I don't like going on holiday. Anyone else?

I don’t think you’re odd OP, some people like it some people don’t. Just because its perceived to be the ‘norm’ to like to travel doesn’t mean you have to.

I love holidays, but I do get anxiety, the packing, the travel, the kids, the planning etc. Then I get sad that I have to go home and cook, clean and back to work.

Not sure what to suggest but if you don’t like it you don’t like it!

I love holidays but I hate flying so I just have to put up with that but I enjoy the actual holiday part.

No I love it.
But I can remember a couple trips when the kids were very young that were more hassle than they were worth! 😆

I really look forward to going away, but after 2 or 3 days I want to go home.

We just do lots of short trips.

I just like being at home and it's worse as I get older

I totally understand op.

I have anxiety, IBS and endo. Going away always flares up my already awful guts and makes for a very up and down time.

I would love to love going away but the truth is that I just don’t. Like you say, eating differently, sleeping in a different bed in a different environment just sets me off.

We have found a way to get over this (just) by purchasing a touring caravan. Means I can bring my own food (I follow the low fodmap diet), sleep in my own bed with my own pillows and we can stay as little or as long as we like.

Can’t say I fully enjoy myself still but it’s a good compromise as dh loves caravanning and we get to visit various areas.

same here! I go because my DH wants to go and up until now, the kids wanted to go too.

Just back from 16 days away and it took me 8 days into the holiday to feel slightly less worried/stressed. But it takes mere seconds for me to feel anxious and stressed. I'm constantly having to buoy myself up with positive talk (usually repeating 'only X days to go now'). It really annoys me that my time away from work is spent feeling so stressed and anxious.

similar to you OP, a horribly bullying father ruined the 1 family holiday we ever had and living with his behaviour my whole childhood and teenage years is very hard to undo.

I can understand how you feel because of your health problems, but I think it is sad for you. Holidays are one of the highlights of my life and I can't get enough of them.

Your feeling are valid so yanbu.
I love being on holidays though I don’t look forward to the packing and unpacking. Also, we have DD2 who has autism so she used to be unpredictable on the flight but now we know the best times to travel, things to pack for her, etc and it’s been easier.
Also, because the children are young, we’ve always gone all inclusive when going abroad so there’s little to nothing to stress about because we read reviews on the food, the location, etc before booking so when there, we could stay in the resort all day. Never had a bad experience but we only go abroad once a year for a week.

We have UK short breaks in center parc and Haven and both have always been fab too because we self cater and it’s food well normally cook at home or eat out if we want but activities, etc for us and the children is in the park

Anyone else just not get the fuss about holidays?
Know exactly how you feel. To me having a holiday is not going to work. I think it's odd that people I know with lovely houses with large gardens seem to have to be out the house all the time and never stay at home even at the weekends. I am lucky that we both feel the same and enjoy spending time together at home.

I second that. We all love road trips round Europe as well, and had a great 3 weeks in the USA, but I’d cruise every year if I could afford to.

No, sorry. Absolute opposite.

Holidays are my favourite thing - If i have annual leave, I am not in the country. Seems like such a waste to sit about the house - I have been doing for the other 43 weeks of the year so I want some different.

TBH I am out somewhere most weekends too, 'pottering about' the house as people call it is my idea of hell!

Both DH and I find the planning and preparation really stressful. Neither of us can sleep in the lead-up!
I’m usually ok once the journey has started, DH finds the travelling the worst part.
We both know we usually love it when we get there, but it does always seem very daunting.

We tend to holiday with our adult children and I like the holidays for the fun with the grandkids but I don't enjoy the packing and the other tourists being around, shouting and being generally annoying(I know). It also seems to take ages to unpack , wash clothing and wind down when we get home again. Plus I worry about our empty house when we're away, incase it catches fire or is burgled etc.
So, I sort of like holidays and sort of don't. We also go on city breaks alone which I do like for a couple of days before the anxiety kicks in again.

I don't like them, for the odd ones I have had it always been me that has had to organise it, pay for it, pack everything, organise daily activities, sort out food etc etc I felt like I was running around like a headless chicken while everyone else got to have fun and relax and I spend the whole time looking forward to going home for a break.

I've refused to go on holiday for over 20yrs now, I've blamed having pets, I won't leave the dog etc
Ad far as I'm concerned I'll never go on holiday again and I'm seriously happy about that.

No idea what that video thing is in my post, or why I've quoted @EmoIsntDead Sorry about that

Yes me! I don't get stressed, it's not a packing thing, or remembering things, mine is a sense of anxiety, I get home sick, I think. I always call my mum, (I'm in my 40s), and just want the safe, reliability of being home. Odd I think!

A cruise might suit you?
Everything taken care of. Medics and great food too.
You don’t have to do the shore trips if you don’t want to and on board, there’s always a loo not far away.

I felt like this for a couple of years. The whole lead up to it, prepping, planning, last minute scramble and then travelling.

Single parent, really busy job.

I’ve sort of got over it, but I have fewer, more luxurious, shorter breaks. 5* hotels, pure luxury and I don’t have anything to do once I’m there. I’ll never do a self catered holiday again.

I've definitely gone off them as I've got older. I'm now coeliac so eating out is a pain, I don't sleep so well in other places and I hate packing.

I don't like family holidays. I am fine going away on my own.

I did when children were little. Now I want them to see the world and to have fun! I've not done many holidays due to money but I'm hoping to change this and go abroad with them once a year. (Leaving DH who isn't a holiday fan at home)

She's explained it stems from childhood trauma, and your response is to laugh and call her odd?

Id say having such a lack of empathy for another human is what's odd here.

I live by the sea, so I currently can't be bothered to go on holiday. Maybe when the novelty wears off, but so far it's been 5 years...

I go on short breaks, but I'm always overjoyed to be home.

I voted YANBU because your feelings are valid - I don’t share them but we definitely don’t all have to like the same things.

When I was a teen I hated being away from home on hols. I think it was to do with feeling self conscious though, esp because we always went to the same resort which, though lovely, was an extrovert’s paradise.

My Mum is like this she will not leave our town now for more than a day.
It gave me the travel bug as we only had a few UK breaks growing up.

However now age 44 I do like holidays but I also find it a chew. I hate the packing and unpacking it is such a hassle and I need 4 days to just chill out and potter at home afterwards.

I like eating though so the food is the best bit. I also refuse to stay somewhere that is worse than my home. So would not camp.

Nope, I hate being at home

We live for our foreign holidays - have a perfectly lovely home, good jobs but we have 6 holidays a year - my children have got the bug too

My son has asked for city breaks instead of toys for his birthday since he was 7 😂