Ramanayake, UdithaMcIntosh, AlisonCockburn-Wootten, Cheryl2023-11-142023-11-232023-11-14Leisure Sciences: an interdisciplinary journal, ISSN: 0149-0400 (Print); 0149-0400 (Online), Taylor and Francis Group, (10).0149-04000149-0400http://hdl.handle.net/10292/16998This paper advances knowledge around the intersection of death, loss, and leisure travel. Our phenomenological study revealed the lived experiences of seven senior travelers who had traveled internationally following the death of a loved one(s). We employed the ‘MeBox’ method to help uncover new layers of meaning that are not always easy to put into words. The findings of our study provide new insights into notions of leisure by identifying overseas leisure travel within a liminal space in which feelings of loss and acceptance, and the creation of new perspectives, are experienced following the death of a loved one(s). Our findings challenge the destructive nature of human loss following death of a loved one(s). Instead, the experience of international travel appeared to influence the social, material, and existential life of senior travelers after the death of a loved one(s), transforming leisure into a personally meaningful experience for them.Copyright © 2023 Taylor & Francis. This is a preprint of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in the Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal and is available online at:  www.tandfonline.com with the open URL of your article (see Publisher’s Version).1504 Commercial Services1506 TourismSport, Leisure & Tourism3508 TourismJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1080/01490400.2023.2280535