Take a Vacation? Why Not?
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I got something fun in the mail today and I had forgotten that I had even requested it. Tucked amidst magazine renewal letters and the bills was a visitor's guide for Indiana. Doesn't everyone want to vacation in Indiana? Wait... don't I live in Indiana?
Periodically I try and request a visitor's guide to my own state because it is full of great ideas for day trips for our family. It is almost like seeing the same old surroundings in an entirely new light. With two little children, leisurely vacations just don't happen for us anymore and we are now more opt to take a trip that can be done in a day, rather then in a week. Vacationing in our own state is a great place to start and a visitor guide and visiting the state's travel department website are great resources for finding things to do. Remember, each state wants you to visit their state for your travel needs so they are going to showcase the best of the best in their brochures. You are going to be able to view the cream of the corn crop (Wait! Are corn crops just in Indiana?) from the comforts of your own couch.
Not only that, but these visitor guides are chock full of coupons and specials, free maps to places in town, and highlight the best museums and attractions to visit. Armed with a visitor guide, you can visit each of the museum and attraction's websites to see if they offer a free day to get in. Sit down with your spouse and plan your vacations around the ideas for free activities from the guide book. Build your vacations from a budget-minded place and you will have a picture book of memories...without the credit card debt to kill all your fun! Remember, that you can still take a nice day trip in town and stick to your budget goals for weekend spending.
Go ahead, Google your heart out and find out what there is to do in your hometown. Don't forget to visit your state's travel department site for a visitor guide!
Sound Off: Here is a great Miss America question, "What makes your state so great?" Share what your favorite day trip is in your beautiful state! Who knows? Maybe I can visit you!
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2 Responses to “Take a Vacation? Why Not?”
February 1st, 2008 at 7:04 am
One of our favorite things to do is take “day trips” around Indiana as our vacations. We hit the State Fair every year, have toured Columbus, Brown County, Parke County, Crawfordsville, the Indiana Dunes, and Madison, among others. We always stop by the visitors center in the city, where we get free advice on what to see in town from someone passionate about the area, and, typically, a free driving- or walking-tour map with sites of interest marked on it. These “scavenger hunt” trips are awesome- and cheap! We typically only spend money on meals, to eat at a unique local restaurant. For overnight trips, we’ll go camping in a state park, typically. Once, we used the Indiana travel site you linked to and got a buy-one-night-get-one-free stay in a Bloomington bed and breakfast for our six-month wedding anniversary. All of this works for us because there’s just two of us, we like road trips, and have cars that get good gas mileage- which makes for inexpensive getaways.
February 1st, 2008 at 11:13 am
Great ideas Amy! Tennessee – the beautiful parks and lakes! Smoky Mountains, Fall Creek Falls, Centerhill Lake, Radnor Lake, Percy Warner Park, Percy Priest Lake, Norris Lake, Land Between the Lakes… Come to hike, camp, fish, explore, boat, canoe, waterski, and enjoy the great outdoors in the four beautiful seasons.
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