Are we entering the ‘whycation’ era or is this just another travel trend?

Posted by travel-center@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 27 comments

Okay but hear me out!
vacations = vibes, pics, cocktails
whycations = “I need to disappear and come back as a new person”

I feel like more people are lowkey traveling for a reason now, not just because flights are cheap.

Like healing trips, solo resets, spiritual escapes, etc.

Is this actually a thing or just social media making everything sound deep? 😭

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vipros42@reddit

Not only is this a stupid question but the way it is phrased is very irritating

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peppermint_aero@reddit

"ok hear me out!"

"Nobody's shutting you down?"

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BALLCLASH@reddit

What is an issue - is brands and companies taking up space on reddit, particularly more niche subs like this, so please do everyone a favour, lock your account and go away.

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peppermint_aero@reddit

What, me finding your ridiculous social media phrasing annoying?

Idk, lowk sounds like gaslighting

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BALLCLASH@reddit

something tells me they're about to reply with "😭"

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FornyHucker22@reddit

Bad bot, get a real job like a vacuum or a lawn mower or something 😾🤖

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RaneBera@reddit

I preferred pre-instagram days when we'd just take a couple of annual leave to relax after a long hard year of work.

Now everyone has to make out their 2 week annual leave is some life changing soul defining matrix revealing Indiana Jones styled adventure.

Dave, you're on the p!ss in Santorini, calm down ffs....

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Choice-Demand-3884@reddit

This is one of the cringiest things I've seen in this sub.

And it's a very, very low bar.

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a-liquid-sky@reddit

I don't know, u/travel-center, but I'm sure you're going to take every opportunity in the comments to tell us about how you can help us book any kind of holiday we want 🙄

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PamVanDam@reddit

Yeah this is dumb. Whycation doesn’t even make sense.

People have been travelling for a myriad of reasons since the dawn of time. Why is this even a question?

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TJTheGamer1@reddit

"U/travrel-centre" hello corporate marketing robot pretending to be a human. Kindly fuck off please.

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peppermint_aero@reddit

People have been going travelling to "find themselves" or "reset" for decades.

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Sounds like more social media nonsense. A trip is a trip, a break is a break. The why and what isn’t really anyone else’s business but if someone feels the need to justify and Chase external validation non social media - whatever.

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BeaumarchaisApu@reddit

Felt like a thing people did as a gap year when I was entering adulthood nearly 25 years ago so I doubt it’s a new thing.

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AllThatIHaveDone@reddit

People have been travelling to find themselves for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.

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imtravelingalone@reddit

The world is falling apart. People are needing a place to just go and decompress and disassociate from the bleak reality of every day life, which for a lot of us is a daily struggle emotionally, mentally, financially, etc etc etc. If we get the chance to step back and reset in any way possible in a beautiful place, we're going to do it.

Hope that helps.

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Naive-Interaction567@reddit

Nobody in my (33F) actual life does this. I assume influencers do it because they have things to promote and need things to discuss but I’m not sure because i am trying hard to avoid the brain rot!

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TomAtkinson3@reddit

vacations = vibes, pics, cocktails

You mean 'holidays'?

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