"Staycation"

[InfoRetrieval]

Why does "staycation" now mean a UK holiday?

I know what everyone means, I just don't really like the implication that it's not really a holiday if you don't go abroad e.g. friends have said to me "Can't afford a holiday, we'll just do a staycation this year"

To me a staycation is when you take time off work and stay at home taking day trips, but no overnight stays. (I understand this is what it means in the USA (Wikipedia)

OK flame away, I don't take this that seriously but would be interested if else has opinions on this

[Cotty]

staycation seems to be a new word. I have had many holidays in the UK and never called them a staycation, it was just a holiday.

[loafer123]

Doesn’t “staycation” mean staying at home, not staying in your home country for a holiday?

[anonymous-user]

loafer123 said:

Doesn’t “staycation” mean staying at home, not staying in your home country for a holiday?

Yeah, to me it’s staying at home maybe going on day trips etc rather than going away.

[sidekickdmr]

I work in the "Staycation" sector, with 3 properties in Devon, agreed its a new word, dont really like it, but seems to be here to stay, especially post Covid

[littleowl]

I always thought if you took time off and stayed away from home, but elsewhere in the same country for a week or whatever, then it was a staycation.
That was my understanding of the term

But if you just took the time but just stayed at home and pottered around localiy, does that still count as a staycation or just time off?
Not sure about this one.

[Evoluzione]

The Meercans never leave their own country anyhow that's why a Staycation to them is staying at home - in their house. As we're more likely to travel globally the UK is our home.

[Welshbeef]

Staycation is for instance camping in your back garden.

Anything beyond that within the U.K. is a long weekend or a UK Holiday.

I wonder if with the CTA that we could have holidays in ROI....

[Spare tyre]

I’ve always assumed it meant a week of at home, not going to a hotel, camping or whatever

Besides, I always find a week in the U.K. expensive!

[Zetec-S]

For lots of people a holiday means sitting on a beach in Spain, getting suburn, getting drunk and eating "British" food. They are unable to compute the fact some people are quite happy to go away for a week in the UK, so we've had to invent a word to explain it to them.

[Welshbeef]

Zetec-S said:

For lots of people a holiday means sitting on a beach in Spain, getting suburn, getting drunk and eating "British" food. They are unable to compute the fact some people are quite happy to go away for a week in the UK, so we've had to invent a word to explain it to them.

With British weather getting hotter and hotter year on year and now this covid19 we may see vast swathes electing for U.K. holidays. Clearly that will mean the Benidorm crew might Elbe holidaying next to you in the U.K. or pushing down availability of hotels b&bs chalets log cabins and campsites.