To think that holidays are non essential?

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The amount of whinging about missing out on holidays here and elsewhere has been shockingly irritating. Will missing out on a couple of trips to Megaluf/bland med cruises REALLY be the end of the world? It's such a shocking tone-deaf and privileged way to live your life.

Will staying at home and talking to your DC/learning a language/read a few books really be the end of the world? It's pretty grim absolutely NEED trips abroad or the seaside to to distract yourself from your own life.

@PanamaPattie

Holidays are not essential. Most people if they are honest, don’t really enjoy them.

Speak for yourself! I love travel and holidays and enjoy them immensely.

It doesn’t mean I think it’s an acceptable reason to travel during a pandemic, and I wouldn’t do so, but I’m definitely missing my trips away whether sun and sea, cultural, gastronomic, skiing or sailing, I’m looking forward with anticipation. Bring it on!

You could argue that food other than basic rations are non-essential. Owning more than a couple of sets of clothes is not essential. Owning a house is not essential. Going on day trips is not essential. Having fun is not essential. Lots of very lovely things in life, like holidays, may not feel essential to you, but they feel essential to others.

For me "holidays" are essential, because my family are in another country and I haven't seem my parents since December 2019. Also, we haven't seen my husband's side of the family since summer 2019. So for you holidays aren't essential, but for others are.

Most people if they are honest, don’t really enjoy them

Ridiculous comment of the day. We wouldn’t collectively spend £ millions on them if we didn’t enjoy them. Personally I’m longing to go to my favourite destination again. Fortunately it looks as if it’s going to be on the government’s green list so I won’t have to wait too long.

What a narrow minded and snobbish thing to post.

It’s not essential but nor is every Friday night spent at the pub, for example.

My MH significantly improves when I take a trip. It’s a change of scenery, a break from work and learning about a new culture. I am very aware I am extremely lucky to be able to take trips.

I don’t tend to go to the pub often, go out for many meals etc and instead tend to save any money spare for a holiday. It’s all about individual priorities. My DP and I have already said that we would be happy to forgo many things in life (a car, larger house etc) if it meant we could travel often.

Holidays are not essential to me. I live in a lovely, large house with a pretty garden and 5 mins walk away from a scenic country park. Although we have hugely missed the buzz of going to somewhere like London and seeing a few theatre shows. And my son loved going to a resort with a swimming pool and just relaxing away from home.

However for people who live where my in laws do in a row of terraced houses with a tiny back yard, no garden and neighbours who are drug addicts a holiday is vital. Just to go somewhere with fresh air and a change of scenery.

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Learning a new language? You can fuck off with that shit!

We don't even go abroad.

Christ on a bike most things that I love are not essential.
What’s your point?

Most things in life are non essential

This.

I don't know if they are essential. Is having fun essential? Is seeing your friends in your garden essential? Is having good, stable mental health essential?

I don't want to go on holiday just now, but I would love to go and see my family in Sweden. Some people would call that a non-essential trip. Others might call it essential for their well-being.

Did you get a new sackcloth and ashes for Easter OP?

I hope you won't be eating any chocolate over Easter. It's obviously not essential. Neither is coffee, wine, cake, and loads of other stuff really.

I'm a huge fan of travelling and discovering new places but even I can't understand the whinging.

I don't think it's even about holidays, it's just about routine and entitlement. A lot of people in the past year have stamped their feet and thrown tantrums just because they're not able to do exactly the same things they've always been used to doing.

I am CRAVING a holiday. To go somewhere different. To eat in another country's restaurants, to drink in their bars, to see their scenery, to live among other people, to learn new things. But it hasn't killed me not to do that.

And to be perfectly honest I don't quite understand the appeal of holidaying in a pandemic anyway? With all the uncertainty over restrictions and sudden changes? I'll take being a bit bored for a year or even two, and head out to travel again when it's enjoyable to do so.

To be honest, if you, OP, want to live a life devoid of fun and excitement crack on. When I can travel, be it in the UK or abroad, I will.

Will staying at home and talking to your DC/learning a language/read a few books really be the end of the world?

That's what I've been doing for over a year, give or take a couple of terms back at school.

I love holidays, I love going away with my family, and not having to think about what jobs I need to do around the house/drawn back to my computer to do some more work 'while I'm at it.'

I love sitting with the sun on my face and somebody bringing me a drink or something to eat without me having to have thought about, and made sure the food and drink is in the fridge/cupboard/oven. My biggest decision is where to eat, and what to pick from the menu. I like waking up and exploring somewhere new, I like teaching the kids about different places and languages and foods by living it instead of it being like every other day. I like being with my husband and relaxing the world go by, sharing a drink. I like a bloody change of scenery.

It might not be 'essential' to anyone, but after the year we've all had, not to mention the years that proceeded that were WORSE than the last year for me, I could bloody do with one.

I see my holiday as a break from work and that's definitely essential. I absolutely hate all the judging that has been going on this past year and think people would be so much happier if they stopped worrying about what others are doing.

Honestly, I do feel as if some sun and warmth is becoming essential for me and my mental health. I’min Scotland and it’s cold 95% of the year. I wouldn’t have chosen to live here if I thought travel abroad/down south would be so restricted.

@PanamaPattie

Holidays are not essential. Most people if they are honest, don’t really enjoy them.

Speak for yourself. I bloody do.

If I could move to a warm climate I'd go tomorrow. It does me the world of good.

Read, talk and walk to my DC? Now why didn’t I think of that in the last year!!!

Learning a new language? You can fuck off with that shit!

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I've spent an entire year at home, shielding. I live in a flat where my living room is also my bedroom. So in essence, I've spent the majority of the last 12 months in one room, day in, day out.
No, a holiday isn't essential, but it would be very bloody welcome! I'm not even talking about abroad, just not my own home for a change.

No, they’re not strictly essential to the maintenance of our existence, but neither should holidays be demonised in the way you have done!

A change of scene, a break from chores, a different culture, all highly beneficial to mental (and possibly physical) health depending on what type of holiday you choose.

In a world with no holidays permanently I’d hasten a guess that productivity would plummet.

@Bouncebacker

Your post implied I’m being dismissive of what other people need - I’m not, just sharing my opinion which I think is the point of this page

No I thought you were being dismissive of those who just want their holiday to be a week a Magaluf since you said

"Magaluf would not be my first choice though...."

Often on MNs there are lots of judgements about how & where people holiday & tourist is often a dirty word. I don't see a difference between any type of holiday maker personally.

Sounds like you could do with a holiday, OP, no?