It’s officially Fall, and you know what that means…the cold is coming! Cooler temps combined with social distancing rules still in place means that it will get harder and harder to find activities to do. Picnics in the park, no more. Beach days, see you later. As an alternative, I will be cozying up in bed with a nice cup of tea binging Netflix. But, if you’re anything like me, that will get boring! Lucky for you, I have the perfect solution to prevent that Netflix coma – virtual experiences!

 

Multiple businesses have curated different online activities from museum tours to cooking classes, all of which can be experienced from the comfort of your home. Check out the guide below.

 

Digital Museum Tours

Museums all over the world have created a VR-like tour that will transport you right into their walls. All you have to do is head over to Google Arts & Culture and dive in with one click of a button. Choose from exploring the famous steps of the Guggenheim in New York City, Frida Kahlo’s house in Mexico, or even the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. In addition, the Vatican museum and the Louvre in Paris also offer their own virtual tours online. You have the opportunity to see hundreds of famous pieces of art without ever moving a muscle – pretty cool, huh?

 

Airbnb Experiences

Before the pandemic began, Airbnb started offering its customers “experiences.” Instead of searching the site for places to stay, you could book some sort of class, adventure, or tour depending on where you were in the world. Think pasta making classes in Italy, boat rides around the Croatian islands, or sushi lessons in Japan. Sadly, times have changed, so Airbnb decided to move their experiences online. Currently, the most popular online experiences on Airbnb are “Sangria and Secrets with Drag Queens,” “Living Room Legends Scavenger Hunt Game,” and “Coffee Masterclass,” just to name a few!

 

Masterclass

Similar to Airbnb, Masterclass offers its subscribers a variety of online classes. For only $15 a month, you can take as many classes as you want from a wide range of categories like cooking, fashion, and business. The biggest difference though, on Masterclass, your teachers are going to look very familiar. Where else could you learn leadership from Anna Wintour, culinary arts from Gordon Ramsey, writing for TV from Shonda Rhimes, tennis from Serena Williams, or fashion from Marc Jacobs? I don’t know about you, but the answer for me is nowhere. And that is only the beginning, the list goes on and on. Masterclass is the only place, in any real-life or virtual scenario, that offers opportunities like these for such a reasonable price.

 

Going to concerts was one of my favorite things to do pre-corona. Who knows when the next time thousands of people will be able to gather in an arena together will be. For now, many artists are instead live-streaming performances for a more intimate concert experience. You can check out Billboard, Live Nation, NPR, or any other music sites to find schedules of different live-streams available. Diplo, Sofi Tukker, and the Metropolitan Opera are some of the performances available.

 

There is so much more available, this is only the beginning. Never stop exploring the world, even if it has to be from your couch!