To never go on holiday again...

[Plunko]

I wouldn't be fussed if I never went on a holiday again. Don't get me wrong, I'm incredibly grateful that I have the option but I just think they are such a faff. My husband loves them and I never enjoy myself....too many clothes, finding stuff to do (that's inevitably expensive)....maybe I'm a miserable cow! Just come back from a week away and I'm knackered and have loads of crap to unpack/wash/put away and a weeks worth of work to catch up on.

Anyone else not get what all the fuss is about?

Did you have a say in choosing where to go and what to do this time or previous holidays? Who does all the planning and are you just taken along or are you involved in the process?

I think this is important as it may colour your views

Have you just come back from a week in Yeovil?

Eh, I think it's a "type of person" thing. I love going on holiday. I don't really enjoy the actual travel part - hate packing, find trains/planes stressful, etc - but I love being in a new place, exploring, trying new foods, making new friends. It makes me feel refreshed and revitalised, and alive. I find being at home harder, long days without plans are challenging for me. It's not that I don't like where I live, we've put a lot of effort into our house and garden and it's really nice, but I like to be around people and things and to change my surroundings. DH can be at home for a few days before he starts to go stir-crazy at all. It only takes me a few hours 😆

Just types of people, I think!

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Pack a back pack.

Nobody needs tones of clothes on holiday.
Wash and dry them all in the Spanish sun - come home to clean clothes.

I like the idea of it, and get excited but invariably end up coming home after 3 days. I've never been abroad. It's a mammoth task sorting out care for 5 cats, an elderly dog, 3 ponies. And then I miss them after a couple of days 🙄. Perhaps it's because I never went on holiday as a child so I get homesick easily.

I have always hated holidays with a passion. However last year we went to a quiet part of spain in an Airbnb and it was the best holiday ever. I have just realised I like to be just us without all the crap and noise of a hotel or busy city.

Also I agree with the post above. We just took a backpack and no suitcase! Game changer.

Are you going in the wrong type of holiday? Finding things to do - does this mean you did something like a UK /Northern Europe break and had to do touristy things, rather than say, going to a hot location and then spending the days playing in the pool/on beach/reading books on sun loungers while impossibly beautiful people bring you cool drinks and you wave sporadically at your DO & DCs playing in the pool?

or maybe you like the cooler temps and days out, so do organised holidays like a cruise where you are taken to a new location each day, and someone else does the planning?

also your dh needs to be helping with the washing after holiday.

FFS! I nearly spat out my drink laughing 😂

Share the washing with your DH or better still get him to do the whole lot.

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No I get it.

I like weekends just in the house and back garden. A pool is what I miss about being in holiday though. I usually float round on a lilo reading for two weeks and have early nights.

I've never had a holiday I didn't like.

You have to take your dirty washing to the laundrette after a holiday, it's the law.

We holiday in this country, we have a tourer. I always, always, end up grumpy. The reality is never what I have built in my head! In between in being down to me to research, plan, book, prepare, sort the cats, pack, tow, park, pitch, put up awning then organise things to do I end up frustrated and resentful. I know DH can't do it (technophobic, disabled, chronic illness, and older), so then I feel worse..fuck knows why I do it to myself! I fall for the illusion every time that its going to be brilliant..I'm an idiot! 😂

This is a shame you feel this way. I absolutely love travel and seeing new places and experiencing different sites and cultures. What type of holidays are you referring to ? If you’re doing an all inclusive in Benidorm every year then yes I’d get fed up of that , but there is so much more to experience of the world - try something different next time ?
Also get your husband to help with the washing and catching up on jobs when you’re back !

Are you on glue?
I'd like to go for 6 months travelling and 6 months home every year. LOVE HOLIDAYS! 🏝️👙🌊☀️

I agree OP. Long weekends are enough for me in this country. Heat and pools and sightseeing do nothing for me. So much washing /untidiness upon getting home. And I miss my dog after a couple of days.

Maybe in just a home body! I've done a range of holidays but just look forward to coming home....I do enjoy seeing new places but I don't need to do it for a full week +

Maybe I would enjoy Yeovil 😉

Yeovil.

Raise your glasses. Magnificent.

Anyhow, to the topic in hand. My enthusiasm for holidays is waning. Everyone I know who goes away somewhere now comes back with some sort of flu. That, or a story about a jellyfish.

I think it's a "type of person" thing. I love going on holiday. I don't really enjoy the actual travel part - hate packing, find trains/planes stressful, etc - but I love being in a new place, exploring, trying new foods, making new friends. It makes me feel refreshed and revitalised, and alive.

This is me too.
I do find the travel stressful, but the actual holiday / being away is a must for me. Doesn't matter even in the years when I've not been able to afford anything, and have gone and stayed with a couple of friends or family members for a couple of days at a time, I just love being away.
If I am off work, at home, I just think I ought to be doing something around the house and even when I don't, it just isn't as relaxing as being away.

I made decisions on holidays abroad based on the fact that I hate flying 🤣. I've been abroad many times as a child and then young adult, but I haven't actually flown abroad for about 10 years now. I can't see me ever doing it again.

We have had a rescue dogs in our lives for the last 20 years, and whilst I have left previous rescues with family in the past, both myself and my DH agree that we will never leave our dog for a significant period of time. I couldn't settle the times that we did. This means we get to holiday in the UK, or ROI, with our dog, and I don't have to think about flying.

Totally different reasons, and your frustrations with holidays are totally relevant to you.

If my husband said he never wanted to go on holiday again it would be one of the few things that would make me question if we had a future together.

What a miserable life to live in this world and not see more of it.

I'm sure it's clear that they're a priority for me.

Fine if they're not for others. But I'd need a partner to feel the same.

maybe I'm a miserable cow

Errrrrm, well now you mention it 😏