Top Virtual Vacation Ideas During the Pandemic

We’re mindful of the ones in the culinary, hospitality, and travel industry who are out of a job — the ones who make our family travels particularly memorable. If possible, use opportunities from businesses such as Walks, a group tour operator whose over 700 guides cover more than 15 destinations around the world, to help them.

The concept: Your loved ones share an activity in the privacy of their own home — make pasta or pizza, for instance, or virtually take a tour of the Metropolitan Museum, all while interacting on the internet with a guide as you might in real life. Those virtual tours cost only $10, and 100 percent of what you opt to tip goes to guides who are currently out of work. In addition, receive a $25 credit for future live Walks tours (good for 2 years).

Follow all of your favorite destinations to check what they’re offering. Here we cover top Virtual Family Travel ideas gathered in collaboration with TakingtheKids.com.

Adventuring w/ Austin Adventures Virtual Vacations

Austin Adventures, an award-winning family tour operator is notorious for leading all-age guided visits to the great outdoors worldwide. Currently limited to their headquarters in Montana, Kasey Austin, the CEO of the company, has started a sequence of one-hour-long virtual adventures to their leading destinations. Made for ages 6 to 12 with everyone invited, it’s possible to tour Alaska, Yellowstone and the local zoo, right now or at your convenience, since each one is recorded.

Alaska Bucket List Trip

It’s the time of year folks are placing the finishing touches on preparations to go to Alaska. This year, see or visit what research is going on at Denali National Park. View videos of Alaska wildlife and highly sought-after destinations whether you wish to be on the Alaska Railroad, watching whales in Seward, taking tours of Anchorage or more and select your own virtual experience in Alaska.

Animal Antics Woodstock, VT

Families may virtually meet newborn calves, fuzzy baby chicks, and small lambs in sweaters ; Life on a dairy farm in Vermont may be experienced via Billings Farm At Home’s landing page, bringing farm animals to family members with photographs, interactive content, which includes farm recipes to prepare at home, downloadable coloring pages of animals that feature sketches by Kristina Rodanas (artist) and directions on ways to create natural egg dye in your home to decorate Easter eggs.

Arizona Outdoors Virtually

Rafting on the Colorado River or fantasy visits to the Grand Canyon may have been cancelled yet it’s possible to take a virtual Arizona road trip or walk among the wildflowers inside Arizona. You can dig deep with Google Earth that recently introduced virtual tours of Grand Canyon. You can virtually go to the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff that is 125 years old via their live streams, as well as interactive stargazing on their YouTube channel. Scottsdale started Support Scottsdale that has a “play” section that has virtual activities and tours.

Beach Vibes Socal

Check out Malibu Beach Inn in Malibu’s live stream which offers fantastic Pacific views. Heading south, the Beach Cam from Hotel Del Coronado spotlights the coast off of San Diego. The San Diego Zoo, the city’s leading attraction, features live webcams and special San Diego Zoo Kids site with amazing animal facts.

Cape Canaveral, FL

People can take a tour of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and check out what Astronaut Training involves, in conjunction with downloadable activities you can do at home, thanks mainly to the Kennedy Space Center. If you have paper towel tubes, straws, and rubber bands, it’s possible to launch and build your own rocket! Or you can challenge the children to name a few of the household items which were invented for the space program. Do you have a cellphone or microwave anyone? If you wish to shoot for the moon, you can check out NASA STEM@Home programming for grades Kindergarten through 4^th grade, created to encourage future entrepreneurs and scientists with amazing activities.

Yoga Together

Enjoy a family yoga class courtesy of the indoor waterpark Great Wolf Lodges chain of hotels. Their option of poses and video that has characters showing every pose is particularly effective with preschool-aged kids.

For ages 6+, view the online yoga classes for kids and families streaming each Mon, Thur. and Sat from the New York’s Iyengar Yoga Institute, among the country’s top teaching facilities of the classical style of yoga that was pioneered by B.K.S. Iyengar in the 30s. Over 50 all-level sessions weekly — suitable for teenagers and older — are led by an assistant and master teacher who view participants and offer coaching in real-time.

Bring your Beach Towel to FL

Go to Florida, the state’s tourism office runs Florida Beach Finder that permits armchair visitors to virtually see Florida’s much-adored beaches. You will require sunglasses to assess their listing of 825 beaches in order for you to determine if you want a romantic, family friendly, or adventurous beach, among others. However, Florida is a lot more than beaches – it is eco-exploration in the Everglades and theme parks. There isn’t anything more Florida than live alligators, which it’s possible to meet on the “School of Crocs” Facebook Live show, as well as YouTube segment referred  to as “Later Gator” from Orlando, Florida’s Gatorland.

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