How To Keep Yourself Entertained When On Your Travels
When you’re traveling, you may have periods where you’re taking the train or another form of travel to go or come back from your destination. You may also find yourself enjoying a bit of downtime in your hotel room, and that’s something that can be an opportunity to read a book or perhaps play some games online.
If you’re struggling for things to do and to keep yourself entertained when on your travels, here are some ways that you can keep yourself entertained throughout your travel adventures.
Catch up with your favorite television show or movie
A great way to help keep yourself entertained, particularly when you have a number of hours before you’re traveling on the plane, or perhaps doing the next activity you’ve booked ahead.
Catching up with your favorite television show or watching a movie is a go-to for many who are looking to waste away the hours. It’s a great way to engage with some of the latest shows available on streaming services and as it’s so accessible online and through your electronic devices, it’s worth downloading them so you have plenty available to watch.
Keeping yourself entertained with your favorite television show or taking advantage of the in-flight entertainment by watching a new movie you wanted to see, is a great way to ensure you’re making the most of your travels whilst staying entertained.
Listen to a podcast
A podcast is a great way to stay entertained if you don’t fancy watching a television show or movie. Sometimes, people may find it difficult to watch a television show or movie when they’re travelling because it triggers motion sickness.
The benefit of listening to a podcast is that it’s an audible experience only, meaning you’re much less likely to get motion sickness from listening to one as opposed to reading or watching something on a mobile phone.
It seems nowadays, though everyone has their own podcast, so it’s good to be mindful of what podcasts are popular right now, and which ones you might take the most interest in. Like books, there are a variety of different genres available to choose from when selecting a podcast.
Read a book
A book is something that can be a great way of killing away a few hours, especially if you’re someone who enjoys getting lost in a book. While it might not be everyone’s cup of tea, reading a book can certainly provide great entertainment.
There are lots of great books and every day, a new author is popping up into the industry. Whether you like crime novels, non-fiction or you prefer educational books, there’s a lot to pick from.
You’ve got some great review sites that you can explore when it comes to figuring out which book is suited for you to read. Goodreads is a good site to start your journey on, and with this site, you can even set reading goals to help you get motivated to read more books than you would typically read.
Vacations or a travel adventure in general is a great way to get back into reading, especially as day-to-day life can get busy and make very little time for reading in general.
Play mobile and online games
With the technology that we have nowadays, it makes for a great way of fulfilling a need when it comes to entertainment. Our smartphones and other electronic devices can prove to be a great way of having access to online games, and most phones have access to the various app stores available, which offer hundreds and thousands of games to play.
Playing mobile and online games is a delight for many who are traveling and need to pass the time. You might want to try games that require a lot of focus and brain power, when it comes to memory, like mahjong, for example.
Other ones you might like to try could be more simulation based and therefore require more hours spent on the game.
There are lots of different sites nowadays that offer gaming opportunities. It might be worth exploring the various sites and finding one that offers everything you need to keep entertained.
Do puzzles or crosswords
Another way of engaging your brain beyond just playing online games is to do puzzles or crosswords. These have long been a great form of entertainment and if you’re not wanting to have your head in a screen for hours on end, then there are plenty of puzzles or crosswords that you can do in book form or simply by printing them out online.
Puzzles or crosswords are great for the mind and are useful for challenging it in day-to-day life. A crossword a day might be enough to keep your brain active and hopefully allow you to live a lot longer as a result.
Just like other organs in the body, the brain is a muscle that needs to be worked regularly, and by doing puzzles or crosswords, it can certainly provide you with that brain training while you're on your vacation or travels. Who said traveling wasn’t good for your health?
Write in a travel journal
Travel journals are an excellent way to document your experiences and can be handy when you’re older and perhaps the memories of previous travels are fading out of existence.
With a travel journal, you have an opportunity to note down everything that you get up to and often enough, this activity might only take you a few minutes or half an hour depending on what you’ve gotten up to.
Some might go as far as writing down their adventures in a travel journal and bringing along a scrap book so that they can keep some more of the physical memories to look back on, such as photographs or travel tickets for example.
Think about how you’d like to capture your travels and consider buying a travel journal before you go.
Take in the view and people-watch
Sometimes, when it comes to having some down time, it’s enough to sit and just watch the world go by. Whether you’re doing it in a coffee shop and looking out the window, or sitting in a local park admiring the beautiful view in front of you.
Taking in the view and people-watching can be a great way of spending some time alone in your thoughts or accompanied by your partner, but in silence.
People-watching is great because it allows you to sit back and watch both locals and tourists navigate the environment around them. When you people-watch, you get to slow down and see life from another perspective. You can imagine what the individuals are doing, who they are, and where they’re going.
There’s a lot of fun and entertainment that can be had by simply taking in the view and people-watching.
Sunbathe or swim
While some people like to enjoy an active vacation or travel excursion, others may prefer to do very little when it comes to their travels.
If you’re someone who’d much rather have a drink brought over to them while lounging on a sunlounger, then this is something that can pass the time too.
Sunbathing or swimming is a great way to relax and unwind from the daily rigmarole of life. We often don’t spend enough of our time to relax or to spend it on ourselves. Instead, our energy is often spent on other people, so it’s important to find opportunities to sunbathe or swim when you’re traveling. It’s a great way to start the day or to spend the day if you’d just prefer to lounge for the rest of your vacation.
Reconnect with your loved ones
When you’re on your vacation or travels, it’s always a good idea to check in with your loved ones every so often. Chances are, you might be a little too busy to do it and therefore need to find these downtime opportunities to speak to them.
Reconnecting with your loved ones is certainly a lot easier than it used to be. Nowadays, you can speak to your loved ones via your mobile phone, rather than a payphone on the street. You can connect with them via video calls on social media or through your smartphone’s device.
It’s pretty hard not to be able to connect with someone in today’s society, even if they’re half way across the world. Checking in with your loved ones is also a good way to make sure they’re ok and to ease their mind that you are ok too.
Keeping yourself entertained while on your travels is easy enough to do, but it’s always good to make a list of things that you can refer back to when you need to bust the boredom. Sometimes, waiting for an airport transfer or awaiting others in your party to go out for dinner can make the time go slower, so enjoy some of these activities to keep you busy and to keep it moving.
