The phrase "a vacation getaway" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a trip or destination that is intended for relaxation and leisure.
Example: "After a long year of work, we decided to book a vacation getaway to the beach."
Alternatives: "a holiday retreat" or "a travel escape."
Seventeen years ago the Russells began renting a vacation getaway in Kiawah, S.C., (they've since bought a shingled beach house there), then in 1999 adopted a baby girl from China.
Working as a supermarket cashier by day - with the occasional stint in the produce department - and hanging out with high school friends by night, my memories of that summer include little other than my job, some fun, the beach and a vacation getaway with my parents.
After 25 years of serving mostly high rollers willing to drop $200,000, or busloads of retirees who set their daily limit at $50 or $100 -- both groups day trippers -- the city is looking to add adults with disposable income who, until now, have not viewed Atlantic City as a vacation getaway.
Even the most compatible pairs — those who are of one mind about what movies to see, what restaurants to frequent, the number of children to have and how to rear them — may not see eye to eye about the location of a vacation getaway.
But when the time came seven years ago to put a down payment on a vacation getaway, they chose Magog, Quebec — a ski resort 135 miles north of their year-round home in Quechee, Vt ."Why not Florida, or the Caribbean?" Mr. Barrell, a regular on Killington's black diamond runs, recalled them asking.
While South Beach has certainly cooled — inventory is up, prices are down, and agents say they're working harder than ever to put together deals — anyone expecting to snap up a vacation getaway with views of the Atlantic for a song better search in a much less desirable part of the state.
Like other boathouses along the Adirondacks' 11,000 lakes and ponds, Post's was the front door to a glamorous vacation getaway.
Once Jeremy's character mistakenly rents out the girls' house to another party, Teresa (Danielle Dallacco) offers up her mobster uncle's woodland estate in the Pine Barrens as an alternative vacation getaway.
To the Editor: Regarding "10 Paths to a More Fluent Vacation" (Getaway, July 29), as a linguist for the Department of Defense, I have used many language programs, including Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone and Transparent Language.
They would come with their families to enjoy a weekend or vacation getaway, grill burgers and hot dogs, give the kids some space, and enjoy the country bands of the day.
It employed a staff of 101 — for a staff-client ratio more associated with a New Age spa in Sedona, Ariz., or a Saudi prince's vacation getaway in Cannes.
