To not bother booking a staycation this year

[spanieleyes22]

I know I know plenty will come in and say just wear rain gear and wellies and get out whatever the weather. I just don't enjoy getting wet though! Haven't booked any annual leave yet this summer and can't bring myself to book any kind of staycation after last years week of rain in wales which ended up being pretty expensive as to make it bearable we had to go "in" to have a coffee or a snack or do something as weather was so rubbish. With the forecast this year I think I'm just going to stay at home. Actually feeling ok about it. I'll at least have my creature comforts

You don't book a staycation

You just stay at home and act like you're on holiday.
Sounds like you're opting for a staycation this year OP, and that your wording is a bit off.

No, YANBU to decide not to book a UK holiday and to have a staycation instead

@TeaKitten yes they are older now though in secondary and one might have a job this year and they don't want to miss anything but I like your thinking!

Really? I know a Caitlyn pronounced Kate-Lyn.

Holidays in the UK are too weather dependant OP, I'm with you. If I'm going somewhere in the UK I book it the week before when i can see what the weather is going to be like - and if a weekend is long enough then all the better as it can be done outside school hols.

Really? I know a Caitlyn pronounced Kate-Lyn.

There's thousands of them. But it's an Irish name, Cáitlín, pronounced approximately coitch-leen.

Like I say, the battle is lost. But I don't like it.

This I think. Holidaying in the UK is quite expensive. DC loved our summer holidays to Pembrokeshire, Cornwall and the Isle of Wight as much as going overseas. We were lucky to have lovely weather for all of our Uk holidays.

Assuming you mean a UK holiday rather than a staycation? If you don't enjoy it then don't do it.

As for staycations we have done it for school holidays. I draw up an itinerary and share it with the kids. I do book things because popular places get sold out. For us it can be a big day trip to London or visit theme parks. Look around your area for where visitors will go. Book tickets and go to them. Eat out like your are on holiday. If you aren’t paying for accommodation and transport to get to your holiday location, you probably can pay for a quite a few meals out.

In that case are they old enough to leave behind (with supervision from grandparents or whatever) and go on a holiday just you and a friend/DH? Thatl certainly make it cheaper!

@TeaKitten yes it's hard as no dh and I don't seem to have any friends who are not married and the married ones are not really up for a holiday with me! Sorry I told
You was in a grumpy mood! But food for thought thanks!

I'm not going anywhere this year either but have taken 2 weeks off and I had some money saved for a holiday. I will use this money to eat out, go to museums, do some shopping, try a few different exercise classes, meet up with friends for afternoon drinks, go to the beach, take boat trips to islands I haven't been to yet (live in Stockholm) and just basically pretend that I'm rich for a couple of weeks and don't have to watch what I spend money on. I'm actually really looking forward to it, but we also get a lot less rain than the UK so I don't envision the weather to be a big obstacle.

Would you be better booking a caravan park? One with a pool at least.

That way you can at least swim when the weather is rubbish. They often have indoor activities too.

Or book a premier inn in a city for a couple of nights rather than a full week. Then at least you have more indoor choice.

I don't really get air b and b. It is just a house that isn't your own and so is always less convenient. Perhaps in a fantastic location but lots of them are on random residential streets. That and I don't agree with them.

You don't book a staycation. You stay at home and have days out and nice meals for a week.

Stay home and either use the money to do day trips/restaurants, or save the money and try to go abroad next year instead?

Yeah forget the rain gear- just stay home and save money. Treat yourself with a few days trips or meals out /takeaways or if you don’t find it stressful buy a bunch of ingredients and have fun cooking/baking.

I went to Wales in November and it was almost constant rain. I enjoyed it because it was my first time in Wales and I was with a new partner staying in a nice hotel and we ate out a lot at nice places, and did get to see some lovely places when the sun came out at intervals, but ordinarily a rainy holiday is not my kinda thing - especially as I could’ve went somewhere in Europe for the same price.

Ah ok. Friends of mine all talk about a staycation meaning staying in UK

For some reason, increasingly since Covid ime, the media has pushed the suggestion that a staycation is holidays in the U.K. (or your own country.)

It used to always just been taking your annual leave but staying at home. Using your own home as your base but having a series of day trips, like you might when on holiday.

Before this a holiday in the U.K. was simply called a holiday.

I don't like the newer definition as it minimises U.K. holidays, as if they aren't real holidays.

It really made all the difference. Suddenly, it was a H O L I D A Y!!

Have a great time, I did!

Staycation

“A staycation is a vacation where you stay at or near your home instead of traveling to a distant destination. It typically involves engaging in leisure activities that you might normally do while traveling, such as visiting local attractions, dining out, exploring nature, or enjoying home-based relaxation and entertainment. The goal is to enjoy a break from routine without the expense and effort of long-distance travel.” (Chat GPT)

It is widely used as meaning staying in the Uk somewhere near home, and not going abroad. Language evolves.

But when the "evolution" is unhelpful and erodes a useful distinction, then the "evolution" is criticised and does not take hold

Most useful:
Staycation
UK holiday
Holiday abroad (possibly subdivided into long and short haul)

Not useful:
Staycation
Holiday
(as no distinction between staying at home, nor holidaying in UK v abroad)

ChatGTP will catch up idc

There are many examples of language "evolution" that have fallen by the wayside because they are worse than what the supposedly built on

Likewise
we won’t bother with a U.K. holiday this year

A 'holiday' is simply a break away from daily life, whether it be the UK or abroad. A staycation is when you decide to stay at home, eat your favourite foods, visit new places around your hometown, get up when you want, go to bed when you want, but you're in a 'holiday mindset'.

I think each to your own. We've had a staycation at home before and it was great. We haven't been abroad since Covid and have chosen to holiday within the UK. We've been lucky with the weather, so hoping this year will be the same as we're going to the Lakes in August. Fingers crossed.

Everyone is different. Some people are only happy going on holiday all the time, some are happier chilling at home. It would be a boring world if we all did the same thing. I hope you enjoy whatever you decide to do anyways 🙂

We're doing similar. We did Wales and Isle of White last year with a mix of weather, this year lots if days out, we will go stay with my parents in a big city and do a few days out then too but no actual 'holiday' . The weathers rubbish!

We very rarely go away (livestock farmers so can't) so all our 'holidays' are at home. I think it's better to be honest especially with kids as you can spread the activities/days out across the summer break & can plan around the weather more easily.
The kids appreciate it more than the enforced fun on a week away.
The amount of stress & planning that would go into spending a rainy week in a cottage somewhere just doesn't seem worth it.

I would argue staycation can mean both staying at home, as in your actual house, or staying at home, as in your home country. It's pedantry to pick a side here!

Also YANBU

It isn't pedantry to argue against a word that suggests holidays don't count unless you go abroad.

I've looked into renting a holiday cottage all over the uk and Ireland and it's more expensive than a holiday abroad...