The weekend is often something of an oasis in the desert, a sanctuary to many who consider themselves overwhelmed by the trials and tribulations of the working week. One of the first ports of call, when you have free time, is to see your friends or just socialize in a way that allows you to blow off some steam and relax in a comfortable environment.

However, you might find that the form this socializing takes is becoming less and less varied the more time that passes. Perhaps you don’t get to see your friends all that often, and therefore you want to spend your time doing something that you know you’ll all enjoy, but even then, trying something new could bond you together with new memories and experiences that help to stand out.

Live Entertainment

With such widespread, immediate access to technological devices and the internet, it’s often hard to imagine that live entertainment has anything to offer you that streaming services such as Netflix or YouTube don’t already. However, dismissing the content of the live entertainment disregards that liveness itself, the very thing that makes it unique. This might be something that you’re unfamiliar with, and perhaps the first thing that comes to mind is live music, which can well go a long way to immerse you and your friends in the music.

However, that’s not all you have access to in regards to your options. It might be that you’re interested by something different, such as getting opera tickets for you and your friends. It might certainly be different from the kind of thing that you’d normally do together, but that’s what might make it stand out.

A Road Trip

Perhaps you’ve got more than just a weekend to spend with your friends or family members, perhaps you’ve got some time off, within which the idea of a holiday seems like the perfect way to spend it. If this is the case, you might also be trying to work within a specific budget, in which case, you might find a road trip an exciting prospect indeed. Not only does a road trip integrate the very process of traveling into the holiday, making it an experience just as memorable as any destination, but it might be a way of seeing more of a given place by the very act of traveling through it.

Gaming Online

Unfortunately, not everyone has the luxury of living so nearby to their friends that they can just see them in person every single weekend. If you live far away from those you would normally like to spend time with, that can be a difficult hurdle when it comes to relaxing, but it doesn’t mean you have no options at all.

While video chats and other digital services can allow you to have conversations over long distances, you might find this slightly awkward and forced at times, forced to rely on a conversation over a more difficult means than normal. However, if you and your friends play a game online together, the game serves as a foundation, a focus that can bind you all and almost allow you to forget there’s any distance at all.