Vacation at homes: Tips & ideas for a great vacation at home

Summer, sun, beach and sea. For many this are the optimal ingredients for a relaxing vacation. Unfortunately, the actual situation around Corona continues to make traveling to distant countries difficult. For many, the motto is: vacation at home. Sounds boring? No way! Because with a few tips and ideas, you can also spend a nice holiday at home. And enjoying days off at home has many advantages: You save yourself the stress at the airport, promote the local economy, get to know your home in a new way, save money and do the environment something good. We´ll tell you how you can relax and escape the everyday life during a holiday at home and how you can transform your home into a cozy summer residence.

Tips for a great vacation at home

Shortly before the vacation starts, you should have done all important tasks in the household, which means: tidying up, cleaning and washing. Because the less house work you have to do during the vacation, the more likely you can feel like you are on vacation. Any kind of work should also be taboo. Turn your phone of, set up an out-of-office message for your e-mail inbox and take a digital time out. Don´t fill your private calendar with too many appointments. Instead, look forward to your favorite activities that are neglected in the everyday life or doing nothing – you deserve it.

With the following tips, you are guaranteed to have a great vacation at home.

Create a place of well-being

During vacation, a place for relaxing and dreaming is very important. However, it not always has to be a deck chair on the beach – you can also create a feel-good place at home. Hammocks are ideal for this. No matter if in the garden between two trees or on the terrace with a frame – the pleasant feeling of floating relaxes and calms you down. Your balcony is too small? No problem! If there is no place for a hammock, a hammock chair can still be placed. We at CHICO have specialized in hammocks and hammock chairs since 1985 and offer our products in two different materials and in various colors. This gives you a lot of leeway when designing your retreat. Further possibilities: a rattan-lounge with cozy pillows or a reading corner made from pallets.

The right decoration for the holiday feeling

The right decoration makes your personal summer place really cozy. Anyone who has the luxury of a garden, knows the positive strength of plants. But you also can benefit from this on the balcony or terrace: Get some beautiful plants from the gardener and create a green oasis for yourself. Maybe you will even become a hobby gardener yourself? Especially Mediterranean plants like lavender or thyme exude a Mediterranean flair and not only cut a good figure on the balcony, but also in sparkling summer drinks. Outdoor carpets and fairy lights complete the decoration.

Rediscover your home

Anyone who longs for adventures should be told: There is also a lot to discover in the immediate enviroment. Do you already know the many castles in Austria? Do you already climbed the highest mountain of the Mühlviertel, the Plöckenstein? Many hiking trails and bike tours start in front of our house, many new favorite places are very close. Just go for a walk, at the next fork in the road don´t turn right as always, but left, and rediscover your home. Another possibility: sleep in the open air and become one with nature. Therefore our hammocks out of waterproof polyester are optimal for this. – you can easily leave them outside overnight. Watching the stars, let the silence affect you, feel the first sunrays.

Culinary trip to your favorite country

The fish plate on the beach back then, the tsatsiki in this quaint tavern – holiday feelings are also associated with tastes. You can easily bring them home with you. Start a culinary trip and cook your favorite holiday dishes. Who likes to play with fire, has time to improve his grill skills. Or you can test the new restaurant near you, that has attracted you for so long.

The right summer sound track

Just like you can make a culinary trip, you can make a musical one. Normally you are traveling in the south, somewhere between lavender and cypress avenues? Then create a lively Italo playlist. Are you more drawn to pretty, andalusian villages with street flamenco? Then turn on some songs with southern guitar sounds. And of course you can dance too!

Learning a new language

You had planned a trip to France and wanted to learn a vocabulary for this so that you can communicate on site, but haven´t had the time yet? Then do it now! Learn the language of your next holiday destination so that you are saddled when the time comes. The locals will give you high credit for it. Travel documentaries are also ideal for preparing for your next trip.

Meeting friends and family for a picnic

We have to see us again! It is not uncommon for us to write this to our old friends or colleagues. Far too often, this promise is broken, because the stressful everyday life allows few appointments. Now you have time for it! Meet with friends of a picnic or chat about old times while walking. Family members are also looking forward to a brunch or a visit at a restaurant.

Summer reading for dreaming

When was the last time you read a book? All through from the beginning to the end? If you start thinking, then it´s definitely too far back. Stop by the local library or bookstore and find some exciting summer reading. At your feel-good place, you can use it to travel to distant realms or uncover a difficult case. Your stressful everyday life? You forgot that very quickly.

Getting creative

A vacation offers you many time to get creative. No matter if you discover your love for gardening, finally come  to paint again, build a tree house for your child, start sewing, teach yourself to take photos or learn an instrument – you will not only quickly dive into new spheres, which automatically transport you far away from your work, but you also can learn from it.

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