Staycation

Staycation has been a "thing" for quite a while....in the US, it's what you do when you can't afford to travel elsewhere or don't have enough vacation accrued (in normal times).

And if you're old enough if can be "staytirement."

I'm tired of the "staytirement".

Staycation has been popular in the UK for years. It’s certainly not for those that can’t afford to travel abroad, as many holidays would be more expensive in the U.K. than heading to say Spain, Greece or Portugal. Most Brits get 4-6 weeks paid holiday per annum, so few people are time restrained.

Yep, staycations have been around for a long time and can be fun options for any number of reasons! We've taken "Adventure Days" to just explore random parks, trails or neighborhoods around our area that we're unfamiliar with. We've also booked the occasional night or two in a city-center hotel (we live in the suburbs) to responsibly take in baseball games, festivals or concerts, along with dinner and a few adult beverages. :O)

Well it is definitely a new one here, because we usually take three vacations! A sky holiday, an autumn holiday - hiking and the summer holiday...

My plans this year was to do some hiking in Switzerland in late September, early October. I had not made any reservations. Unless things drastically turn around and change, you will have to take that hike for me. Enjoy it.!

PS Thankfully the mountains and trails are opening up here is Western Washington...so I will get to enjoy my "staymountains" instead

I, obviously, live in a great place to take a staycation. The problem is that I have no idea when the local museums will reopen. I was surprised about the rapidity with which the National Zoo shut down; I had hoped its outdoor areas would remain open for awhile, but that's not what happened.

I’ve done it in Chicago. A friend of mine had to cancel his visit here due to a death in the family. I decided to just use the days off that I scheduled as September is a wonderful month here and getting time off work from that job was more difficult than negotiating peace in the Middle East

I much prefer kathy 's definition, but I have heard colleagues call it a "stacation " when they stay home for eight days and tackle some big home project like refinishing kitchen cabinets
I would never call that a stacation, too much work

Staycation. I really hate that term.

Like acraven, I have a wealth of sites and sights right here at home and am just waiting for everything to reopen. The good news is that Israel is on the very low downside of the "curve" (my least favorite word this year), so things are opening up pretty quickly now . . . with the caveats of masks, safe distancing and personal hygiene and a return to stay-at-home orders if things go south . . . so I am hopeful I'll have places to visit very soon.

Staycation is so boring. We've been everywhere within day trip distance, often multiple times. It's called weekends and holidays.

While I live near San Francisco and have the glories of CA coast and mountains within a few hours by car, I am not at all mollified by the idea of a staycation...since mid-March I have had 7 4-day weekends, so I am well caught up on home projects. I work in an industry that is crazy busy in summer, so have come to really appreciate my 2 weeks in Europe in spring and a short trip to London in September--the uncertainty of when those trips may happen again is awful.

Gondolas, cable cars and other mountain transportation infrastructure will reopen in Switzerland on June 8th, barring some unforeseen severe re-escalation of new hospitalizations due to covid-19.

Staycation. I really hate that term.

Ditto

Staycation is so boring. We've been everywhere within day trip distance, often multiple times. It's called weekends and holidays

Probably created by some marketing dude to make the local trip sound more exciting ... not buying it.

Perhaps the happy medium is a road trip to a non-hot spot. This provides flexibility for a sudden change in plans and you don't need to worry about getting stuck in Maldova if flights suddenly shut down again.

Just do some meticulous homework to make sure things are open as it's not much fun staying in a hotel if restaurants and sites are closed. Always have a plan B and C. If the poop hits the fan with a resurgence then drive back home, eat Cheetos and watch Netflix.

While admittedly not nearly as engaging as a trip abroad, taking a deeper dive into the history, scenery or fun, quirky stuff just short drives away sure beats the heck out of moping at home? LOL, there also wasn't much of a choice years ago when we had neither the $$ or enough time off to go on many "real" vacations. Had to get creative.

It surprises me sometimes how little many locals I've met in my adopted city have explored of it. Winchell Trail? A lovely urban hike in the fall that no one else we've met personally has done let alone heard of. And it's one thing to drive through St. Paul's Summit Ave - the longest stretch of Victorian-era residences in the U.S. - and another to amble it with American Institute of Architect's "Guide to the Twin Cities" in hand. Just tracking down the summer home of the Lake Harriet elf, Mr. Little Guy was a good time on a sunny day!

As it looks like we'll be stuck here for awhile, I'm working on a new "Adventure Day" list to help combat attacks of the same-old same-olds.