Millennial Reveals Why She Loves Going Away Alone for Thanksgiving [Video]

Dreading the thought of spending Thanksgiving with your family? One woman has swapped the yearly tradition for a more unconventional one—solo international travel—for the past four years and never looked back.

In a TikTok video shared under the username @meredithonthemap, which has had over 13,000 views since it was posted on November 8, Meredith Pierce, a 31-year-old social media marketer from Atlanta, Georgia, discussed her approach to spending the holiday abroad.

“One of my favorite travel strategies is traveling over Thanksgiving and not just to escape your family,” Pierce says in the video, emphasizing the opportunity to “re-center” herself before the busy holiday season.

In an interview with Newsweek, Pierce elaborated on her choice to travel during Thanksgiving for the past four years. “It’s the perfect combination—you have one or two extra days off work, so you have to use less PTO [paid time off], and international flights are very affordable because demand for domestic flights …