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With so many places and so little time to see everything Europe has to offer, trying to figure out where to travel to on your next vacation can be tough. While different destinations are recommended at different times of the year, not many of us have the luxury of traveling to those specific cities during peak season. But that shouldn’t dishearten travelers as Lonely Planet feels the best way to bag a bargain and avoid huge crowds is by resisting high travel periods all together.

To help you figure out your next getaway, why not play a bit of Travel Bingo?

Travel Bingo is obviously a little less common than a travel bucket list, but the game has proven quite useful for the travel industry in a variety of ways. A number of travel bloggers have fashioned their own cards as a strategy to combat boredom during flight delays, with one prime example in the form of Airport Bingo by How I Became Texan. And for bingo providers like Gala Bingo, holiday giveaways such as the Las Vegas Vacation Promotion encouraged more gameplay online. Because of the versatility of bingo when it comes to travel, there’s really no reason why you can’t use the game as a guide for your next big adventure.

Here are the instructions in making your travel bingo card:

Make a list of 25 of destinations with European-specific activities (i.e. Watch the Northern Lights in Svalbard, Norway; Ski in the Swiss Alps; Kickstart your day with espresso and grappa in Rome, Italy, etc.). Once you’ve got all 25 items, you can either type them out on Print Bingo to automatically generate your card, or you can construct your own card, printing images from the internet to pair with the words. The DIY card is visually more appealing and gives you a little sneak peek of what’s to come in your travels. Once you’ve got your card sorted, take two different colored dice so that one represents the rows while the other represents the column. Rolling both dice will determine the next destination to cross off your bucket list. If you happen to roll a 6, you may use that as a free choice for the said column or row, or you can just roll that particular die again if you can’t decide.

After each adventure, check off the items with photographic evidence of your accomplishment.

Happy travels!

 

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About the Author, Diane Law

Diane has been a school teacher for nearly a decade now. During her spare time she enjoys writing for several travel blogs as well playing chess with her brother.