Nothing to add that hasn't been said but love the Staycation chat, my most hated phrase lmao. It's a bloody holiday! You're going on holiday, still counts if you don't use your passport.
YES YES YES
Since this phrase has become really popular over the pandemic it's reeeallllyy rubbed me the wrong way. I was never fortunate enough to go abroad as my parents couldn't afford it and I've only ever been once in my life as a trip with my uni, but all of my holidays growing up were somewhere in the UK. My entire life I've had so many people shocked that we weren't going somewhere like Cyprus or America, and making comments about money, usually saying how it's cheaper to go abroad as a way to make me feel bad for staying in the UK. The UK is beautiful, I have so many great memories of my childhood away on holiday with my family usually somewhere down in Devon.
I find the term staycation kinda classist? I hate this pressure to holiday away from the country you live in, and guilt tripping people when they can't. Saying staycation makes it sounds like it's not a proper holiday, like the UK is not a desirable destination and you're being forced to stay. I hate seeing these influencers using the term, espeically when they get gifted to go abroad and vlog those fancy holidays, them saying 'staycation' feels almost like it's not a real holiday to them (when it's one I would have gone on when I was younger).
I'm probably reading into it too much but a staycation is a holiday!!
This one is totally getting on my tits too. The people using it are ones that are still spending loads of money on a holiday in the uk. As someone who grew up with no money, I only ever holidayed in the UK and that was always a very cheap one that my parents saved up for, always self catered too.
A staycation is having time off and staying at home, maybe going out on a day trip. Not spending £££ doing luxury holidays that you’ve had to pay a premium for.
All it does is show how out of touch people are.
/rant.
1000000% agree and had the same experience growing up!