Going somewhere nice?

I am quite happy to stay at home and tell people that if they ask.

This is just it gillybob, why should people appear to be taken aback when you deliver such an answer ?

I’m sure that would lead to “where do you fancy?” etc.

Instead of saying “Nowhere”, just say “Well, I’ve nothing booked at the minute”. Leaves a sort of in the air answer.

I hate it when hairdressers etc. Ask “where you going on your holidays?” Because my answer is almost always “nowhere” . Quite depressing really.

“Nice” for me = not too hot, interesting places to visit and explore, within my comfort zone and limitations of age and fitness.
I have no interest in lying by a pool in the sun, or skiing in the Alps, let alone trekking through the jungle.
Give me a stately home to visit, pleasant scenery, a country pub.......

It's a bit unreasonable of you to announce you're going on holiday and then take umbrage at 'somewhere nice?'

Surely it's all chit-chat and the responder is just being polite - in answer to your major announcement.

I think its just a manner of speech as often employed by hairdressers to instigate a conversation. There is some snobbery attached to holiday destinations no doubt about it. I was at a party recently where a couple droned on about their exotic holiday and all the expensive champagne etc they were given. I did feel like saying I would be having a pint and chips on Wigan pier but refrained.

I wonder if they mean "somewhere nice" in terms of weather, or scenery or culture? I think it really depends on your own preferences for a holiday.

I suppose it is just a way of enquiring, but to me it sounds odd. Why else would I be going there if I didn’t expect it to be nice?
As we don’t go abroad these days, most people are fine when I reply, Wales or Devon, Scotland etc, but there are one or two people who look down their noses if the answer is not The Maldives or St Lucia.

Whoop de Doo

Well I certainly wouldn't interpret the question as being snobbish. What a strange thought. It's just a way of showing an interest surely?

I have been asked that question on many occasions, and am only too happy to say what sort of holiday we are having and where we are going. In some cases the person enquiring has had some very good tips and suggestions on what to do there.

Before we went on our first Caribbean cruise some years ago for instance, I had been given lots of tips on what to do in the various islands the ship was calling into, and we benefitted from some very helpful suggestions.

Do you really think it’s ‘snobbish’ Cabbie ?

I usually ask the same thing to be honest , for instance if I’m talking to my hairdresser? I never considered it might be perceived as snobbish .

Seems a nice way to ask without assuming Bognor or Peru and getting the wrong end of the scale .

Guess I’m snobbish then ?

The 'weather' and 'holidays' - main topics of conversation ........I was warned, before I came here and made this country my home ....now, I do the same ?

I always feel like saying 'No. We thought we'd go somewhere horrible for a change'

I usually say yes, there and back to see how far it is if anyone asks where I'm going.
Some people are snobby about their holidays though and my thoughts are that they seem to be the be all and end all of someone's conversation as though it's a given right.

It never dawned on me years ago to broadcast where I was going because not a lot of folk went anywhere other than Bognor so why would I chip in with some exotic foreign location ? Other than to appear snobbish. Never ! It's mean