to not want to go on holiday ever again

[noborisno]

Anyone else just not bothered about going on holiday and would rather be home?

Just wondering if how many others feel the same way. I'm just not bothered and even find it a hassle. I could not care less if I was never to go abroad again in my life. I do like weekends away but anything longer I just want to be home again.

I would go on holiday all the time if I had the money......

@LuckySantangelo35

I have found it interesting to go somewhere for a short period to do something specific that I can’t do from home, such as scuba dive to see specific seas and sea life, but I’ve never felt I gained any real insight into another culture on a one- or two-week trip. It takes me maybe eighteen months just to learn the language well enough to start to to get a feel for another country.

Being interested in going on holiday and being interested in expanding your horizons are not one and the same.

to me flying with dc is stressful and that was pre pandemic. What with covid passes and masks no thanks . I’ve not been abroad since before the pandemic and people keep saying when you going on away as if I should do this . I don’t know I’m just not fussed on spending thousands on a holiday when I’m happy in my back garden . Boring yes but I just can’t be bothered with the stress of it all .

I have zero interest in going away, especially if it involves flying. It's such a massive faf. The worst part of going away is that you have to come back to reality

No no no love a holiday abroad

@smallbirdwidesky I can see that going to Majorca for 2 weeks isn’t going to be necessarily massively culturally enriching but going to Guatemala definitely broadened my horizons massively. Did I gain a complete understanding of the culture? No, but it definitely opened my eyes.

Been parents for 15 years...been taking eldest abroad since he was 6 months. Think he had been abroad 13 times when he was 3. Slowed down when he started school.

Each to their own. Personally I enjoy them and find the hassle or stress is outweighed by the benefits. I’m not fussed about long haul though, Europe has enough for me to be going on with.

I can empathise. It's not so much about not wanting to go on holiday for me as just being happy where I am.

I grew up in a fairly grotty urban area and now live in a pretty rural area. I've been here 20 years and still feel really lucky to live here. When the weather's nice, even just popping into town feels like an afternoon's holiday.

There are plenty of places I want to go and explore but I don't feel the need to go abroad every year. I'm quite happy to let the pandemic/Brexit madness die down and stabilize before we go.

So lovely you feel this way!

I’ve never been to Majorca in my life! But I wouldn’t dream of saying I had anything other than the thinnest glimpse of another culture from going on holiday. There’s something I find quite patronizing to other cultures to pretend you get more than that from your hols.

I suppose if you had a very narrow life experience and knew very little about how life is lived in other parts of the world, going to a non- western culture may feel ‘eye opening’, but that’s more a statement of the life lived before that, than the value of holidays as a cultural learning experience in overall.

Having lived abroad and having travelled to so many places i can honestly say i am staying in the U.K form now on. The only place that i was planning to visit before i gave up international travel was Russia one more time, obviously that will not be happening.

Nowt so funny as folk.

I lived overseas and travelled a lot when I was younger and have no desire to go abroad now. I've realised that I don't really like going to countries where I can't speak the language. It makes me feel very vulnerable.

I'm happy to holiday in the UK and find it quite insulting that people don't consider it a holiday unless you got there by plane! I'm a single mum so can't afford much else anyway. We've travelled all over the UK. We've done camping, holiday homes, Airbnb, caravans and hotels. All good fun. Seen and learned loads.

When DD leaves home I'm sure I'll look at holidays differently again. I may go abroad then. But for now. No. Don't need the hassle, expense or heat!

Is there nothing in life that many people enjoy but you do not?

I increasingly find the getting to and getting back from places very tiring and stressful, but it's not enough to make me stay home forever. The bits in between are, mostly, worth it.

@smallbirdwidesky Totally agree what you can learn about another culture on holiday, usually in tourist areas, without speaking the language or interacting with anyone whose job doesn’t revolve around serving tourists is sometimes less than nil.

I come from a country that a lot of mumsnetters seem to be experts on based on holidays or sometimes even living there for a short period. I’ve never read anything from these experts than rings even vaguely true, and the unshakable confidence that their superficial experience has given them in their opinions is as tedious as it is risible.

Totally disagree. Going on holiday and seeing the world is brilliant.

I'm autistic and have a severe eating disorder so holidays are just incredibly stressful for me. I need my home, my safe places, my familiar things around me, my routine etc. The sensory overwhelm of the airport/plane followed by the anxiety of then being surrounded by a language I don't understand. Then there's all the ED stuff on top of that. So there's just some reasons someone mightn't want to, I'm sure others will have many more.

I live for holidays its what keeps me going from the day to day mundane monotony of life.

@NickAndJay

true, but even a glimpse is better than nothing

Even a glimpse is better than nothing!

@godmum56

hmm nothing comparable to this I don’t think

I love going abroad but since Covid I’ve fallen in love with UK holidays and had six 9/10 holidays here.

*"How can anyone not want to go abroad?

I’m not being goady, genuinely curious.

Its about getting to see the world, broaden your horizons and your mind, see other cultures and how life functions in different parts of the world, you get to experience different climate, landscapes, food etc, a complete change of scene and break away from the norm, do once in a life time activities like swim with dolphins, etc etc

It’s fabulous!!

Honestly I can’t see how that cannot appeal! Unless you have little kids i can understand but otherwise why wouldn’t you love that? As I say, I’m just so curious about this"*

I find that so many people who talk about experiencing "other cultures" often haven't even, say, visited a council estate in the UK and perhaps live fairly sheltered lives back home.

I will go abroad again, but I honestly couldn't care less about it.
The UK is absolutely stunning when you go off exploring it. We had a camper van for years and went to every nook and cranny of Devon and Cornwall in it. The thrill of moving from one spot to the next each night, crashing in car parks, having random lockins at a local pub with strangers, hiking the coastal path and picking and cooking mussels for dinner - beats anything I've experienced when travelling abroad.
We've been to the Outer Hebrides and are currently holidaying in the Scottish Highlands. We're going to Anglesey in September. We like to have our dog with us and bring our bikes, so it's easier not to fly.
We live in a national park and every weekend is like a holiday. And we've got our garden looking stunning over the last couple of years, and it's gorgeous to sit out in on a sunny day - so I'm not that fussed about jetting off somewhere for a week on a beach.
How can you not understand that everyone is different! And please don't swim with dolphins - that's asshole behaviour.