Why do people travel just to spend their time laying on the beach or drinking in a bar?

To answer the OP's original question, it's because of moral laxity, slothfulness and pleasure seeking components of their inferior characters.

not a lazy pleasure seeker wrote:

To answer the OP's original question, it's because of moral laxity, slothfulness and pleasure seeking components of their inferior characters.

People should be more active. I, for instance, banged Taylor Swift on vacation.

So that they that to unleash their inner alcoholic for a couple of weeks and not feel guilty about it.

Is there such a place as the "French Canary Islands"?

People travel to far away places for a change in culture, scenery and climate. Just going to a bar in a different place is a different experience. I find it nice where I live and rarely travel to a different place. Travel is expensive and it wouldn't do anything good for me. But that's me. Everyone feels differently. Many people follow the crowd. That's why you get masses going to hot and humid places like the Caribbean and they think it's great. I think it's miserable to be there. In fact I went there once and after three days of sweltering heat and very painful sunburn I actually paid to come back to freezing weather.

I don’t do this but I think some of the appeal is that you are not at home and therefore cannot attend to the endless and soul crushing list of chores and to-dos. If you were at home doing the same thing you have in the back of your head that you should be doing this or that.

I got worms wrote:

English language user wrote:

Lie on the beach. Not lay on the beach.

Do you set on the beach? Or do you sit on the beach? Same issue.

I never lie, especially at the beach. Call me honest Abe

I get laid at the beach tho

That is why the best vacation destination is Buffalo, NY.

Some people work 24/7 or have health problems, I guess these are the principle reasons. I work online mostly and prefer active lifestyle, especially in a new country (usually plan trips and save due to https://travelsites.com/ ). But I understand people who just want to eat and sleep after exhausting working schedule, why not.

What really gets me is all the people who get jealous when someone else goes on vacation. It legitimately triggers these people. They won't admit it, but they'll subtely show it. This thread is a perfect example. I get it, you're tied up with no money and a bunch of problems, but no need to project your anger at the people who have extra money and enjoy a good time. It's just more enjoyable to go when you only tell a couple people you're going and don't post on social media at all.

I find it more baffling when people long for summer and then stay inside with ice cold AC and complain about the heat. Or they go away during winter to a hot place and stay in the shade or inside.

I think for most their desire for some "strange" is satiated by just going somewhere else and doing exactly what they do any other weekend.

Nonsense wrote:

That is vacation to them. Some people don't want do anything. Not my cup of tea, me and my wife love to be active. I know a former couple who used to go to the beach and just sleep in their hotel room all day. They never went out until night time to have dinner.

I doubt they were "sleeping".

Real reason is to look at women’s butts.

Some peoples lives are absolutely exhausting. I've been there. When all you do is work, take care of kids and stress about rat race crap sometimes you want to just sit on a beach with a beer in your hand.

I prefer a vacation that has both down time and activities.

If you have a stressful life and all you do is go, go, go on vacation you're exhausted when you get home rather than refreshed.

When I was early 20's vacations were all about adventure.

If your job and day-to-day life are boring and unchallenging, then you will seek out challenging and exciting hobbies and activities and vacations.

If your job and day-to-day life are stressful and challenging, then you will seek out relaxing hobbies and activities and vacations.

Some people double up and always chill out and are content with no challenge in their lives, and some people cannot relax for a second, but most people seek the opposite of what they normally do and achieve a balance.

When a family or group of friends all go, they might have different things they're trying to get out of it. A lot of people who feel stressed and worn out from their jobs just want the change of scenery and relaxing activities. But people who are more bored and curious might bring more energy to a vacation to see and experience new things.

I don't get that either. But I actually love it.

While everybody is on the crowded beach I have most of the other places for myself.

As a european you have so many holidays. One week a year at the beach is fine. You can do a lot of active holidays in the remainder of the year

Thanks for steering me to this website

https://theblondeabroad.com/about-me/

I am 34 yrs old. I am going to oc next week with my wife and 1 yr old. We will be joined by my sister and brother in law (also in 30's). My brother in law just got a DUI in Pennsylvania and is on probation, so can not get in any kind of trouble with the law.. He's afraid to drink some beers on the beach in oc. I told him if we use can coolers we should be ok. Remember we will be with our wives who wont drink and a 1 yr old. So its not like we will be partying on the beach . Just having some beers. Any advise?

I think it's pretty much this. It depends on the point of the vacation. If you're exhausted and feel burnt out you might want to lie down on a beach for a week. If you're bored and looking for new things to do you would want to explore and experience things. Having said that, I can't understand those people who went to the national park and sat on the deck for the entire summer. Although maybe they prefer socialising to exploring, or they were exhausted too. Some of the best holidays I've had contained a mixture of both. Go exploring in the morning and afternoon then spend early evening on the beach. Go on day trips then spend late afternoon by a pool. Or alternate days. I don't want to be go go go all of the time but equally don't want to do nothing apart from beach/pool.