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Vacation, in English-speaking North America, describes recreational travel, such as a short pleasure trip or a journey abroad. People in Commonwealth countries use the term holiday to describe absence from work as well as to describe a vacation or journey. Vacation can mean either staying home or going somewhere.
Beachgoers c. 1910. Beachgoing or beach tourism is the cultural phenomenon of travelling to an ocean beach for leisure or vacation.. The practice developed from medically-prescribed sea-bathing by British physicians in the 17th and 18th centuries and spread throughout Europe and European colonies.
Paid time off, planned time off, or personal time off (PTO), is a policy in some employee handbooks that provides a bank of hours in which the employer pools sick days, vacation days, and personal days that allows employees to use as the need or desire arises.
A timeshare (sometimes called a vacation ownership or vacation club) is a property with a divided form of ownership or use rights. These properties are typically resort condominium units, in which multiple parties hold rights to use the property, and each owner of the same accommodation is allotted their period of time.
The word staycation is a portmanteau of stay (meaning stay-at-home) and vacation. [11] [12] The term daycation are also sometimes used. [9]Merriam-Webster cites the earliest use in the 18 July 1944 Cincinnati Enquirer.
Vrbo (/ ˈ v ɜːr b oʊ / VER-boh [1]) is an online marketplace for vacation rentals. It was originally known as Vacation Rentals by Owner and VRBO. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and is owned by Expedia Group.
#8 --The term lollipop used to mean other things. The first known use was in the mid 1780s. The first known use was in the mid 1780s. Charles Dickens used it to refer to stick-less candies.
The first recorded use of the word honeymoon to refer to the vacation after the wedding appeared in 1791, in a translation of German folk stories. The first recorded native-English use of the word appeared in 1804. [11]