Staycation vs. Vacation — What's the Difference?

A staycation (a portmanteau of "stay" and "vacation"), or holistay (a portmanteau of "holiday" and "stay"), is a period in which an individual or family stays home and participates in leisure activities within day trip distance of their home and does not require overnight accommodation. In British English the term has increasingly come to refer to domestic tourism: taking a holiday in one's own country as opposed to travelling abroad.Common activities of a staycation include use of a backyard pool, visits to local parks and museums, and attendance at local festivals and amusement parks.

A vacation (American English), or holiday (British English), is a leave of absence from a regular job, or a specific trip or journey, usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism. People often take a vacation during specific holiday observances, or for specific festivals or celebrations.

A vacation in which one does not travel away from home.

A period of time devoted to pleasure, rest, or relaxation, especially one with pay granted to an employee.

(informal) A vacation spent at or close to home.

A holiday.

A vacation spent at one's own home without other overnight accommodation.

A fixed period of holidays, especially one during which a school, court, or business suspends activities.

A holiday spent in one's own country without travelling abroad.

The act or an instance of vacating.

To spend a vacation at or close to home.

To take or spend a vacation.

To take a holiday in one's own country as opposed to travelling abroad.

Freedom from some business or activity.

(US) To spend a vacation at one's own home without other overnight accommodation.

(obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.

A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.

(North America) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.

An extended period of time away from work or school.

The act of vacating something; moving out.

The act of making legally void.

(intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.

The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.

Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.

Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.

A period of intermission of regular paid work or employment, or of studies and exercises at an educational institution; the time during which a person temporarily ceases regular duties of any kind and performs other activites, usually some form of liesure; holidays; recess (at a school); as, the spring vacation; to spend one's vacation travelling; to paint the house while on vacation. Vacation is typically used for rest, travel, or recreation, but may be used for any purpose. In Britain this sense of vacation is usually referred to as holiday.

The time when an office is vacant;

Leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure;

The act of making something legally void

Spend or take a vacation