A staycation is NOT a holiday in the UK, FFS!

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I know I am NOT being unreasonable

A staycation is where you have time off from work, but you are staying in your own home.
Yup. It's something we've done a couple of times. Week off work and a bunch of day trips.

I think it only gets misused in the UK because the UK is so small. Using the 'same country' definition, I've apparently been on a staycation that involved a 10,000 km round trip. For reference, it's about 5,000 km from the UK to Bermuda...

I've never heard anyone irl call going away in their own country a staycation. It's a holiday

It's a holiday where you stay in a place in the UK for it. And the term will apply for people in other countries,who stay in their own country for their holidays.

@NailsNeedDoing

A staycation to me means staying in your home country to have a holiday. It’s a type of holiday, not a lesser holiday. I don’t see why people think the word staycation somehow belittles UK holidays, it can still mean a whole range of wonderful things, it just means you’re staying in your own country for your holiday. Staying at home is not a holiday.

I suppose with a country as vast as America, a Texan would have a staycation if he stayed in Texas.

Texas is bigger the all of the UK. Is "staycation" based on distance? In the US we Vacation all over our own country. If we are "staycationing" we are staying home and doing day trips, or MAYBE a one night stay over at a place close to home.

@Queenoftheashes

Staying at home IS a holiday! You have a week off work and chill in your house. You return to work rested the following week. It is a break; a holiday. It is not a trip.

Sounds more like lockdown than holiday !

YANBU
Staycation is when you take time off and stay at home.
Going away in the uk is known as a holiday or short break.

All the people who will stay somewhere else than home for the bank holiday weekend, but in the UK, won't describe it as a holiday.
Yes we do! We had a 3 night canal boat holiday thanks.

As someone who endured several hideous staycations in my teenage years I'll die on this hill to keep the term. It does feel snobby when using it to describe going on holiday in the UK.

For me a staycation is taking some time off work and staying in my own place.
If I go to Scotland, whether its in the same country or not, its a holiday.

I'm French from Paris and I wouldn't consider going for 2 weeks on the Cote d'Azur or in Corsica a staycation, its a totally different weather, different food, and even different way to say "pain au chocolat" in the boulangerie.

If someone from Cornwall goes for a weeks skiing in Aviemore, would you describe that as a Staycation?

When we lived in Germany and would visit family in the UK, and go camping with them... were we on holiday and them on a staycation... or were we all on camping holiday?

Don’t get your knickers in a twist. Does it affect you in any way shape or form?

This is my hill too, this has been pissing me off for weeks.

We already have a term for staying in the uk for your break, it is called a holiday ffs!

Yes, makes me bloody annoyed too. Terminology matters.

@BananaMilkshakeWithCream

Don’t get your knickers in a twist. Does it affect you in any way shape or form?

Giving a U.K. holiday a different term to a holiday at abroad and using a term that was originally used to describe a time staying at home down grades the status of a U.K. holiday .

At a time when our neighbours in Europe are facing record temperatures, are battling fires and dealing with the devastating aftermath iof flooding where many lives were lost and they fear their thriving communities will turn into ghost towns, we need to be rethinking how we travel.

Language matters. We’ve seen that over the Pandemic with how a message is given often affecting people’s behaviour and how it can be manipulated.

A staycation to me is a holiday in a U.K. a period of holiday taken at home is not a vacation of any sorts and never has been for me. It just time off at home. Simple.

I’m with you OP. It’s bloody annoying.

Our 2 weeks by the sea in Wales was a holiday.

I'm with you OP too. I'm having a staycation this summer.

YANBU OP.
The advert for a ferry (can't remember which one) that refers to a 'carcation' makes me scream.

IMO it’s staying at your own home and doing holiday things, like days out and ordering takeaway and children staying up late.

Not a UK break, that would just be going on holiday.

By the OP's definition, I've had staycations since 2010.

@XenoBitch

First Google result says it is a holiday spent in your own country.

It didn't until about 3 weeks ago. Wish I'd done a screenshot when I looked due to being just as infuriated as the OP. A staycation has always been a holiday from work where you stay at home.

It's so snobby to call it a staycation if you're not staying at home. I've been abroad on holiday about twice in my life, I nearly always stay in the country. Does this mean I've only ever had 2 holidays?

@Hellotoallmyfans

I just hate the word itself.

It's up there with Holibobs and The Fam etc. Just really cheesy and irritating IMO.

Well said! I wouldn't dream of using the word, I think of it as something the daily mail would use and have never heard any of my family, friends, colleagues or neighbours say it. During annual leave, everyone I know goes on holiday (be it UK or abroad) or stays at home! Lots of love to all the fellow staycation haters!! Have a good day all

Staycation has been used to mean holiday in your own country for at least 10 years in the UK. It’s not a new thing.

Agree OP although actually I hate the term.

I've just had 2 weeks annual leave, the first week we went on holiday to Cornwall for a seaside break and the second week we stayed at home for a staycation. Day trips and picnics, very limited cleaning/cooking and more focus on family time but staying in our own beds and not travelling/paying for accommodation.