Fake vacations -- the new staycation
Categories: Money & work, Fun & activities
So you've decided to stay home this summer to save money and have embraced this year's hottest buzzword -- the staycation. Just how far are you willing to go to make your staycation vacation-like, though? Pitching a tent in the backyard? Buying some marshmallows? How about revamping your home to look like a hotel room? Or sending your friends postcards from the places you, well, aren't going? That's exactly how some people are taking their staycation to the next level, according to the Wall Street Journal. One guy has even made a business out of creating a hotel-like atmosphere for people who can't leave their own home. Another woman is planning an entire Japanese-themed vacation, without leaving her city, and that includes trying to trick her friends by mailing them Japanese-themed postcards.
If you're staying home this summer, how far will you take your staycation? The family who pitched a tent in their living room definitely created memories for their kids, but as far as paying someone to make me feel like I'm on vacation...? I don't know. I think a better plan would be to take that money and stick it in next year's vacation fund. What do you think?
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Ken 7-23-2008 @ 7:13AM
Wow, another great way to be fake and try to impress people by being fake. Great idea.
I know............. let's just all buy blow up dolls and have them as friends too. That way, you really can BUY YOUR FRIENDS and have as many as you want!!
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Jenn 7-23-2008 @ 11:31PM
I'm confused....I thought the whole point of the "staycation" was because we can't afford to go out of town. But these people can afford to fake it? Why not just go on a real vacation somewhere closer to home, rather than faking a vacation to Japan?
The whole thing seems completely pointless and silly. I suppose this shouldn't surprise me by now.
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