Girls-Only Trip: Start Planning That Girlcation Today!

Imagine yourself and a few of your closest female friends on a beach in Mexico or perhaps on a shopping trip in Vegas. Now, if that's not fabulous enough, imagine that there are no men, children, or problems allowed. It's all about you girl, and a well deserved escape.

I know for ladies it's difficult sometimes to feel guiltless about up and running away for a few days without our significant others (mentioned above) in tow. But I am here to assure you that it is not only possible but necessary. Maybe you will argue that you only have one vacation and that has to be spent with your family. Even if that's true, you can take a 2-3 day weekend getaway and encourage your significant other to do the same. We all need time together and time apart. Men understand this while women are slower to accept this fact. And lets be honest, girl fun and guy fun are two different things.

Gender specific travel is estimated to be an 11 billion dollar industry annually according to study done on imin.com, a website specializing in just that kind of travel. The travel trend known as "mancations" involves vacations for men only and has been gaining in popularity so much that they now have the attention of travel agents and travel sites. These savvy business people are capitalizing on the trend and offering custom packages for men and their friends to get away from it all. So popular is the trend, now the women are doing the same and being catered to by some of the same savvy business people.

So, start planning. There are many resources to help you with your trip. The above mentioned site, imin.com, makes the planning of your trip easier by offering you a web page to post you and your travel companions photos and the ability to collaborate every detail, make reservations, order personalized logo merchandise for your group, all from one convenient place. Customize your own travel or pick from a fun array of packages including "Shoes and Booze", "Bend and Mend", "Wax On/Wax Off", to mention just a few. They also offer "mancations" if you'd like to share the site with your man.