New Addition to the Travel Lexicon: ‘Staycation’

Thanks to rising fuel costs and fears about the economy, experts say more Americans these days taking “staycations”—yes, vacations in which they stay home. The Los Angeles Times covers the trend today and uses the term, and although I’ve only begun seeing “staycation” used recently, a Google search turns up references in 2006, and I’m willing to bet the expression dates back earlier than that. It’s yet another groan-inducing travel term. Need some more? How about going glamping, or taking an oblication?

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