stacation

Noun

staycation (plural staycations)

1. (informal) A vacation spent at or close to home.
   • Increasing product lifespans and decreased energy use may also enable both efficiency and sufficiency [...]. This includes means by which materials are used more productively (i.e. the same quantity providing a longer service) and throughput is slowed (i.e. products are replaced less frequently...2009, C. Michael Hall, Alan A. Lew, “Futures of Tourism”, in Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts: An Integrated Approach, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 323

   Synonyms:

   homecation, staycay

   1. (informal) A vacation spent at one's own home without other overnight accommodation.
      • If you're feeling the pinch of high gas prices and job woes, try a "Staycation", the new industry term for staying at home and enjoying yourself.1997, Pathfinders Travel: The Travel Magazine for People of Color, Philadelphia, Pa.: Pathfinders Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 64
   2. (Ireland, UK, informal) A holiday spent in one's own country without travelling abroad.
      • It's holiday time again. Having invented the staycation – no, I don't like the word either – four years ago when we ran out of money and out of patience with French traffic, we are sticking to principle and, as we did four months ago, hanging out at Tom Hodgkinson's gaff in north Devon.2009 August 31, Nicholas Lezard, “Down and Out in London”, in New Statesman, London: New Statesman Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2012, page 54

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