Inspired by @eclectech's rant about UK media's new "staycation" obsession & the conversation in the replies:https://things.uk/@eclectech/116544379596101288

[ameliasbrain@mstdn.ca]

Inspired by @eclectech's rant about UK media's new "staycation" obsession & the conversation in the replies:
https://things.uk/@eclectech/116544379596101288

What, to you, qualifies as a "staycation"?

(boosts welcome)

[megmac@social.treehouse.systems]

@AmeliasBrain @eclectech I voted for the first two, but if I knew a better word for the second option I'd probably use it.

To me there's a material line at whether "I can quickly pop back home to get something I forgot" that matters more than the specific bed I'm sleeping in though.

[ameliasbrain@mstdn.ca]

@megmac Hmm, yes. Getting a hotel in your own city was I'm sure included in the original meaning of "staycation" as I understood it, but it is certainly a different feeling than just staying at home on a week off. But I'm not sure which experience deserves the word & which should get a different moniker.

But yes, to me the key point is that you aren't travelling more than a normal commuting distance. You're still within your normal "home" city/region, just experiencing it in a way you usually don't have time to do.

[phoenixserenity@beige.party]

@AmeliasBrain
I voted for the first three choices.

[urbanedm@yeg.bike]

@AmeliasBrain @eclectech I wouldn't even qualify it as "doing holiday stuff." If I take time off work but stay at my house, it's a staycation. If that means video games, building stuff in the garage, that kind of thing...it's still a staycation.

[clarissawam@mefi.social]

@UrbanEdm @AmeliasBrain @eclectech yeah, agree with this. You're booking time off work, but not going anywhere, doing normal leisure stuff.

[tmcfarlane@toot.community]

@AmeliasBrain @eclectech I will die on the hill that is option 1. Come at me!!

[ameliasbrain@mstdn.ca]

@clarissawam @UrbanEdm @eclectech Oh, good point; I should have added another layer of distinction: whether sight-seeing & tourist-y things are required for it to count as a staycation

But of course, that sort of thing is not required for a vacation, either. You could go to a cottage/cabin/vacation home by the seaside & just laze around all day & people wouldn't question that it's still a vacation.