Sentence examples for staycation from inspiring English sources

Alex Evans of Media Molecule, the British studio behind "LittleBigPlanet", a popular PlayStation 3 game, says people in the industry believe gaming has benefited from the rise of the "staycation", or stay-at-home holiday.

It is clear by glancing through some of the reviews of terrible hotels on the internet that sometimes it really is best to settle on a staycation (spending by Britons choosing to stay at home on their holidays rose by 18% between 2008-12).One hotel visitor to New York reported: "Weird screams in the morning, possible blood drips on plastic mattress covering.

"A breakdown of the holiday of just £37 per day per person includes a flight to somewhere warm in December – a staycation costing £32 per day couldn't offer anything as comparable.

One virtue of the 1960s: the dreadful term "staycation" was a good four decades from being coined.

The shop is brazenly using the "staycation'" phenomenon to push their wares; their messaging is clear.

It was the story about Rio Ferdinand taking a £400 "staycation" holiday in Presthaven Sands in Prestatyn.

That is why we did not see the usual "staycation" photographs of the Camerons during a short family break in the UK this week.

I certainly wouldn't want to send one from a staycation in the UK – since the Royal Mail has adopted the confusing strategy of pricing different sizes and weights of post, I've developed an aversion to pillar boxes.

Meanwhile tourists and "staycation" Britons can only deride the Met Office predictions back in April, when it said the odds of a scorching summer were 65 per cent.

We always imagine we're going to have time to read: on the plane, by the pool or just around the house on a staycation.

The '"staycation" trend is proving to be a very welcome marketing demon.