Three Ways to Plan Your Tofino Holiday at Duffin Cove

We’re all going on vacation for different reasons. Some of us just love adventure, some of us are burnt out and needing a reset, while others simply have built their life around travel. Wherever you find yourself on the scales and whatever your needs are, we have three ways to “plan” your Tofino holiday at Duffin Cove for the Type A’s, B’s, and somewhere-in-betweens.

Planning Your Tofino Holiday

The first step to any good vacation is a thorough self-assessment. Do you  need to rest? Play? Eat? Reconnect? Disconnect? 

You’re going to get the most out of your stay when you can authentically tune into what your mind, body, and spirit is asking of you. Then it will feel less like you have a thousand options to choose from, and more like you can see how to best fulfill your true desire with the paths available.

When you stay at Duffin Cove, you have the perfect place to start from. Your vacation shouldn’t feel like work to plan, so here are some options to bring rest and play into every facet of your trip.

Plan A) Pick-A-Theme for your Tofino Holiday

If you want to make the most out of every moment and have energy bursting from you as you head into your vacation, then pick-a-theme is a playful and effective way to immerse yourself in Tofino.

Potential Themes:

1. pick an element; have a water day of surfing, swimming, boating, seafood and moonlit dock strolls. Have an earth day of forest bathing, picnicking, seasonally inspired menus and moving with intention.

2. colour day; choose a colour and let it guide you! Maybe you’re feeling purple, so you head to get your coffee at the place with the purple t-shirt in the window, and get lunch at the spot with a blackberry cocktail. This is so playful and lets some mystery in.

3. inner-child; what would little you love to do? Maybe you want to build a sandcastle, have ice cream for lunch, and get excited about a butterfly mood ring in the gift shop. This is especially fun for birthdays!

Pick-A-Theme is fun whether you’re solo or with a group. The diversity of Tofino and it’s offerings means there are endless customizations to this and even make packing easier!

Plan B) Go With The Flow on your Tofino Holiday

This is great if you’re feeling burnt out or overwhelmed and just need to have some moments of peace. Even if you’re a “research first” kind of person, you can compile your list and let each day guide you. Sometimes not having to know or decide everything is the perfect reset.

Ways to go with the flow:

1. The Choose Your Own Adventure in Tofino post

2. ask someone you’re talking to (barista, tour guide, friendly local) what you should do next; take their recommendation

3. flip a coin! When you feel stuck between options, let the universe take the wheel

4. write all your options out on paper and choose a few in the morning by random, build your day around them

   

Plan C) Highlight Points for your Tofino Holiday

Sometimes we go somewhere and know we won’t feel satisfied if we don’t cross a certain something off the bucket list. Planning around highlight points means you can make sure you do what’s important to you, while also having some wiggle room.

Make a list of everything you want to do or see and pick one or two essential things for each day. Book the reservation, plan the outfit, get the instagram shots without having to rush or stress.

If you’re with a group of people, you can each pick a day or activity to make sure everyone gets what they want. Leave space in your planning to check-in on how you’re feeling, knowing that the essential experiences are covered and there is still room for play.

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Your vacation doesn’t need to be overwhelming or work to plan in order to be fulfilling and worth-while. Invite some fun into the process and watch as the stress melts away from your nervous system, because in Tofino we take enjoying yourself seriously.