Fun recreational activities recommended for travel
Travel is something that makes your heart race with excitement, isn’t it?On such enjoyable trips, you also want to make the most of the waiting time.Here are some easy recreational activities and games you can try in those moments.Many of them require no equipment, so give them a try!
Fun recreational activities recommended for travel (1–10)
Earphone Loud Telephone Game
It’s a simple game where everyone puts on earphones and music, then plays telephone while barely hearing the other person’s voice at high volume—but unexpected answers often come up, so it’s sure to have the whole group bursting into laughter.
Tourist Destination Quiz
A simple activity where you hold a quiz about tourist spots.
The organizer can ask the questions, or it might be fun for everyone to bring their own.
If you decide the itinerary in advance, it should be easier to come up with questions.
Simple psychological test
When you’re on a long trip and swaying on a bus for hours, a quick and easy activity to do during short breaks at the inn is a personality test.
If you search online, you’ll find all kinds of them.
After the host announces the answers, sharing everyone’s individual responses and results is sure to liven things up.
UNO
A classic recommendation for downtime at hotels and inns, or while traveling on the Shinkansen, is UNO.
Recently, versions of UNO cards that let you write your own rules have gone on sale, making it even more fun.
Try enjoying it with special rules just for your trip.
Bingo Tournament
Bingo is the classic staple of recreational games, isn’t it? Precisely because it’s so classic, it always gets people excited.
If you combine it with other games—for example, giving out one bingo card to anyone who wins a rock-paper-scissors tournament—it might get even more exciting.
Picture shiritori
When you think of shiritori, the word game using spoken words is the norm, but this is a version where you turn those words into drawings and play with pictures.
All you need is a notepad and a pen, so it’s a perfect game for killing a bit of time on a trip.
Cooking Battle
Delicious food is one of the goals when traveling, isn’t it? In that case, how about a cooking showdown game using local ingredients? From classic dishes like curry and omelets to creative recipes arranged to your liking, they’re all interesting—and delicious!
Counting game
It’s a very simple game where everyone counts up to 15, one person speaking at a time at random so that no one overlaps.
The key is that it’s not in order but at random, so if you don’t sense when others might speak and time your turn, you’ll end up overlapping.
It has a touch of psychological gameplay and is quite enjoyable.
30-second guessing game
This is a game where you rely solely on your internal body clock to try to stop a stopwatch at exactly 30 seconds.
The rule is simple: press start and stop using only your sense of timing, without looking at any numbers, so you can add all kinds of variations.
You could keep a conversation going while measuring the time, or have people around you call out random numbers to distract you—both would likely make it more exciting.
You can also try closing your eyes to sharpen your senses, or keeping a rhythm to feel the passage of time.
Experiment with whatever method works best for you.
Drawing game
This is a game where the questioner describes a rough drawing they made, and everyone competes to see who can draw the picture that comes closest to it.
It’s great for parties, travel time, or free time at night.
The trick for the questioner is to draw something as ambiguous as possible—the reveal is much more exciting that way.