family outings
Household day trips
Family outings are recreational trips or activities that a family does together—visits to parks, beaches, museums, or restaurants.
The phrase emphasizes shared experience and togetherness: We used to take family outings to the lake every summer.
The term can carry nostalgic or wholesome connotations, sometimes used ironically for dysfunction: Another family outing ended in tears.
- picnicsOutdoor meals, often social
- packed lunchesPre-made portable meals
- packingPutting items in containers
- road tripsExtended car journeys
- scenic driveRoadway featuring attractive landscapes
bonding · walking trails · camping · beaches · aquariums · zoo · adventure · theme parks · celebration · hiking · botanical gardens · state park · exploration · lakes · playgrounds · relaxation · picnic areas · mountains
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
- lake recreationboating, boat dock, boat launch, fishing pier, boat ramp
family outingssolo trips
Unaccompanied travel excursions
solo hiking · solitude · going it alone · me time · hermit lifestyle
family outingsstaying home
Not going out
home confinement · staycations · indoor activities · couch time · house arrest
family outingsbusiness travel
Journeys for work purposes
corporate retreats · conferences · networking events · solitary confinement