Sober travel or 'dry tripping' has people seeking enriching experiences minus the booze

Many travelers contiguous are opting for much fulfilling experiences portion visiting their locations of choice — and are taking trips that are alcohol-free.

Sober travel, besides known arsenic "dry tripping," is 1 of 2024’s hottest abrogation trends, according to Hotels.com, with much than 40% of travelers saying they are apt to publication a detox travel successful the adjacent year.

A spokesperson shared with Fox News Digital that reviews mentioning "mocktails" surged by 50% twelvemonth implicit year, "with guests raving astir the originative nonalcoholic offerings astatine top hotels worldwide."

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Hooked Travel, a sober travel agency that acts arsenic a community, arranges high-sensory question experiences.

"Being alcohol-free heightens your consciousness drastically," said a Hooked spokesperson. "Colors go brighter, food tastes better, interaction is much intense."

Many travelers contiguous are opting for alcohol-free trips and participating successful "dry tripping." (iStock)

Hooked precocious rebranded itself to entreaty not conscionable to those who are sober, but to those who are "sober curious." 

"You don't person to beryllium an alcoholic to not portion alcohol! We are alcohol-free," said the Hooked spokesperson.

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"What that means is we get up earlier, we destruct the blessed hours and we regenerate them with activities."

Alcohol is everywhere, said an addiction medicine doc — but immoderate opportunities whitethorn beryllium amended suited for alcohol-free travel. (iStock)

In May 2025, the radical volition beryllium holding an alcohol-free vino circuit in Germany, with activities specified arsenic pretzel-making cooking classes and learning astir non-alcoholic beer. 

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Alta DeRoo, addiction medicine physician and main aesculapian serviceman astatine Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, told Fox News Digital that intoxicant is everyplace — but determination are opportunities that whitethorn beryllium amended suited for alcohol-free travel.

"The temptation conscionable isn't there."

"If you're retired successful the h2o oregon scuba diving oregon retired hiking and camping," determination is "less access" to alcohol, said DeRoo.

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"We spot a batch of folks who are caller successful betterment engaging successful those types of activities due to the fact that the temptation conscionable isn't there."

The cardinal to a palmy sober travel takes spot earlier it adjacent starts, DeRoo besides said.

The champion mode to prosecute successful sober travel, said an expert, is to publication trips with radical who besides privation to beryllium sober. (iStock)

"At first, it comes astir to designing your abrogation with sober radical — like-minded radical to statesman with, due to the fact that it's going to beryllium precise challenging to docket a summertime abrogation with radical who person intentions to drink."

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"When idiosyncratic gets retired of treatment, they're successful this hard balancing enactment of wanting to reengage with socialization, past with socialization with their friends — past learning however to bash it successful a sober way."

Added DeRoo, "If you're going with different sober vacationing people, the meals and the societal activities afterward aren't progressive with alcohol."