Travel bingo for the airport and the wait at the gate
Flying with kids means a lot of waiting: the check-in line, the security line, the gate, and the boarding line after that. Let's Tingo gives all that waiting a game. You build a board of things to spot, everyone gets their own board from the same list, and the first to fill five in a row calls a Tingo.
It turns the airport into a travel bingo game, and the kids spend the wait looking out the window for planes.
Airport bingo from the curb to the gate
Pick a game type, tell Let's Tingo you're flying out of a big airport with the kids, and it builds a list of finds from that: a pilot with a suitcase, a moving walkway, a fuel truck. Keep the ones you like, add the airport train your youngest has been asking about since you booked, and share the game.
Little kids love being the first to spot a pilot. They point, everyone looks, and the find goes on the board.
An airport scavenger hunt for the long wait
The gate window is one of the best spots for finds. There's a baggage cart, a plane being pushed back, a crew member in an orange vest waving a plane in. If the flight's delayed, there's more time to fill in the last squares.
Pick a camera game and every find needs a photo. The photo stays with the find for the whole group to see, so the board ends up holding the trip from the first bag drop on.
Travel bingo cards for everyone in the family
Everyone gets their own board, a bit like their own travel bingo card, dealt from the same list of finds so no two look quite the same. In most games, finds are shared, so when anyone spots something, it shows up on every board that has it.
If you're flying to see family, make it a join-any-time game. It's live the moment the invites go out, so the grandparents waiting at the other end can join halfway through from wherever they are.
One board for the whole trip
You don't have to stop when you land. Make it a timed game, set it to end on the last day of the trip, and the same board keeps going through the vacation and the flight home. Whoever has the most Tingos when it ends wins.
Name a prize when you set it up, like the window seat on the way home, and everyone sees what they're playing for.
Travel bingo ideas to get your board started
These are the kind of finds that make a good airport scavenger hunt. Use them, change them, or let Let's Tingo suggest its own from what you tell it. For other occasions, browse more scavenger hunt ideas.
Check-in and security
- Departures board
- Check-in kiosk
- Bag on the scale
- Security bins
- Shoes in a bin
- Stickered suitcase
- Neck pillow
- Someone in pajamas
- Luggage cart
- Matching luggage
- Pilot with a suitcase
- Flight crew
Around the terminal
- Moving walkway
- Airport train
- Escalator
- Beeping cart
- Charging station
- Terminal map
- Gate agent
- Boarding line
- Water fountain
- Art installation
- Newsstand
- Kids' play area
Out the gate window
- Plane taking off
- Plane landing
- Fuel truck
- Baggage cart
- Tail fin
- Jet bridge
- Plane tug
- Orange vest
- Control tower
- Catering truck
- Propeller plane
- Belt loader
Get your trip ready
Build the board while you're packing, and share it on the way to the airport. The same game works for road trip games when you're driving instead, beach games once you land, and games to play in line at the theme park.
Joining a game is always free, in the app or in a browser. Plenty of games are free to make, too.