- Are you different on vacation, too?
Do you have anything to add to this list of things people do on vacation? After all, it’s party time on vacation!
- Pack books they never open once.
- Pretend they enjoy kayaking much longer than they actually do.
- Overuse the phrase “we’re making memories” during chaotic situations.
- Walk painfully slow in crowded tourist areas while staring upward at buildings.
- Take photos of hotel rooms before unpacking as if
documenting a crime scene. - Panic-pack for every possible weather condition including blizzards during tropical trips.
- Treat airports like dramatic survival competitions involving neck pillows and overpriced sandwiches.
- Overestimate walking ability by roughly twelve miles per day.
- Become emotionally devastated by forgetting chargers.
- Eat breakfast buffets with strategic intensity usually reserved for military operations.
- Sleep in paradise but somehow wake up more exhausted than before.
- Start saying phrases like “island time” after forty-eight hours near water.
- Spend more time researching restaurants than actually eating at them.
- Hoard ticket stubs like sacred historical artifacts. Is this something you would do on vacation?
- Take 400 photos of the same sunset and post only one with the caption “no filter.”
- Eat enormous hotel breakfasts as if lunch has been outlawed internationally.
- Wear matching family shirts that accidentally make them look like a touring bowling team.
- Spend entire trips searching for “hidden gems” already discovered by millions online.
- Judge hotel towels with unexpected seriousness.
- Buy giant novelty drinks mostly because the cups look ridiculous.
- Start every story with “When we were in Italy…” forever afterward.
- Develop a deep emotional attachment to tiny hotel shampoo bottles.
- Turn minor inconveniences into legendary travel stories retold for decades.
- Buy local spices and never use them again.
- Wear sandals absolutely unsuitable for mountain hikes.
- Film fireworks through phones instead of actually watching them. Is this something you would do on vacation?
- Become obsessed with weather apps despite being outdoors the whole time.
- Wake up at 5 a.m. to “relax,” then spend the entire sunrise fighting over pool chairs.
- Spend half the vacation discussing how quickly it’s going by.
- Wander into random stores solely because air conditioning exists inside.
- Treat rental cars like fragile spaceships requiring constant emotional support.
- Insist on taking “one last picture” at least twenty-seven times.
- Forget basic directions immediately after confidently claiming they know the route.
- Carry giant paper maps while completely ignoring them in favor of phones.
- Decide every vacation needs at least one avoidable argument about directions.
- Swear they’ll travel lighter next time while already planning another overpacked suitcase.
- Get aggressively sunburned on the very first day.
- Suddenly decide vacation is the perfect time to wear hats never worn at home.
- Treat rental cars like fragile spaceships requiring constant emotional support.
- Forget what day it is and begin referring only to “beach day” or “museum day.”
- Become weirdly competitive about souvenir prices in gift shops.
- Take photos pretending to hold up monuments with forced perspective poses from 2009. Is this something you would do on vacation?
- Return home needing another vacation to recover from the vacation.
- Buy shirts that simply contain the name of the place they already visited.
- Suddenly become experts in local culture after one walking
tour and half a sandwich. - Keep tiny seashells in pockets until laundry day discovers them.
- Speak louder in English believing volume magically creates translation.
- Buy souvenirs they would never allow inside their own homes under normal circumstances. Is this something you would do on vacation?
- Pretend calories stop existing once crossing a state line.
- Spend entire scenic drives asleep despite claiming excitement beforehand.
- Try local foods, hate them, then continue ordering them “for the experience.”
What do you think you will do on vacation from this list? Tell us something that’s not on the list in the comments!