Staycation on Shine

Instant Weekend Get-Togethers

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Finding yourself bored by brunch-time? No matter where you live, these fun get-together ideas will give you that weekend feeling all the way up to Monday morning.

6 ways to bring your vacation home with you

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I just returned from my first big vacation with my son as a single mother. We've traveled together quiet a bit, but always to meet up or caravan along with my parents or friends. This was our first solo adventure, not to mention the first full week I've taken off in years. We flew across…

Vacationing: stay or go?

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Staycations are the talk of the town this summer. With skyrocketing gas prices and more fees at the airport, it's not hard to understand why. Fewer Americans are taking to the skies this summer compared to last, according to the Air Transport Association. But sometimes the best part of a little R&R is the getaway-literally getting away from it all. Who can truly relax with real-world worries constantly intruding on your time off?

Staycation sensation

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by Sarah Welch and Alicia Rockmore Why spend a fortune traveling to an exotic locale this summer when you could have a perfectly delightful ‘staycation’ at home? The concept of a staycation, or a vacation taken at home, first surfaced last summer when the markets started to sour and the…

Are you taking a vacation this summer?

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The unofficial start of summer arrives this weekend, but for many employed and unemployed workers, summer does not mean vacation. Not this year. When asked how the recession has changed their 2009 vacation plans,

Spring staycation: Have fun on the cheap

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Travel deals may be easier to find this year, but for many families, traveling over spring break and later in the summer—or at all this year—is just not possible. Staycations are looking better than ever, and that's not a bad thing. I remember lots of spring school vacations when our kids were little and I just loved a break from the routine, even if it meant we couldn't get to Florida just then to see Nana and Pop-Pop.

A fun, stay-at-home vacation requires the same thing as a cash-swallowing, miles-away journey: planning. So that means not letting everyone veg out in front of the TV or the computer all week, and play video games until their thumbs hurt. Which leads to this first tip for a fun yet cheap close-to-home break:

Staycation, all I ever wanted

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What do you do when you have three kids and your husband just got back from a 20-day business trip? You take a vacation. What do you do when you have three kids and in-laws who can only take about 24-hours of them? You take a staycation. It’s cheaper, shorter and surprisingly more…