster Network Speeds

Communication while traveling has come a long way since the days of writing a letter on a boat and then waiting a month for the recipient to receive it! As such, it’s a good idea to look into getting a 5G enabled mobile; you’ll be able to keep up with loved ones over apps like Whatsapp and Skype without having to spend an hour finding a signal in the middle of an ancient ruin, and you won’t have to deal with the associated lagging either! For best results here, be sure to use a website such as compare5g.com before you go away, to ensure you’re headed to an area where 5G is supported. 

Create Messaging Groups

Almost everyone has a cell phone and there are many messaging apps in which you can create groups. You should go ahead and create a family group in order to stay in touch with your relatives.

It is easy to post pictures, send voice messages, funny videos, and many other interesting things in your group.

Send Flowers

A bouquet of their favorite flowers is one way to keep in touch with your loved ones. You can send flowers anywhere in the world.

There are florists online that do international deliveries. No matter what type of flowers you send it is often a welcome surprise to the recipient.

Do Conference Calls

There are so many conference call apps available now, it is easy to find one that everyone you want to keep in touch with can download on their phone, tablet or computer. Whenever you want to catch up or discuss important matters it’s easy to do this from anywhere in the world.

Although it is easy to connect in this way it can sometimes be difficult to find the time to connect. Set up a schedule so that everybody knows when you want to have some family time. In this way, they can easily schedule it into their day well ahead of time.

Start a Blog

A great way to let everybody know what you are doing on your travels and keep in touch at the same time is to start a blog. You can document what you are doing and upload photographs of your adventures on your blog.

Blogging is also a good way to keep cherished memories in one place so that you can look back on them in the future.

Stay Close

Staying in touch with the ones you love the most is very important when you’re traveling for an extended period of time or even a short time. Once you make a conscious effort to keep as close to your loved ones as possible you can quickly close the distance between you no matter where you are in the world.

Just remember to be consistent about it and choose the avenues of communication that are right for you and your loved ones.