re: Travelling alone as a stress reliever?

Same for me. A majority of my travel is for work and solo for weeks at a time. It can be nice at times, doing whatever I want with no one else to worry about. My wife also loves to travel, so I often wish she was there to experience some of the places that I get to see. She's also usually in the same mindset as me on what's worth doing/seeing in a place.