nearcation

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'."

See also

• staycation