6 Activities for your Family Staycation
Whether you are currently saving up for your next big trip or just looking for a fun way to refresh your family time, look no further than a captivating staycation!
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An excellent way to connect and make memories with your nearest & dearest, while also looking after your bank account. Wherever you’re situated, your city and your home will have a treasure trove of activities just waiting to be uncovered. Mark the calendar and let everyone know that exciting adventures are just around the corner! Check out our list of staycation activities and get inspired!
Get in the Holiday Mood
When we travel to new locations, whether with our families or on our own, we tend to feel a little more adventurous than usual, right? Well, applying this attitude to your family staycation is an excellent place to start, and your kids will likely look for you to set the tone. Imagine everything is new and exciting and the kids will soon follow suit. Say yes as often as possible, look for opportunities to laugh, and take a creative, inquisitive approach to every situation or setting. You will soon find yourselves creating memories that you’d be crazy not to catch on camera.
Take a Tour Through Your Hometown
When searching for a new activity, exploring your hometown is an adventure all too often overlooked. Most cities have audio tours available on Google that allow you to guide yourself at your own pace through some of your cities most enchanting sites. It’s an awesome opportunity for you and your kids to learn some history about the city in which you live, while also getting you out of the house and exploring. If you have any national parks nearby you will also be able to find audio tours for these, which would be a great source of exercise for the family.
Modify the Menu
One facet of travel that many people love, is trying the list of new cuisine available all around you. You can recreate this excitement by coming up with a menu full of different foods that your family not have tried. It’s a great idea to have more than one option on the menu for each meal, to truly recreate the luxurious restaurant experience. Alternatively, order food from nearby outlets that you’re yet to try! Most metropolitan cities have a plethora of international cuisines for you to pick from, so jump online, find a menu, and encourage the kids to order a meal outside their comfort zone. You may just find a new family favourite, with the added bonus of no cleanup!
Attend a Sporting Event
Taking the family out to attend a sporting event is an exciting outing for the family that is never out of reach. With the Super Rugby competition seemingly always underway, this is one option you can lean on. Quite often you will find kids can attend these events for free, providing an excellent reason to get out of the house and soak up the exciting atmosphere afforded by Kiwi rugby fans. Alternatively, you could switch things up and head along to a sport that you and your family are not as familiar with. Ice hockey and skateboarding are two examples of sports gaining popularity in New Zealand that are easily accessible and exhilarating to observe.
Enhance your Backyard with a Spa Pool
Adding a spa pool to your property is an excellent and accessible way to add some excitement to staying home. Your kids will be delighted to have an enormous bubble bath permanently available for them, and you will have a new place to put your feet up and unplug from any stress you are facing. With incredible hydrotherapy benefits, spa pools offer an amazing level of restorative healing to sore muscles from scientifically placed massage jets. True food for the soul, a Spa Pool also offers a space for you to reconnect with your loved ones while you all enjoy the comforting warmth of the water. Total tranquillity awaits.
Organise a Family Olympics Day
A funny and simple way to get the whole family involved in something active is setting up a day of custom Olympic challenges. Choose a few different events to base the day around, the more creative you get, the better! Think water-balloon throwing contests, egg-on-a-spoon races, karaoke challenges, anything you think will get the competitive juices flowing within your family. Make sure to keep a running score of the event winners so a champion can be applauded at the end of the event – and maybe the crown holder picks what takeaway you’ll all have for dinner!
Written By our Spa Pool Expert - Kyle Clement
