Staycation Ideas

Archive for April, 2009

Happy Earth Day!

In celebration of Earth Day and school vacation week in Reading, Massachusetts, Wickedlocal.com has provided some “green” staycation ideas. 

1. Start a garden – Besides saving on your grocery bill, this is a great way to help reduce pollution.
2. Build Habitat – Make houses for birds
3. Walk or Bike – Find a bike trail or park and explore your town.
4. Take Transit – Use public transportation to local family friendly staycation destinations
5. Try a recycled craft – Use items that you would normally discard and turn them into unique creations.  Recycle old clothes into quilts or make your own new craft paper by tossing your old paper into a blender.
6. Energy scavenger hunt.  Use a kill-a-watt meter to test your appliances and electronics.  Encourage your kids to participate and help identify which items can be unplugged when not in use.
7. Explore your town – be a tourist in your home town.  Go spend time at the top tourist destinations for your local area.  Greenhouses, park and playgrounds are great options for enjoying the spring weather.

I’d encourage your to read Wickedlocal.com other thoughts on enjoying a green staycation.  You can do so here:

Green thoughts on vacation week – The Reading Advocate

The city of Denver has recently announced an interesting stimulus package: 100 bargains at the “mile high” price-point of $52.80.  These bargains include special hotel rates, sport team ticket prices and other local Denver attractions.  Designed at encouraging outside tourism to Colorado’s capital, the Examiner.com’s Diana Rowe, smartly pointed out that Denver-ites can also take advantage of these prices and enjoy a Denver staycation.  And to further encourage other citizens of Denver to participate in these staycations, Ms. Rowe(a.k.a. “Denver Travel Examiner”) has put together a great list of staycation tips:

Here are some of her suggestions to make the most of your staycation:

• Plan as though you actually are taking a vacation.
• Research your destination.
• Book a hotel.
• Visit local attractions.
• Finally, act like you’re on vacation (take pictures and buy a souvenir)

She provides several other tips and specific staycation ideas for the Denver area in her article. You can click here to read the article in it’s entireity:

Denver Travel Examiner: Tips to make the most of your Denver summer staycation