To not be a 'holiday person'?

I love going to stay with family in the US but hate the flying and packing etc. I like day trips or one night stays exploring the Uk otherwise.
Definitely preferred travel prior to dc. I think as they are getting older, going away just the two of us is now in the horizon and I’ll enjoy it again

Yanbu because if you don’t enjoy it you don’t enjoy it and that’s fine.
But I can’t relate to it, being on holiday is my number one favourite thing.
i love the sense of adventure, the new sounds and sights, discovering new foods and seeing how other people live. It’s really broadened my mindset and opened it up.
I enjoy U.K. holidays too but I adore the heat and sunshine and would feel depressed if I didn’t have one hot holiday booked to look forward to.
I hope it’s a part of my life for as long as my body and mind comply!

I'd go anywhere if I could be Teleported from my front door to my destination!

I don't let it stop me that much, but the hassle of airports and all the associated stuff is off putting now. It nearly takes as long to get to the gate as it does to get to the airport! And the crowds, and the queues, and the airline rules, and (now and then) drunk and unruly passengers, ah I could go on.

I still do it though, but not with the same excitement and enthusiasm I had maybe ten or more years ago.

@GoldfinchFeather I worry that in this day and age we criticise ourselves for anything! But having said that I love a holiday. I have a holiday every time the kids are off school 🤣. I’m terrible. But if you don’t like it don’t worry about it. What is your version of a holiday- put the money towards that! And congratulations for having some money back from HMRC… I hope my letter is on its way 🤭

I do love a holiday, especially where it's warm and sunny.

Not really keen on the faff of the airport though. My eldest ds is currently training to be an airline pilot and I am hoping in a few years he can fly me somewhere warm, hopefully without the hassle of airports and nice comfortable seat on the plane!

Im starting to feel like you as I get older. Feel like I have been to loads of places already and whilst some are nice, I feel like I have seen it all before. I find the hassle annoying too.

Everyone has the right to enjoy life as they see fit - and if being at home makes you happy then so be it.
I’ve always been a keen traveller but I’ve noticed in recent years I’m not as keen. I don’t know if it’s because of covid putting me off, or the menopause, or bit of both!
I definitely get more pleasure/relaxation from staying in a cosy cottage in the lakes these days than I do from going abroad but I’m not giving up on travel. I don’t want to be sat there at 80 wishing I’d actually gone to X,Y, or Z when I was fit enough. It’s the travel/airport/flight bullshit I can’t stand, I’m ok once I’m there.

I have no holidays this year until September when all the kids will be in school and I’m thrilled that this summer will just consist of day trips and visits or the odd few days away fairly locally. We’ve done a few big holidays in the last few years and they’ve rarely come close to a good old fashioned day out!!

You can have travelled but decide you don’t particularly want to anymore. If I could just click my fingers and be at my destination then I would travel more but the cost and hassle just doesn’t appeal to me. I would love to go to Japan and South Korea though, but I doubt I ever actually will. Apart from them I’ve pretty much been to all the places I’ve wanted to see.

The Peak District is lovely, but it’s not remotely like Iceland, or NYC, or Rwanda or the south of France — there are lots of utterly different versions of ‘lovely’.

Neither?

It's OK it's not your thing. Honestly, travel is not the great mind-opener that people seem to think. Globalisation means that many places which are safe to travel to are quite homogenous, and whilst it might not be as exciting as learning Egyptian history at the pyramids, there's nothing you can't read in a book at home.

Many of the people who go on about Wanderlust are insufferable white saviours anyway.

Personally though, I love a good holiday, trying new food, experiencing different weather, the buzz of unfamiliarity and being a bit out of my comfort zone, but even then we all have our holiday types. A package holiday to Tenerife is second only to an extreme sports holiday in how quickly you'd get a no from me.

We've only been abroad once since having DS 11 years ago and I will say that I did feel when I got back that I'd had more of a break than on any other holiday we've had in that time (in the UK).

However I completely agree. I like being at home and when people say to me they're off on a lovely holiday I say wow and that I'm jealous (to be nice) but actually I'm not at all. I do look forward to a short UK break, but although I enjoy it I generally just do 5 days as I just wouldn't look forward to a whole week...it would seem too long...I don't know why.

I am anxious about flying though so there's an element of that...but it isn't just that.

YANBU.We have just returned from a holiday but it was DH who wanted to go and not me.Tbh the best holidays we have had in recent years have been 4/5 nights somewhere in the UK.Nice cottage with our dogs so no stress about leaving them.I don't fear flying but as others have said the hassle of getting to the airport,the security and ever present worry about delays kills the excitement I used to feel.
Plus no desire to stay somewhere less comfortable than my own home.On return I'm thinking of all the other little treats we could have paid for rather than one week abroad. Days out and a nice meal now and then suit me.
Some of our friends seem to hardly ever be home (retired)I sound judgy but I also think do they not care about climate change too?One friend is obsessed with booking long haul holidays. We don't have the money anyway and I can honestly say I don't mind.Her DH told mine once he was fed up of being away so much,but went along to humour her.Everyones different I guess.

Word.

I agree. I live in a coveted part of the country with some incredibly beautiful views, very popular with holiday makers. If I lived somewhere drab I’d probably need holidays a lot more.

Just to add I have travelled pretty well over the years and been to several different continents.

YABU. I just can't understand why anyone would not want to see the world. Yes, I do understand the journey is annoying, boring and tiring but it is so worth it.

I love trying foreign foods and getting a glimpse of the lives of people abroad. And I really love seeing the natural world - it's just not the same in a photo. Furthermore I find getting away from the normal humdrum of life at home is such a tonic. It's the only time I fully relax.

^This is a good idea. Something you will have to enjoy for a long time.

A holiday is hit and miss and could end up as a waste of time and money if you didn’t have a great time.

Loads of MNers don’t seem to leave their village (or answer their front doors) so I’m sure many will agree with you but personally I love going abroad and seeing new places.

I agree years ago you were ok as long as you had your tickets and passport with you. Now you have to hope and pray that whatever you've printed out from the internet or got loaded on your phone will actually allow you on the plane. When you get there you are ripped off if you don't download local apps that you don't really understand eg for taxis

I love holidays and travel of every kind, but different people like different things. I can't see why anyone would think you were unreasonable because you don't enjoy the same things they do.

I think quite a lot of people find travelling or being away from home a bit stressful, or feel the effort outweighs the enjoyment. I'm not one of those people - I love long journeys, seeing new places, having a break from normal life, all of it. I even get excited about how much reading I'll be able to do on a long plane/car/train/boat journey. But of course it's not everyone's thing at all.

Ps I love the routine of train to the airport, prosecco and browse round the shops there!

I’ve travelled the world when I was younger - but nowadays air travel is such a faff - security , endless queues, overcrowded , endless delays, rude staff, tiny tinny planes with overpriced junk food - that I really can’t be bothered . Covid was the change for me - I didn’t miss it and then never really got back into it .

Don't related at all I thought you were a pensioner till I saw your age! At your age I was booking all the flights I could like g adventures tours round Cuba!
But if that's not your think that's ok, but it's definitely unusual

Why can’t your friend come on holiday with you just because she has a boyfriend?

I am sixty but still love my holidays and go away multiple times a year. I travel with my adult DC, with different groups of friends, and some solo trips too. I probably enjoy the solo travel the most 😂