# Packaged Vacations **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packaged-vacations/16498 "2000-04-28T01:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packaged-vacations/16498/1 "2000-04-28T01:48:00Z")
## Have you been on one? The “Club Med” type where one price covers everything, air fare, hotel, food, drink, etc. It sounds like a good idea. The only thing that I have found is on agent’s web sites. I’d like to hear from folks who have been on such a vacation. When a working person takes leave from their job, it’s is “vacation” indicating that one has vacated one’s job…what is it called when we retired folks travel? Carl ---
**Author:** ![Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diver)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packaged-vacations/16498/2 "2000-04-28T15:27:00Z")
Been on one to a dive resort. We went with a group put together by our local dive shop. We really enjoyed it and it was reasonably price competitive. It was nice to have everything handled. However, by booking our own and cooking in our bungalow, we can stay two weeks instead of one for about the same money. ---
**Author:** ![Tally-Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@Tally-Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tally-Ho)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packaged-vacations/16498/3 "2000-04-28T15:32:00Z")
Spent my honeymoon at one of those Sandales places in Jamaica. It was “all-inculsive” as long as you wanted to stay at the resort itself. But if you want to see the country, you have to book a tour, maybe rent a car, and tip, tip, tip. Spent way more than we planned but at least we had a ton of fun. Chrisbar * * * St. Chrisbar: Patron Saint of Newbies who have already caught on to the fact that nothing else matters, as long as your post count is high. _Courtesy of SwimmingRiddles_ ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packaged-vacations/16498/4 "2000-04-28T15:33:00Z")
[sarcasm] I am on a six-month packaged vacation right now! Greece, Italy, Turkey and side trips to the lovely Former Yugoslavia and the Persian Gulf!! [/sarcasm] * * * Guest contributor Straight Dope Science Advisory Board [My 15 minutes of fame](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mkiwi.html) ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packaged-vacations/16498/5 "2000-05-01T02:53:59Z")
Carl Berry wrote > [@](#): > > \*\* > When a working person takes leave from their job, it’s is “vacation” indicating that one has vacated one’s job…what is it called when we retired folks travel? > \*\* You don’t necessarily have to be working to take a vacation. “Vacation” (its root is “to vacate”) can mean you are taking leave from your normal routine, whatever that may be. You can always be like the Brits, and call it “holiday.” You can also use words like “journey,” “travels,” “trip,” “stress break” and even “sabbatical.” If you are retired and you want to drive your RV down to Florida for the winter months, you can always call it “snow birding.” – Baglady