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!
- [Simple Games] Recommended Indoor Recreational Activities for Adults
- Games you can play with just conversation. Classic and popular activities you can enjoy without any props!
- [For Adults] Fun recreational games. Perfect for short breaks too!
- Kill time while waiting or stuck in traffic! A roundup of games four people can play
- [For Adults] Exciting Bus Recreation
- Travel-friendly games and activities for kids
- Fun activities for junior high school students. Recreation games.
- Games and activities everyone can enjoy together. A collection of fun play ideas.
- A party game that gets everyone excited at home. A fun recreational game.
- Recommended for upper elementary grades! Exciting indoor recreation and games
- Indoor games and recreational activities recommended for college students
- Team-based recreational activities for adults that are fun even with large groups
- A collection of simple indoor recreational games
Fun recreational activities recommended for travel (21–30)
tycoon
A great way to pass the time at hotels or inns is the classic game Daifugō (President).
Daifugō has lots of local rules, and it’s fun to see how the rules vary slightly depending on where the players are from.
Since it’s a trip, you might even enjoy creating a special, one-time rule just for the occasion.
Finger Smash
A great game to kill time: “Yubi-suma” (Finger Guess).
Many of you may have played it back in school.
You don’t need any equipment and the rules are simple, so anyone can jump right in.
First, make a fist with both hands and press your knuckles together.
Decide the order, and starting with player 1, call “Yubi-suma” and then say a number.
At that moment, all players either raise their thumb(s) or keep them down.
You can raise just one thumb, both, or none.
If the number called matches the total number of thumbs raised, the caller puts one hand down.
The first player to put both hands down wins! Give it a try.
Lyrics hijacking game
All you need are yourself, family, and friends! It’s a game where you sing your favorite songs and connect them by linking identical phrases and song titles.
If you can hijack the lyrics and jump into a different song before the other person finishes singing, you win! The rules are simple, but coming up with songs and phrases you know can be surprisingly challenging.
When an old song suddenly pops into your head, everyone’s sure to get excited and say, “So nostalgic!”
Two-letter shiritori
Would you like to try playing two-letter shiritori? In regular shiritori, you connect the last letter of the previous word to the first letter of your word regardless of length, and the person who uses a word that ends with “n” loses.
This version adds one more rule: you can only answer with two-letter words.
It’s perfect for when regular shiritori is too easy and boring.
If you want to make it even harder, try banning repeated words or keeping a steady rhythm while playing.
It’s a real test of your vocabulary!
Role-play gesture
It’s a game where you fully become the assigned theme and express it using only your body.
Things that are usually easy to communicate with words can be surprisingly frustrating when limited to performance alone, which is sure to get everyone excited and engaged.
Jenga
When it comes to classic games to play in your spare time, Jenga is a go-to, right? These days, there are lots of quirky versions where each block has a challenge written on it that you have to perform when you pull it.
Try picking up a Jenga set that suits your group.
Hai Iha Don
This is a game you can play with everyone using just your hands, no equipment needed.
Form a circle and stack your hands, then switch positions to the cues “Hai” and “Iha.” At the signal “Don,” the person whose hand is at the bottom tries to slap from the top.
Everyone else tries to pull their hand away to avoid being slapped.
You can add feints and tricks to make it more exciting.
Taste Test Game
A great recommendation for party entertainment is a taste test game where you prepare two types of food and guess which one is more expensive.
Convenience store foods these days are very tasty, so it’s surprisingly hard to tell and it really gets people excited.
Besides just guessing which is pricier, doing a tasting challenge like “Which brand of chocolate is this?” is also a lot of fun.
Command Game
This is a game where you move your body while carefully listening to the quiz master and deciding whether to follow the instructions.
The rule is to follow only the words that come after “Everyone,” so be mindful not to be misled by the rhythm or the quiz master’s movements.
Changing the movements and words, and increasing the tempo of instructions, are tricky points for the quiz master as well, so it’s a good idea to prepare a script to keep the game running smoothly.
It’s easy to make mistakes if you listen halfheartedly, so it’s important to focus closely on the words.
No Voiced-Sound Game
Voiced sounds refer to “muddy” sounds like da and ji.
For example, daijoubu and gomen are words that contain voiced sounds.
This game is about having a conversation while banning these voiced sounds.
When you talk, choose a topic and discuss it.
Saying you won’t talk is not allowed.
Remove the voiced sounds and keep the conversation going.
If you answer reflexively, you’ll end up speaking as usual, so be careful.
Announcing that there will be a penalty game for each voiced sound used will make it more thrilling!