nearcation

English

Etymology

Blend of near +‎ vacation.

Noun

nearcation (plural nearcations)

  1. A vacation to a destination relatively close to one's home.
    • 2010, Paul Edwards, Sarah Edwards, & Peter Economy, Home-Based Business for Dummies, Wiley (2010), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
      Economic downturns and high gas prices may restrain the urge to travel, but they don't eliminate it. To fill this ever-present urge, people replace vacations to faraway places with “staycations” or “nearcations.”
    • 2012, Edward McCann, "Great Brittany", Belfast Telegraph, 22 September 2012:
      My 'nearcation' was in Brittany, France's very own Celtic fringe where you're most likely to feel at home if you're from Ireland.
    • 2012, "Britons increasingly opting for 'nearcations'", The Telegraph, 22 October 2012:
      "But if petrol prices stay high and rail fares continue to rise, staycations may increasingly evolve into 'nearcations'."

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