When you give up that big trip because 4 bucks a gallon puts an uncomfortable crimp in your wallet or airfares are too ridiculous or that unexpected stint of unemployment took a bite out of your travel budget, it is not a staycation or a holistay, it's staying home. It's the chick flicks and ice cream bandage of financially wounded travelers, a day trip to the water park instead of a cabin at the beach for a week. Staycation? Holistay? Meh.

What would you do if every year at the same time you were granted two weeks of vacation? Would you sit around eating bon bons? Unlikely. Teachers are just as busy during the summer as they are during the year--and much of that busyness is related to teaching.