Do you cry when leaving holiday resort?

[lovemeblender]

I haven't been in a resort for years so don't know if this is a thing, but yesterday I was talking to someone who just came back from holiday, saying she (and her family) were "bawling their eyes out" when leaving, how the staff became like family, how they are going to keep in touch with them and intend to visit them again. It brought back memories of when I was an early teen (the last time I was in a resort) and there were families crying like this, promising to write to staff and do on.
Sometimes I feel a bit sad to be leaving a place, but have never felt devastated or feeling that I have a special bond with the staff. I'm now wondering if there's something wrong with me?!

No, absolutely not - I am the sort that looks forward to going home when I get to the end of a holiday 😂Theres no place like home!

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No lol bit odd, isn't it? I might make one particular friend that I'd add on Facebook and keep in touch with but that would be rare, it's never happened.

A friend of mine (male) says that the people who become best friends with the staff and like the guys who fall in love with strippers on stag dos.

It means nothing to the staff, they have forgotten you the moment you leave the resort.

Thats so nice. I live between two large towns and both of the libraries closed years ago! I used to love going to the library when my DD was little

I'm always glad to be going home after a week - can't put a happy face on for much longer than that, 7 days is the most I can do it for (as nice as everyone has been!)

Haha, no. They are nutters and the staff are probably glad to wave them off.

That said, I cried when I left my kittens for the first time to go on holiday. I left laminated instructions for the cat sitter and labels in massive font all over the house saying things like "CAT FOOD", "CHARGER FOR FAVOURITE TOY". She probably thought I was nuts too.

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Dang, you beat me to it!😆

We stayed at caravan park in the UK when I was about 13 and I had a massive crush on one of the entertainment staff, so was devastated to leave after hanging on his every word all week.

Looking back, the guy was not only 10+ years older than me but he was almost certainly - to quote Friends - as gay as the day is long 😅

That's so weird and they sound like they have boundary issues if they genuinely thought of the staff like family after a 1 or 2 week holiday

Had this when we stayed at a resort in Thailand a few years ago, where you have to leave by boat and they line the staff up to wave goodbye. We said a quick goodbye and got on the boat then the other couple leaving made a huge production of it, taking multiple photos with the staff, hugging, crying, more hugging while we awkwardly sat on the boat waiting to leave. It was beyond cringe. They then tried to engage in chat with us about the staff on the ride back - did you guys meet Kulap, she was so sweet, realised we loved mango so she brought us a huge plate every morning, it was so incredibly thoughtful. Like, the breakfast buffet was full of mango, she literally just fetched it from there and brought it to your table, and you’re paying $1000 a night so good service is not unexpected. In some ways I wish I could be so easily impressed.

Umm no 😂

Sometimes I’m sad I’m leaving and going home but most of the time I just want to get home to see my pets…

Sometimes I might shake and cry or fart then maybe scream. Might also need a hand hold. Mumsnet innit.

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Absolutely not.

And they may think the staff are like family now, but I bet the staff forgot their names within a day of them leaving the resort.

Do you snap before you fart?

God yes! I’ve seen this at first hand and the worst was in Jamaica at the swim up bar in the hotel pool. I saw the fantastic bartender’s eye contact break when a couple asked him when he got off shift and maybe they could head out to some local bars. He laughed a bit awkwardly and they still pushed it. He then said it was against hotel rules and they were still persisting with how would they know etc. We weren’t around to hear how he finally pacified them.

Some people are clueless. I’m sure that after 12 hours of serving and being charming to customers irrespective of what’s going on in your own life, going out with them and doing the same unpaid when you finally get off shift would be the icing on the cake. You know, instead of spending time with your actual friends or your family or even just laying on your bed staring at the ceiling in peace. People were also asking the bar staff quite intrusive questions about their lives and life in Jamaica which I’m sure they thought reflected their cultural interest but often betrayed cultural insensitivity and total entitlement. I wonder how they’d feel about foreigners propping up their local bar in the USA asking the bartender how they feel about school shootings, the crazy local gun culture and the obesity epidemic. And do they have private medical and would happen if you delivered prematurely and had a high medical needs baby in the USA, - accompanied by a sympathetic concerned face 🙄

Bar staff are trapped and collect the worst bores in the universe to whom they must be nice as part of the job. It must be horrendous and in time they’ll be able to spot the signs within a few minutes and know they are in for it for the next 7, 10 or, heaven forbid, 14 days.

As others have commented, I really hope these new “best mates” tip generously.

I've had times where I've felt sad to leave a holiday. Agree with PPs that it's usually more to do with not being happy in my day to day life or anxious about the future and the holiday being a nice respite from that. I guess there's the potential for tears if it's a bad day.

That said I can't relate at all to forming intense bonds with staff on a holiday to the point of promising to keep in touch. I'm a bit cynical about becoming emotionally attached to people that are just doing their jobs. Yes they might enjoy their jobs and genuinely want to give you a good experience but it's just a job, I doubt they'd continue doing it for free if they were made redundant.

I got sad leaving a place once (not with hotel staff etc), it was my first time visiting the country, I loved it and it genuinely felt like it was “home”, the culture, people and general way of life. I think I was sad because I was only young at the time and wanted that visit to last forever. I basically go back to the country (different parts, not the same place) most years and this year I’m lucky enough to be going twice. I kind of get sad that I can’t live there permanently 😂

No I’m not a snapper, just a shaker, farter, crier and partial to a scream.

I used to find staff names in reviews really cheesy, but after holidays where I’ve been pestered to leave reviews mentioning whoever I tend to think they’ve been asked.

Spent two nights in a hotel in Istanbul earlier this year. Perfectly nice, but the repeated requests to leave reviews - including WhatsApp messages once I was home and business cards with the person’s name underlined - was really irritating.

No.
We may be strange, but the last couple of times we’ve been away (not abroad) we’ve loved coming back to our home 😅
I used to feel sad as a kid/teen & our dd (6) does when she leaves, but we’re ready to come home. I sometimes get a bit holidayed out when away I think!

Sad, yes. Cry! No. How stupid. Those new ‘friends’ only want their custom and money and don’t generally give a shit.

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