Staycations are a great way to enjoy your vacation at home. Home vacations have encouraged people to explore everything within and around their community. But what if, you disappeared into your own oasis instead? You know–the one at home. The hitch the gate staycation is an under appreciated escape from reality. Can you imagine the possibilities and the savings?
How do you make a hitch the gate staycation feel different than any other weekend?
Plan like you are leaving
When you leave town for any period of time, you plan and wrap up loose ends at home. Do the same for a staycation.
Complete your routine chores, gather your reading materials, and unplug from your normal. This is non-negotiable. The deliberate plan creates an intended vacation. Think about what books will you read? Whatever you need to do to transform your thinking into vacation mode–do that.
Create a Themed Staycation
Whether choosing an elaborate locale, a beach, or a mountain escape, the theme focuses your time away from the ordinary. Use your imagination and create the feel of an event.
A trip to Paris, you say? Perhaps you can plan a French menu complete with wine and dessert. Not a cook? Create fun passports and map places you can visit virtually.
Maybe you are lower key. Turn your pool into a resort with personal spa pampering. How might a weekend spa look different than a weekend playing in the pool? indulge in personal spa treatments like face masks, hair masks or a long wonderful foot soak.
Whatever the theme, have fun planning it, and if you have children, unleash the discovery learning experience by letting them design some of the fun. People in Phoenix, Yuma and Tucson love vacationing at home.
Calories Don’t Count on Vacation
Be decadent! Enjoy a wonderful dessert or a fun cocktail. Part of the vacation is enjoying regional food and traditions. So, the same should hold true for a staycation.
Balancing healthy alternatives with vacation treats will help with the guilt. But really, you are on vacation so act like it.
Your Staycation
Which of these ideas will you use to create your perfect hitch-the-gate staycation? Or better yet, what would you do differently?
