http://mindfultourist.com/2009/04/15/new-word-staycation-brainwashing-the-us/ Fri, 18 May 2012 08:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://mindfultourist.com/2009/04/15/new-word-staycation-brainwashing-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Russ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:45:21 +0000 http://mindfultourist.com/?p=618#comment-61 I agree, everyone needs a time to get away from their normal life for a real "vacation". However, I will say that I am so wired to associate time off from work with travel or physically going somewhere, that sometimes I do think about how nice it would be to stay home and vacation in my own city -- without having to worry about work or chores. Not that it should be a substitute for time spent abroad or relaxing on an island somewhere, but it is very rare that I actually get to wake up when I want, sit on the patio with coffee and a newspaper, and just enjoy the things in my own city without having work or responsibility looming on the horizon. I know what you're going to say, that's what weekends are for. But after being wound up all week, it takes some time to unwind and catch up, and it seems that by the time I'm relaxed Monday is back. So I'd be down with a several day "staycation", just not as a substitute for the experience of traveling. I agree, everyone needs a time to get away from their normal life for a real “vacation”. However, I will say that I am so wired to associate time off from work with travel or physically going somewhere, that sometimes I do think about how nice it would be to stay home and vacation in my own city — without having to worry about work or chores. Not that it should be a substitute for time spent abroad or relaxing on an island somewhere, but it is very rare that I actually get to wake up when I want, sit on the patio with coffee and a newspaper, and just enjoy the things in my own city without having work or responsibility looming on the horizon. I know what you’re going to say, that’s what weekends are for. But after being wound up all week, it takes some time to unwind and catch up, and it seems that by the time I’m relaxed Monday is back. So I’d be down with a several day “staycation”, just not as a substitute for the experience of traveling.

]]> http://mindfultourist.com/2009/04/15/new-word-staycation-brainwashing-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Antonio Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:00:22 +0000 http://mindfultourist.com/?p=618#comment-60 So, if I live in Silver Spring, MD and decide to go DC for a week... Is that an "staycation" or is that still a vacation because of the zipcode differences? So, if I live in Silver Spring, MD and decide to go DC for a week… Is that an “staycation” or is that still a vacation because of the zipcode differences?

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