Anybody else detest Holidays?

I don't do airports.

This February half term we just got a log cabin on the Welsh Marches then had days out visiting castles etc. It was really relaxing.

The only "airplane" holiday we're planning for is two weeks snowboarding in whistler when my youngest turns 7.
 
I really don't like the actual travelling, (I'm practically phobic about being late for things and airports really wind me up), but once I'm at my destination then I like being away until it's time to come back.

I couldn't just go somewhere and spend a couple of weeks in a resort though ... if the holiday was that then I might as well stay at home. Roll on October when I'm off to Japan again.
 
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So basically everyone likes different types of holidays and some people have no desire to see any part of the Earth other than the four walls they see every day.
 
Last holiday I went back packing around Europe and it took me a few days to get into the swing of it but after that it was awesome and I didn't want to come back.
 
Just holiday in the UK? Holidays are great! would you rather be at work 7 days a week?

Downtime is important, I mean, how else are you supposed to get stupidly drunk off your face and not have an alarm set for the next day.

Last holiday I went on with my girlfriend, we went to Amsterdam, we argued a lot but we also had an awesome, drink and legal highs F.T.W!
 
gregster said:
For me, going on Holiday is a chore. The airport hassle/getting to the airport. The packing.

Then you have flying and the constant turbulance and ear popping. Then you have to get to your hotel/villa. I just find the whole thing a stress and even if we holiday in the UK I hate it.

I do holidays every year but only because the wife likes them, else I wouldn't bother.

Anybody else like me and why?
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Are you Karl Plikington? :p
 
Mickie said:
when i flew to america while the 2010 ash cloud was going off and british airlines were striking at the same time, i guess that was stressful but if all goes to plan i'd say its not stressful at all.
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That wasn't stressful for us at all :p. We went in to LAX, queued for a while, got told that the flights were cancelled and to keep receipts for hotels, food etc and they'll compensate us for those. Booked a hotel, went in the next day, got booked on what turned out to be the first flight back a week later, booked a few hotels both in San Francisco and on the way up there via Highway 1 and then enjoyed the next week travelling up to San Francisco and spending a day there :).
 
Mickie said:
when i flew to america while the 2010 ash cloud was going off and british airlines were striking at the same time, i guess that was stressful but if all goes to plan i'd say its not stressful at all.
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I was able to stay for an extra 7 days in Luxor where I fell in love with the place and the people.
It was major stress though not knowing when were were exactly going home.
It was Sunday when we were told we wouldn't be flying and the following day I was starting a new job.
Facebook came to the rescue and I contacted a mutual friend of the Manager.
 
Mickie said:
when i flew to america while the 2010 ash cloud was going off and british airlines were striking at the same time, i guess that was stressful but if all goes to plan i'd say its not stressful at all.
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I was in Tokyo on an organised tour and I can't fault the way Thomas Cook handled it all for us. We were returned back to the nice hotel in Shinjuku we had started the trip in, in better rooms than we had been in previously, and were told that we could do what we wanted as long as we came to info sessions each day at 6pm to find out if we would be flying the next day.

Had an extra 3-4 days doing our own thing before flying back. Fortunately I wasn't planning on returning to work until the following Monday and I had a netbook with me so I could use Skype to talk to people at home and let them know what was going on.
 
perhaps your issue is the frequency of holidays and not the task itself. maybe one holiday every other year you'd feel different and really need it, where as once a year perhaps nothing is that bad for you yet so you don't need to "get away" from it all.

although I don't mind the airport etc, in fact i find it all fun, but i've found fo the last couple years i've not felt the need to go away, but this year i have so booked a holiday and really looking forward to the whole thing. If i'd have booked this last year i'm sure i'd not feel as bothered by it
 
Substance said:
Holidays are a bit crappy, At home I have absolutely everything I want and I know where everything is, My bed is by far the most comfortable I have ever slept in and at the end of every holiday I'm always glad to be back home

I think people are bloody mental leaving that behind
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Basically a couch potato then :p
 
It's possibly the week/weeks of my year I look forward to the most! I love visiting new places, I'm not one for laying in the sun for hours and hours. I like to explore and it's rare I visit a place twice unless I feel there is more to see and do (like Rome) Four of us going to Malta for a week this year and really looking forward to it, Tiny island so going to rent a car and explore the place :) I HATE coming back to the normal day in day out routine.
 
sigma said:
So basically everyone likes different types of holidays and some people have no desire to see any part of the Earth other than the four walls they see every day.
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Pretty much sums up the thread. My friends parents never ever left the UK as they never saw the point until they retired and they went abroad with other friends and then they realised what they missed. Such a shame they left it so late to enjoy what can be available.

I can understand the hatred of the airport experience but to me its a means to an end, its the pain before the joy. It also seems that people have a blinkered idea of what holidays should entail and not for them to do what they want. To me it shows a pathetic lack of imagination, hell a holiday can be going to the lakes and learn to paint, climb the mountains of the Andes, boat down the Amazon, bike ride the Silk Road, diving with sharks, sit on a beach and read, it can be anything you like yet its too stressfull and some would rather potter around the home you spend most of your life in.
 
gregster said:
She most certainly is picking. She enjoys them though, so a small price to pay.
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Surely you should be picking something together the whole point of a marriage is teamwork. I certainly wouldn't want to go on holiday somewhere my only my wife wold enjoy.

Thankfully we share the same (mostly!) locational interests so all is good.
 
OP, you're probably going on rubbish holidays. Holiday company flights filled with screaming children, isolated resorts, beaches and towns packed with drunk Brits, and nothing to do except sit around in the sun or in your room.

Take a look at what companies like http://www.intrepidtravel.com/ and http://www.gadventures.com/ have to offer. A lot of it is pricey, but you can save a fair bit by nicking the itinerary and doing it yourself (which is perfectly doable in the Western world - I wouldn't try it elsewhere until you're a more experienced traveller).

Bear said:
PermaBanned makes a very valid point, some people say you never really really get a feel of a place unless you spend some real time there so you only spending barely 3 days somewhere is only skimming over somewhere and not getting any real taste of any culture. More watching a movie of a place than living the experience.
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A mate of mine is so terrible for this that I've stopped going on holidays with him. We were in Spain last year and (despite him being fluent in Spanish) he only spoke to locals when ordering food or asking for the bill. He refused to hang out in bars or go on free walking tours with other visitors. His only interest in Madrid, which is a great city, was taking photos of buildings and visiting museums. He calculated he'd need three nights to see everything and that's exactly how long we stayed. It's a totally pointless way to travel and nowhere near as fun as meeting locals.
 
Bear said:
Pretty much sums up the thread. My friends parents never ever left the UK as they never saw the point until they retired and they went abroad with other friends and then they realised what they missed. Such a shame they left it so late to enjoy what can be available.
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This is the problem really - you don't know how good the alternatives are until you experience them yourself. I was dead against holidays and would be in this thread now arguing about how its a waste of money and how there is lots of nice things to see in the UK. My experience of holidays were those from when I used to go on holiday with the family when I was at school - so free European stuff. No cost, enjoyable, but I wouldnt pay money for them so when they ended I didn't bother with them myself. Whats the point? Might as well just stay in the UK?

Then my gf went travelling. Before she went she said 'You'll come and visit me in Oz, right?'. I didn't want to go, I had no interest in going and even on the train on the way to Heathrow I was still wondering what the appeal was as I put my desire to see her over my contempt for the massive waste of money that going on holiday was.

Bang.

2 months later I get back obsessed with travel and holidays and I've tried to go on as many as I can ever since - typically one big one a year with 2-3 minibreaks in Europe/UK per year. I love it and I'd never have found how enjoyable it was had I not had a reason to go in the first place.

I am convinced I'd be in this thread on the other side of the fence calling holidays and travel a waste of money.
 
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Please don't berate me for not enjoying holidays. I understand that everybody is different and I would not bother personally.

I let my wife choose purely on the basis she is happy and for, me seeing my wife happy is good enough for me. I have picked many places in the past but still not enjoying it, so I would rather we go somewhere I can see her happy. She knows my thoughts and it makes her chuckle. Also I make out I am really happy.

We don't do package holidays, thank God and we don't do sunbathing. We go and explore and this is good. I love different cultures and different foods. I just hate the whole build up.

We have been on our own (which being honest I prefer (sorry kids)) but honestly, I would rather not bother.

Maybe as I get older, I will change but for now....

Also to those that really enjoy holidays, I am envious. I wish I was like that.
 
Totally agree with Fox, can't stand resort holidays, although I've always known I would like to go out an explore. Although after Aus it's now less planning the better IMO. Being tied down isn't what holidays are about. See something intrest and go. I found you only found a lot of the interesting stuff out, when over there and talking to others.
Really like experiencing new things. I tried snorkelling in Aus and feel in love with it. When I can afford it I really want to try scuba diving due to that experience.
Also my love of food, means I love exploring local restaraunts.
 
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