Design • 15 May, 2020 • 7 min read

5 Ways you can Travel the World, Whilst Staying at Home

You don’t really need to go far away to feel like you’re far away. These five creative tips will help you get your wanderlust fix whilst waiting it out at home.

By Edvin Brobeck

How To Avoid Cabin Fever

Whether the cabin fever is creeping in, or you’re simply feeling frustrated at having to hit pause on that trip you had planned, you don’t really need to travel far away to feel like you’re far away. We put together five creative tips to help get your wanderlust fix and avoid cabin fever whilst waiting it out at home.

The best part? No packing required!

IDEA ONE

Create a travel moodboard

white map poster of lublin, poland

Or better still, a bucket list, or a list of places that you’d like to go next. 


Whether this is creating a Pinterest board, or saving pics in an Instagram folder, find your inspiration and start planning! Whether you’re a visual person or a list lover, each bucket list will look different and inspire in their own ways!

Dreaming about somewhere special?

Designing your own custom map poster of the place you can’t wait to visit is the perfect way to hang your bucket list on your wall and beat cabin fever! Enter any location into the Mapiful editor, and easily customize the look and text to fit your interior.

Design your map poster

IDEA TWO

Take a virtual tour

From museums and art galleries to theme parks  – there are tonnes of free tours currently available online to immerse yourself in culture and history, all from the comfort of your sofa. Here are some of our favourites. Simply click and tour!

The Louvre – Paris, France
Van Gogh Museum – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The British Museum – London, United Kingdom
Metropolitan Museum – New York, US
Walt Disney World – Epcot, US
Bagan World Heritage Site – Bagan, Myanmar
The Great Wall – Beijing, China

IDEA THREE

Get foody with it

There’s nothing like experiencing the world’s cuisines to transform you to far away places. Grab a global cook book, or search online for simple recipes from your favourite cuisines.

Don’t fancy leaving the sofa? Take out options are available for almost every cuisine… we won’t tell!

IDEA FOUR

“Parlez vous français?”

girl looking at a tablet with pictures of new york city, and a map, a black hat and camera
Custom Text Art Mapiful poster – Modern Style

Apps like DuoLingo, Babbel and Memrise offer immersive courses for complete beginners and upwards. 

You’ll be pleased to know that something as easy as watching your favourite Netflix shows in your target language, or even simply switching your subtitles, also counts as practicing your language! 

Once you’ve mastered the basics, reading books in your target language will let your imagination take you to new places in no time. 

Learning the lingo in a simple window to other cultures, and also ensures that you never become lost in translation. And speaking of which…

IDEA FIVE

Travel shows and movies to avoid cabin fever

travel shows and movies to avoid cabin fever

Movies are a blissful way to transport yourself to other places and times. Preferably whilst accompanied by some tasty treats!

Here are some of our favourites, set in a variety of gorgeous locations and cultures, to suit all tastes. (Well, almost!)

Lost in Translation (2003) 
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Life of Pi (2012)
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Into the Wild (2007)
Before Sunrise Trilogy (1995-2013) 
The Hundred Foot Journey (2014)
Call Me by your Name (2017)
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Mamma Mia (2008)

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