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A staycation is a period in which an individual or family stays home and participates in leisure activities within driving distance, sleeping in their own beds at night. They might make day trips to local tourist sites, swimming venues, or engage in fun activities such as horseback riding, paintball, hiking or visiting museums. Most of the time it involves dining out more frequently than usual. Staycations achieved popularity in the US during the financial crisis of 2007–2010.〔(Get away on vacation — at home - Family - MSNBC.com )〕〔(www.whec.com - Staycations popular as gas prices rise )〕 Staycations also became a popular phenomenon in the UK in 2009 as a weak pound made overseas holidays significantly more expensive.〔("Staycations Boom Despite Summer Gloom" ), ''Sky News'', 2009-08-16. Retrieved on 2009-09-01.〕 Common activities of a staycation include use of the backyard pool, visits to local parks and museums, and attendance at local festivals and amusement parks. Some staycationers also like to follow a set of rules, such as setting a start and end date, planning ahead, and avoiding routine, with the goal of creating the feel of a traditional vacation.〔(The Great American Staycation: How to Make a Vacation at Home Fun for the Whole Family (and Your Wallet!), Matt Wixon )〕 ==Etymology== The word ''staycation'' is a portmanteau of ''stay'' (meaning stay-at-home) and ''vacation''.〔(Word Spy - staycation )〕〔(Buzzword: Staycation: Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog )〕 The term "daycation" is also sometimes used.〔(www.whec.com - Staycations popular as gas prices rise )〕 The blog Wordspy.com attributes the earliest reference to this term as coming from a 2003 article in ''The Sun News''.〔 According to a Connecticut travel blog, the word ''"staycation"'' was originally coined by Canadian comedian Brent Butt〔("Staycation Connecticut Style" )〕 in the television show ''Corner Gas'', in the episode "Mail Fraud", which first aired October 24, 2005. The word became widely used in the United States during May 2008 as the summer travel season began with gas prices reaching record highs, leading many people to cut back on expenses including travel.〔(Buzzword: Staycation )〕〔( Summer Staycation )〕 The term was added to the 2009 version of the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.〔("Locavores," "staycations" get official in dictionary - Reuters )〕 A closely related concept and term is nearcation, which is taking a vacation to a location relatively close to home.〔(- Nearcation Trend Helps Hershey Park Stay Sweet )〕〔(- Vacationers travel roads closer to home to save the summer )〕 "Nearcation" and "staycation" may be used interchangeably since the travel destination may be in the same metropolitan region in which one resides and it is unclear how far away a destination needs to be until it becomes no longer a "staycation". ''Nearcation'' is a portmanteau of ''near'' and ''vacation''. The alternate naycation ("nay" + "vacation") has been used to signify total abstention from travel. Lake Superior State University added the word to its 2009 List of Banished Words. The citation noted that ''vacation'' is not synonymous with ''travel'', and thus a separate term isn't necessary to describe a vacation during which one stays at home.〔("Lake Superior State University 2009 List of Banished Words" ), January 1, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Staycation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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