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Go on vacation, go on holiday

    • Alaor Santos said:
    Hi everyone!

    When I say 'I am going on vacation...', does it mean I will necessarily go away to a place far from my home or that I am just starting my free period from work or school?

    Thank you
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    It means the latter. During the vacation time, you may or may not be traveling away from home.
     
    Dear all,

    My boyfriend and I are going on a vacation for the first time this summer. I'm psyched!

    I made it up. Isn't the bold part implying they're going away somewhere this summer, aside from it's a short trip or a long one?
     
    I think to go on holiday/ vacation generally means that, yes, you are travelling somewhere.

    To be on holiday/vacation means that you are at leisure (not at work), whether at home or away.

    But, I agree that if it is the very start of your holiday/vacation you could use "go"- even if you will be staying at home- in the sense of going away from your workplace. I would only say it to the workmates I was leaving at the office:

    "I'm going on holiday after today, so I won't be at that meeting on Monday".
     
    I don't quite agree with Susan.
    In the last example I would say 'I'm going to be on holiday after today'.
    In my opinion 'I'm going on holiday' does imply travel.
     
    As long as we're on he subject, a new word has come into use lately (AmE) for people who stay home for their vacation: "staycation."

    It includes local activities such as shows, restaurants, etc., but not travel to another city.
     
    If I say,

    The holidays are around the corner,

    would that be all right? To refer to my days off when I go on holiday / vacation?
     
    Yes, I wondered about that, and yet I found this example in a book talking about a period of time in the summer when a number of people took their vacations, rather than the winter holidays.

    So I should probably stick to
    My holiday / vacation is around the corner.

    Hm. Or something like "Our holidays are around the corner."
     
    wanabee said:
    My boyfriend and I are going on a vacation for the first time this summer. I'm psyched!

    I made it up. Isn't the bold part implying they're going away somewhere this summer, aside from regardless of whether it's a short trip or a long one?
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    Yes.
     
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