With travel on hold, take a masterclass or free online course – in astronomy, first aid, photo editing, and a lot more – to have a better holiday after lockdown

The more you know before you go, the better your travel experience will be. Learn a language, how to read a map, survival skills, and more while in lockdown

Many online courses have been made available free of charge as billions of people hunker down at home to stop the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus

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Distance learning online during a coronavirus lockdown can help you get skilled up for future trips. Photo: Getty Images

Jamie Carter

Published: 8:30pm, 23 Apr 2020Updated: 5:00pm, 27 Apr 2020

Were you really getting the absolute maximum out of your travels before Covid-19 stopped us all in our tracks?

A common failing among travellers is a lack of language skills, which can make cultural understanding and connecting with locals tricky in many places.

There are many other shortcomings that we travellers display all too obviously; we take too many (terrible) photos, we cannot read maps properly and we lack enough knowledge of world history to truly appreciate the significance of ancient sites.

Now is the time to take advantage of online courses, masterclasses, webinars and live streams designed to help make you an expert while you are stuck being an armchair traveller.

Online courses, masterclasses, webinars and live streams can help you get even more out of your holidays. Photo: Getty Images

1. Language learning