Sekirov Dictionary

staycation

UK /steɪˈkeɪʃn̩/US /ˌsteɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

noun 3
verb 3
forms 3

noun3

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(informal) A vacation spent at or close to home.
- We need to encourage stay-close-to-home vacations, or "stay-cations," and check out nature's splendor, recreational opportunities and entertainment attractions nearby. — 2009
•
(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
•
(UK, informal) A holiday spent in one's own country without travelling abroad.
- The rise in patronage partly reflects the growing trend for ‘staycations’ in the UK, in addition to Pitlochry’s status as the southern gateway to the world-famous Cairngorms National Park. — 2019

verb3

•
(informal) To spend a vacation at or close to home.
- They may fill some of the airline seats and hotel rooms left vacant by staycationing locals. — 2008
•
(UK, informal) To take a holiday in one's own country as opposed to travelling abroad.
- [...] I staycationed there this summer, enjoying the ancient town of Sandbach with Saxon crosses in its cobbled square; [...] — 2010
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(US, informal) To spend a vacation at one's own home without other overnight accommodation.
- Plan a staycation: Enjoy your own house, your own backyard, your own town. [...] This was the third summer the Wyatts and their two children have staycationed in Virginia Beach. — 2009

forms

staycationed · staycationing · staycations

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