Short getaway: have you visited your town’s surroundings?

Sometimes you just feel the need to take a break. Even if you cannot take a vacation – but you want to travel – you have the perfect solution: visit the surroundings of your hometown.

Now let’s be honest for a moment: we all dream about traveling far away from home, visiting places and enjoying sights we’ve either seen on TV or heard about from our friends. It’s great to be able to do that, but when you cannot you still have lots of options for a day (or a weekend) out.

A friend of mine was always complaining about how she doesn’t have the money to travel abroad and how she cannot afford a vacation – and cannot take a weekend of her job. And I asked her: “Have you visited the places around the city?”. Puzzled, she replied: “What sights?!?”. Now, you see: this is exactly what happens. We start to look far away, but ignore what’s nearby, just waiting for us.

How can you find out what’s interesting? Use the Internet, ask your friends and so on. Take a map – and look for cities, names and important points of interest. Then make a plan – choose the means for transportation, consider the water and food you’ll need, pick up a GPS or a map and off you go. Here – Top 10 Tips for planning a ‘Staycation’ Day Out … – you have some tips that can help you make the best of such a trip in an excellent article.

What should you expect to find? Well, it depends on the area you live in – city, country… You might find:

  • lakes;
  • caves;
  • volcanoes;
  • fishing areas;
  • parks;
  • castles and other important historical buildings;
  • monuments;
  • special playgrounds / parks;
  • mountains or seaside;
  • amazing sights
See also  Travel insurance? Yes, a must!

and I’m sure the list can be further extended.

Of one thing I am sure though: there is plenty to see/visit – if you only take the time to document it. And in each trip you’ll discover something new – and in those several hours you’ll recharge your batteries for the next day or week.

Lori

I’m offering public relations, communications and image counseling in everyday life and I have a PR agency – PRwave INTERNATIONAL. I am passionate about reading, blogging (I also have a blog in Romanian) and traveling. Follow me on Twitter - @violetaloredana (Romanian) and @TravelMoments.

12 thoughts on “Short getaway: have you visited your town’s surroundings?

  • Pingback: Tweets that mention Short getaway: have you visited your town’s surroundings? | Travel Moments In Time -- Topsy.com

  • Pingback: Top 10 Tips for planning a ‘Staycation’ Day Out …  | Quirky Traveller's Tales

  • 7 June, 2010 at 13:07
    Permalink

    Hi Lori – inspiring us to get away for those breaks locally which can revive the spirits and help us to appreciate our own backdoor.

    Thanks for link to my article on wwwthequirkytraveller.com 🙂
    Zoë

    Reply
    • 7 June, 2010 at 14:16
      Permalink

      You are very welcome for the mention, Zoë. It is a very well written article with interesting and most of all useful information! And yes, I think that such a getaway can help everyone – even for charging their batteries!

      Reply
  • 23 June, 2010 at 22:55
    Permalink

    You make a great point in this article. All too often people think that they need to travel half way around the world in order to do something interesting. All it takes is a little investigation and motivation to find local things in order to create a memorable fun time.

    Reply
    • 7 July, 2010 at 22:59
      Permalink

      Thank you Steve for pointing this out too – I’m glad I’m not the only one with this opinion 🙂

      Reply
  • 26 April, 2014 at 15:38
    Permalink

    269838 310757Hi there! I just want to give a huge thumbs up for the excellent data you can have proper here on this post. I will likely be coming once more to your weblog for a lot more soon. 689585

    Reply
  • 1 May, 2014 at 02:09
    Permalink

    992502 990918I feel this internet internet site has quite superb composed topic material articles . 23284

    Reply
  • Pingback: Clinton

  • 4 September, 2014 at 01:11
    Permalink

    All I can point out is, I don’t know what to comment! Except of course, for the excellent tips that are shared within this blog. I can think of a zillion fun strategies to read the content articles on this site. There’s no doubt that I will ultimately take a step utilizing your tips on areas I could not have been able to take care of alone. You are so innovative to permit me to be one of those to benefit from your handy information. Please know how great I am thankful.

    Reply
  • 27 October, 2014 at 23:29
    Permalink

    Fancy details, bring thanks to that publisher. It was incomprehensive inside my advice currently, however as a general rule, that effectiveness and definition is overwhelming. Appreciate it and all that best …

    Reply
  • 28 October, 2014 at 00:08
    Permalink

    Trackback: Far more Informations on that subject

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Wordpress Social Share Plugin powered by Ultimatelysocial