I realise this is a small thing in the scheme of everything, but FFS...

[christo_459@mastodon.me.uk]

@eclectech
It is very expensive to book a holiday in Britain. Best stay home and visit places nearby and maybe some day out trips

[eclectech@things.uk]

@david_chisnall Yes!

And I love a bit of domestic tourism. The idea that I can travel for 5 hours, and spend a week in a lighthouse on a clifftop, and it's not a holiday because it's still in Scotland is just pants.

[eclectech@things.uk]

@GreenSkyOverMe Thank you. It's just SO WRONG!

[jtonline@mastodon.me.uk]

@eclectech this!!!

[eclectech@things.uk]

@Christo_459 I think there are some affordable options, but they are becoming more and more difficult to find (in Scotland you could find some great value self catering if you avoided the Big Websites, but the degradation of search engines has really hurt that).

There's a lot of fun to be had with local exploration and day trips too. Very happy with both staycations and domestic holidays to exist.

[thegiddystitcher@sunny.garden]

@eclectech omg YES

[eclectech@things.uk]

@thegiddystitcher IKR! So pleased it's not just me

[jetlagjen@gts.phillipsuk.org]

@eclectech yes!

Staycation used to be used to encourage a reduction in travel, to make day trips and spending local seem more fun and appealing. Now it's being used to subtly discredit holidays in the UK, suggesting only abroad "counts".

It stinks.

[theriac@plasmatrap.com]

@eclectech@things.uk
Can I just say "staycation" as word can just get in the bin.

[tmcfarlane@toot.community]

@eclectech you are not alone in this fight! This has slid for far too long. There need to be consequences.

[kimlockhartga@beige.party]

@eclectech ugh. It sounds like the BBC doesn't even understand the average person enough to respect them.

[eclectech@things.uk]

@Theriac Hahaha, I spent so long being annoyed at the misapplied concept I hadn't even thought about the word. I mean, basically, they mean "time off work doing nice things".

[eclectech@things.uk]

@tmcfarlane

[david_chisnall@infosec.exchange]

@eclectech Yup, we’re going to Exeter (where I grew up, but haven’t been back to for over 20 years) on holiday this week. And then have a staycation planned for a week after we get back.

[markmason@mas.to]

@eclectech I wrote to the OED about this when it was one of their words of the year. They didn’t respond … bastards.

[moonrabbit@sunny.garden]

@eclectech
and ofc hooray for airbnb and booking.com, given the rental crisis
(and the fact that b.c at least (not sure about airbnb) allows people to book holidays homes owned by israeli settlers in occupied palestinian territory. so giving them business is fine, just fine ...)