Ten New Kinds of Vacations

Ok, so they aren’t new…more like some creative re-branding by the travel industry. But you have to admit, they have gotten creative…

1. honeyteering=a honeymoon combined with volunteering

2. bleisure=a combination of business and leisure trip

3. glamping=glamour and camping (think girls getaway with tents, lots of merlot, and steak)

4. babymoon=last trip couple takes before first baby is born

5. staycation=term coined to define vacation time taken but stay at home rather than go somewhere; this concept was especially popular during the recession)

6. gaycation=trip specially for gays

7. nakations=trip specially for nudists

8. mancation=trip specially for guys (think race car or space camp)

9. volunteerism=trip where you combine vacation with volunteer opportunity, such as building houses for Habitat

10. ecotourism=trip specially for those environmentally-conscious