Thanks to the price of gas, the costs of food, and the economy in general...More and more people are choosing to stay near home for thier vacations.
"Staycations" seem to be the latest trend in family-oriented "time away". Basically, a "staycation" is a vacation from work...taken at home. Many people are choosing to spend time with thier families and do activities that are close to home rather than jump into the Sport Family Truckster and drive all over the country. Touring local attractions rather than spending mass amounts of money to get to a typical "tourist trap" and then not being able to afford to do anything when you get there sounds appealling now that the economy has suffered like it has recently.
The real winners? Local businesses! More money is being spent in the local economy rather than spent outside while more and more familes take advatage of the "staycation".
The real losers? Any business that relies on tourism dollars to stay afloat. With the way things are looking...Tourism is going to take a huge hit this season...
I know I have 3 weeks of vacation coming to me in the following months. I have no plans on going anywhere far from my house. In fact, there are restaurants and museums and water slides and all kinds of things in my back yard I have not even seen yet...and I plan on "staycating" at home this year. (For info on my main "staycation" destination, check out this blog http://activerain.com/blogsview/402174/Sapphires-Sapphires-Everywhere).
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