‘Stay’cation
Defined by Wikipedia…
Common activities of a staycation include use of the backyard pool, visits to local parks and museums, and attendance at local festivals. Some staycationers also like to follow a set of rules, such as setting a start and end date, planning ahead, and avoiding routine, with the goal of creating the feel of a traditional vacation.
Last year The Frugal Find family had a fabulous Staycation, it was a packed week and we’re looking forward to it again this summer. You can go here to see some of the events/outings we did, but we’re looking for new and fresh ideas this year. Have you done a Staycation before? Please share your tips, ideas, ways to make it fun, etc. I’d love to hear from you!
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Here are some fun FREE things to do. (I put this together for a group of moms last week… glad to share it)
• Jelly Belly Tour – always FREE
• Berkeley Kite Festival FREE http://www.highlinekites.com
• Black Diamond Mines, FREE on weekdays
• Los Vaqueros Interpretive Center – Programs are free, unless otherwise noted. http://ccwater.com/losvaqueros/
• Barnes & Noble Check their website for FREE story times and events. http://www.barnesandnoble.com
• Free movies at Regal theater on Tues & Thurs 10am
Love these ideas, thanks for sharing!
I saw your idea last year and decided to steal it
We are wanting a fun vacation without the fuss! So here are a few of the ideas we have come up with so far 
Options:
1. Eating out- Resturants.com
2. Miniature golf (coupons including go cart in entertainment book)
3. Beach
4. Swimming
5. SF Zoo (coupons online)
6. Pixie Playland (coupons in entertainment book)
7. John Muir House
8. Movie (day time Brentwood free admission)
9. Bowling (entertainment book coupons)
10. Golden Gate park
11. Roast marshmellow’s (SMORES)
12. Bay Area discovery museum (coupon online)
13. CA Academy of Science (coupon online)
14. Tech Museum (coupon online)
15. Yosemite
16. Santa Cruz
17. Monterey Bay Aquarium
18. Bart
19. Muir Woods (HUGE Redwood trees)
20. Drive-in
Boomers, in Livermore, has a special of $14.99 onThursdays for unlimited play. Plus I joined their discount club and they automatically send you a couple coupons, one worth $10.00 off a visit. You can then play for just $4.99
sfo airport has a beautiful chinese porceline collection on display. free for the price of bart ticket. dont forget adultd over 65 and kids under 12 are eligible for discount tickets.
the ironhorse trail from alamo to danville is fun,and u can walk around in danville ,great stores and little cafes right near ironhorse. biking it is fun too
My husband won’t be able to get a whole week off of work this month and next month he is going to England for a month and a half (lucky him). So we are taking our weekends and trying to fit in some fun activities. But if I was able to plan a staycation here is what I would do:
First I would actually stay the night in a hotel a few hours away, just one night to kick off the vacation. There are some great areas around us that are just a little too far to really make a day trip, but would be prefect to have two days there.
Then I would make the rule no cooking for dinner. There are ways to make this inexpensive, restaurants.com, groupon.com, entertainment book, take out, pizza, even getting burgers from the dollar menu and coming home to throw together an quick salad and baked potatoes or somthing quick and easy.
Around my area (Columbus OH) we have the BES T festivals all summer long, jazz and rib festival, a Native American Pow-Wow, wine festival, greek festival, etc. Most are really inexpensive to get into and it is fun just walking and looking at everything even if you don’t buy anything.
What great ideas! Here are some of the things we might do this summer…
1. Aquarium of the Bay, SF
2. Exploratorium
3. CA Academy of Sciences
4. Golf N Games, Antioch
5. Lawrence Hall of Science
6. Contra Loma
7. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
8. Ardenwood Historic Farm
9. Bay Area Discovery Museum
10. City water park
11. free movie during the day at RAVE
12. Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Some of these can be expensive but last year we purchased a membership to a natural history museum that allows to get into other museums like the Academy of Sciences and Exploratorium for free. We also purchased season passes to Six Flags for 19.99 each during my husbands company picnic so we saved a bundle there.
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