You probably don’t like the term “staycation.” Neither do I. But don’t let that bother you. As a concept, staycations are a pretty good idea. Maybe you’ve already had one, but didn’t know what it was called. Staycations don’t just mean staying in and relaxing at home. They involve getting out more by taking day trips to see local sights. If you don’t want to stay home, you can vacation locally-for example, at a local campsite.
Staycations first became popular after the financial crisis of 2008, when people were looking for ways to cut back on their spending. Apart from the savings, let’s not ignore the other benefits: you don’t have any of the problems associated with travel, such as packing, long droves. Delays at airports, and so on; and you put money back into the local economy, by eating out, for example.
Some staycationers who base themselves at home like to follow a set of rules, such as setting a start and end date, planning their activities ahead of time and avoiding routine. You don’t have to do these things, but it helps to create the feel of a traditional vacation. Others, aware that a visit to further. Take, for example, Karen Ash, whose story appeared in the Wall Street journal.
A resident of New York, Ash decided not to go to Japan, as she had originally planned, but instead took a weeklong Japanese vacation in her own city. This included buying postcards and souvenirs at a Japanese market, admiring bonsai pants, eating ramen (even speaking Japanese when ordering), all without leaving New York. Her itinerary also involved joining in at a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, ceremony, attending a taiko drumming concert, and watching Japanese soap operas DVD. I don’t think many people would people want to take this much trouble to create their staycation, but you get the idea