WE are probably all feeling a hol lot of cabin fever.
Trips abroad — and at home — have had to be put on ice, but you can still get some vacation vibes from the comfort of your own sofa.
Start your own virtual break with these ideas…
- Room with a view: Bored of looking at the same four walls? Hotels from across the globe are offering the views from their windows via skylinewebcams.com.
There is a beach section, so you can watch waves lap in the Maldives. Blissful. - Culture club: Museums are getting in on the act too with virtual tours. Head to artsandculture.google.com and you can walk through Paris’s Musee d’Orsay or the Guggenheim in New York, for instance. I spent hours doing this over the weekend.
- Let’s get quiz-ical: Any decent holiday needs a quiz night. I have been missing my weekly pub contest, but on Thursday night I took part in Jay Flynn’s virtual version on YouTube — and it was brilliant.
Jay was expecting around 40 players. He actually got well over 300,000.
There are no fancy gimmicks, you just need a pen and paper. Jay reads the questions and you mark it yourself.
I got 29 out of 50 so I’ll be playing again this Thursday to beat my score. - Rum-thing special: Now is the time to become a master cocktail creator. Website pinchofnom.com has some great free and simple recipes (along with handy nutrition cards if you are following a diet plan). They include my pub faves such as vodka woo woos and pina coladas.
- Glow getter: Missing that beach sun glow? Then fake it until you make it. If you have not perfected your fake tan application in the past, now is the perfect time to practise — and there are some great offers on easy-to-apply options.
I like Cocoa Brown 1 Hour Tan extra dark mousse (£7.99, superdrug.co.uk). You can currently buy one, get one half price from across the whole range.
SAVING: £3.99 when buying two
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Top swap
Instead of keeping the kids entertained with a Philips boombox, for £70.99 at Argos, try the Groov-e boombox, for £34.99, also at Argos.
SAVE: £36
Deal of the day
Boost your immune system with a fruity smoothie. The Nutri Ninja slim smoothie maker is reduced to £35 from £60 at AO.com.
SAVE: £25
Cheap treat
Pick up three packs of coffee pods at Asda for £10 – saving you up to £3.50.
Giselle’s Little Helper
CHECK with your current mobile phone provider to see if you are entitled to any freebies at the moment.
Vodafone has just announced it is giving 500,000 pay- monthly customers 30 days of free data (head to its VeryMe rewards app to get yours) while O2 has scrapped data charges on 22 support websites including CitizensAdvice.org.uk and Mind.org.uk.
Shop and save
Finishing school work comes with a treat. The Shopkins Pop ’n’ Race game is £6.50, down from £13 at Debenhams.co.uk.
SAVE: £6.50
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