Am I odd because I don't much enjoy holidays?

I enjoy the actual holiday but really hate all the hustle and stress at airports. We are going to holiday more locally now, lots of France we haven't seen. We are a bit stuck at present as our two older dogs are not well enough to go into kennels now.

No, anniezzz09 he was a bit apprehensive at first, I'm not sure whether it was at his own ability to manage on his own (being a very old school type who was raised to never lift a finger in the home.) As was I, some of the younger grans here will hardly believe that we were actually had lessons at school on How to Keep your Husband Happy (no not that way
He now feels it does us good to have some short time away and I agree.
As to my health, well I am becoming increasingly frail and fear this year may be my last holiday, but my married daughter has offered to come with me and (carry my bags as she puts it) so I'm looking forward to what may be my last one.

If you DO like holidays please don't feel you must stay at home just because other people may disapprove.

But I can still appreciate how many other people prefer to stay at home

I am with you kitty. We have just spent money in our home because we spend the most time there and we love it.

I'm with you Floradora9. I love everything about holidays - I enjoy the planning as much as the actual holiday. I do the organising and tell DH where he's going otherwise we'd be stuck in our home rut forever.

I thought it was just me, I don`t like holidays. I love my home and my garden and my surroundings and my bed, I have no wish to go away especially as I live in a beautiful county with so much within driving distance. Best of all I love my own company, am comfortable in my own skin and there are plenty of groups should I want to join anything

I love holidays DH would never bother if I did not do all the planning and booking. I feel as the years roll by far too fast I have to make the most of the ones we take though we are tending to go back to hotels and places we like. Four trips abroad a year I really like and a few little UK breaks as well .

I dislike the planning and the packing and a few days before we are due to go I wonder why I am. However once I am on my way all is fine. I love visiting new places, having new experiences and seeing different cultures. Just for a couple of weeks mind. Then I am happy to go back home.

Glad there are some others who feel the same as me. I always feel guilty because my husband says I have no spirit of adventure. I enjoy going to our holiday place in Spain but that is home from home.

cornergran perhaps we can come to some arrangement- you plan and I'll go and report back to you

Many longer holidays have been the triumph of hope over experience for me when I have sat counting the days until I can go home. It’s odd, I usually enjoy the planning, preparation and anticipation more than the reality. Maybe I expect too much. We’re both happier with short breaks now, Phew.

I'm not interested.
I can watch high quality videos online of places I'd like to see, and I don't even have to take my slippers off.

I like being away and exploring new places but really dislike the planning, the booking, the packing and the travelling.

If only someone would just do all that and transport me to where I want to be.
DH is happy to go as long as I do all the planning etc.

I have never liked long holidays. 8 to 10 days is as long as I want to be away, but as others have mentioned we have started to have short breaks. We had 5 days in Wales last year and are contemplating a 4 day cruise on the Queen Mary from Southampton to Hamburg and back this year.

DH has - and still does - enough flying for work so we have been travelling round Europe by train; northern Spain, Switzerland and Germany so far, but others planned. The only downside is having to lug one's bags everywhere, no checking in and having kuggage whisked away and returned (hopefully) when you reach your destination.

Kitty we celebrated our Golden Wedding with outrageous extravagence. We hired a huge house in the centre of Bath and invited our nearest and dearest to join us for a week. 14 in all. With Bath at our feet, quite literally, people formed informal groups each day to go and see different sights in and around Bath and then we met up in the evening to talk about our days over an informal supper and sitting round and chatting. Utterly extravagent but the best holiday we have ever had.

Me too - I've done a lot of travelling but never really enjoyed it. My husband loves it. I like that I have been but never actually want to go. Left to my own devices I would probably never leave the house!

I agree Kitty, I can’t face airports and all the hassle that goes with them. I’ve always hated flying. That said, we’ve had some wonderful holidays, but now, holidaying in the UK is enough, and preferably, not for too long.

DH has often commented that I am the only person he knows who gets more and more cheerful as the holiday progresses and going home gets closer!

We arent that fussed about going away. Hate flying and airports!

We do like 4/5 night trips to places we haven't been in the uk and also going back to places we love.

It's our golden wedding anniversary this year and we tried to find a holiday that really 'floated our boat' and decided to redo the lounge instead. Dh has been heard to mutter 'a big holiday would have been easier!' during the planning of our refurb.

We are definitely odd in our family though. One of my brothers is off round the world and the other is off to Australia soon. Meanwhile Dh's brother has just come back from nz.

Our argument is that we spend more time in the lounge than on holiday!!!!

Good to hear it's not just me! We have DS1 and family in California so we have to travel sometimes, but apart from that abroad doesn't interest me. I love a few days somewhere new in this country, finding a bit of history, a nice meal or two and a wander round charity shops. Many of my friends take long haul holidays frequently, with no regard for climate change. Travel doesn't seem to broaden the mind in most cases, I can usually beat them in the geography round of our village quiz.

My friend and I were having a chat, and I was telling her about some very big and unexpected expense, she said, well not all bad news then, you won’t be able to afford to go on holiday this year.

We both prefer to stay at home.

From our honeymoon onwards we always ran into vehicle trouble on holiday, so I used to be on edge waiting for something to happen. As we had relatively little money for emergency repairs it was always a worry.

Now, as then, I enjoy planning the holiday and look forward to going away until the time draws near, then I start to worry. At least no we can afford the car repairs if necessary!

Snap lemongrove, I could have written your post!

I’m the same although I’m usually fine once I get there. Our older two are off doing their own thing now but we’ve also got a 12 almost 13 year old who is constantly bbbbbooorrrreeedddd because he hasn’t got his friends there and DH and I are now looking for a quiet lounge by the pool with sightseeing to local historical sites so our holidays seem to involve a lot of compromises and trying to keep a pre teen happy.

Ha, ha, ExD1938, we cross-posted! You are brave and I am dead impressed that you do it at 81.

Was your DH ever resentful, in the beginning say? Mine often comes on holiday so as not to be left out, and sometimes that annoys me! You must be confident about your health and fitness though? Good luck to you for getting on and doing it.

Nope, I’m like you just love being at home, my dh exactly the same

Same here. I used the enjoy going away, used to plan holidays and breaks at the beginning of the year. Now am reluctant to go and only go occasional to keep DH happy. Not sure why it happens, I put it down to depression but I just enjoy being at home with all my home comforts! As I'm not a beach type even the weather doesn't make that much difference.