Next time you take a family vacation during the winter months, consider attending one of these many winter sporting events and games in the local town or nearby towns. For winter sports, see if any of these many snow sports are available for you to watch or play along yourself too, like luge, skeleton, figure skating, snowboarding, snowmobiling, speed skating, bobsleighing, cross-country skiing, Alpine skiing, ski jumping, hockey teams, and bowling leagues. Like playing these sports too? Find out if there are any open public days like skiing, ice skating or hockey. Sports fanatics love the chance of attending a sport event while on vacation. It’s the powerful smell of popcorn and steaming hot dogs and hamburgers, the thrill of fans cheering for their favorite team, the feeling you get when your team wins too! Due to the conditions and the ease of performing activities, sports schedules vary each season. There are hundreds of different sports all over the country. Before booking your vacation, ask around to see what kinds of sport games are available and get dates and times and prices of tickets too. Some sport games and events are free, saving a family money while traveling and having a good time too.

While there are the major professional sports like the National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), National Hockey League (NHL), and the National Football League (NFL), don’t forget that sports extends beyond the pro teams and there are a plethora of sporting event options available. Check out the local school sporting teams while traveling – high school, middle school and even little league sporting events can be fun family friendly with cheap tickets too. School sports can include football, baseball, soccer, basketball, wrestling, hockey and others, depending on where you go and the season.

And let’s not forget the womens teams as well. They are becoming more popular across the professional sector as well as down to the schools too, and it’s not just volleyball, tennis and softball anymore. So when you are planning your next family travel, look into the local sporting events and games there as well as women sports. You can meet and greet with the locals, and learn more about these teams too, and you may also be able to participate in these sports while traveling.