Are you jealous of people who go on lots of holidays?

[Jobs4kids]

I know a number of people who go on multiple holidays a year, often to exotic, "bucket list" places. Mostly I find out via their Facebook posts. I don't do too badly myself (generally 1 main holiday abroad plus at least 3 short breaks per year) but I often feel quite envious and wonder if I should be doing more before I get too old (am in my 50s). However, although I mostly enjoy my holidays, I'm always glad to get home to my own space and think I would actually find it quite stressful to go away so often. I'm aware I'm lucky and know there are people who never get away, either due to financial, health or other constraints or simply because they don't want to. I'm also aware you can have an enjoyable life without going away from home - seeing friends, hobbies, days out or even at home baking, watching netflix etc.

I realise that pre-social media I probably wouldn't even be aware of most people's holidays unless I saw them and they told me about them, so that's obviously a factor too.

Anyone else feel like this?

No, because I am known as Judith to my friends and colleagues…

Omg I get so jealous when I see and hear of others having many holidays or short breaks, I absolutely love holidays. We usually have one big 2 week holiday a year to the USA so there's not much left for shorter breaks, we did try not doing a 2 week holiday and just lots of shorter holidays but that didn't really appeal as they weren't long enough 😞

No I don’t work.

I'm definitely more a home bird but we go away every few years. I absolutely love seeing peoples holiday photos as it helps with planning future travels. Its not something I'm jealous of as its not that important to me, I do enjoy holidays but I don't like flying and don't particularly like being away from home for to long.

No. We have had lots of holidays in nice places, nice hotels, and I am happy enough whilst there, but I could have easily done without them.

For the last couple of years we have done a few short breaks rather than longer holidays as I find those more enjoyable.

Some of our family think we are mad as we can afford to go away a lot but we’re never going to be the sort to love being away so often. I hate leaving our animals and I’m happiest at home.

That’s a very weird and bitter sounding take.

I absolutely LOVE where I live. I am seven minutes walk to the beach and twenty minutes walk to the nearest National Park. That’s my every day life.

There is a whole diverse planet for me to explore outside of my home environment. I have traveled to Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, North America, Central America, Caribbean. Still loads for me to see and enjoy.

Yes. I haven’t been on a holiday for 2 years and even when I do go it’s only ever 1 holiday a year. I’m as envious about the fact they have the option (funds etc) as I am about them actually going.

Not really jealous, no. I hate resort type holidays and don’t enjoy flying or hot weather, so long haul exotic holidays really don’t do anything for me! We have plenty of cheap and cheerful UK breaks and camping (although I’m aware that’s probably some peoples worst nightmare!), plus usually a European break, either staying with a friend in Spain or a eurocamp type thing. I feel lucky that we can get away as much as we do, although I love being at home too.

A little bit also no because I find it stressful trying to organise everything and I also don't really like flying. The thought of packing to go somewhere only to come back and almost immediately go somewhere again sounds like hard work!

So sometimes I get a bit envious and think oh I wish I was going on holiday, for the most part I'm happy to have smaller weekends away but I do miss the sun 😔

I do feel pleased for them, I really do, but I do also feel sorry for myself with a mentally unwell young adult son with drug issues when we just can’t go and leave him. I have really been looking forward to holidays with just DH and it’s nowhere near possible.

I can’t complain.. we have all we need in life and usually an abroad holiday per year plus some short uk breaks. I am very grateful but would absolutely love to take my kids to more exotic destinations more frequently.

God, no. I find holidays totally stressful and can only build up to it every other year max.

We were actually criticised the other day for not going on holiday much.
We go abroad once a year but that’s mainly because we don’t crave it and I find it quite stressful. Friends go away 3 or so times a year but I love being at home. It was a really spikey comment too.

I love holidays and love hearing about other people's and are happy for them. The people I know who also love holidays have always been happy, sometimes they lead very full on lifes but happy ones and holidaying is part of living life to the full and seeing different cultures and landscapes.

Absolutely!

Love holidays and I’m lucky enough to have a modest holiday house in a fantastic but fairly unknown (by brits) part of France. We spend quite a lot of time there and manage to go on a big holiday elsewhere every 3 years. Sunsail flotilla holidays and twice to the U.S. I did a solo trip to Vietnam last year which was fantastic. I’d rather spend my money on travel than other things.

No, I'm jealous of their energy! At 21 I'd have loved to go away all the time but at 39 I find travel more exhausting and difficult than I used to.

Some people just love travelling

Not really, no. I’ve travelled loads and I’ve lived abroad in several countries all over the world. I like a holiday. But I wouldn’t want to go on several big ones a year.

I do laugh though because I have a friend who is very faux posh. She is away all the time in Milan and posting photos from a yacht in the med. Her husband is unemployed. She works part time in admin. They live in a small shitty terraced house. They aren’t posh. But they cosplay it hard on social media with their holidays. Anyone can rent a boat for a day for some photos. It doesn’t mean it’s all trip of a lifetime glamorous.

I don't even think about holidays abroad really. I haven't had an enjoyable holiday since I stopped going with my parents. It's just a lot of work and stress.

Oh my god yes - holidays are totally different when you have to organise and pay for it all yourself! For me it's still worth it but it is more work and not something I could do all the time.

My eldest sister and middle brother take several holidays a year but I'm very 'meh' about their travel activities. I haven't had a proper summer holiday since 1999 and I became a homeowner with a mortgage the year after so holidays were then off limits. I think I just lost interest in travel during the interim and now I just can't be bothered. My most recent passport expired 18 years ago.

We have more holidays than anyone else I know (mostly, but not exclusively, Europe) so I wouldn’t have anyone to be jealous of. I don’t put about 1/3 of our trips on social media to avoid the comments and in case people think it’s boasting. DH has a good salary and a decent amount of annual leave; we have a cheaper house than most of our friends and paid off the mortgage years ago and this is want we like to spend our money on. I feel slightly guilty from an environmental perspective but I don’t drive and consider that balanced.

Yes. The plan is to do lots of travelling in the first few years of retirement, while we still have energy.

One of my friends is already there. She has had about 5 long haul holidays this year plus Norway, Gdansk and Amsterdam. I’m v jealous and can’t wait to get started too!!

Yes. As I’ve got older I’ve got more and more sad that there will be so many places I probably won’t get to see due to time and money constraints. It just seems such a waste.