staycation

Vacations are getting shorter and staying closer to home, new data from the Web site NileGuide.com suggests.

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A vacation is often a change of mind and a change in situation. The paintball phenomenon offers a chance to do something different (for most of us) normally a short drive from home. Just as hiking, mountain biking and canoeing provide outdoor recreation, paintball fields are offering the great outdoors. Here’s Peggy Shinn’s take on what she calls the modern version of cowboys and Indians.

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Between high gas prices and extra charges from the nation’s airlines, what’s a penny-pinching family to do this summer? The answers are starting to include taking advantage of more and more promotions from businesses looking to attract cash-strapped vacationers.

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It’s the summer of the travel mooch. No, wait. The staycation. The mommycation? How about the voluntourist?

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