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Are you a doer or a relaxer on holiday?

Are you a doer or a relaxer on holiday?

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Matt N

Matt N

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Hi guys. As many of you know, I recently went to Spain to visit PortAventura for the first time with my mum and dad. We had a brilliant time, but one interesting aspect of the holiday is that my mum and dad told me they were using aspects of it as a litmus test to determine if they could ever do a “sun” holiday, wherein you do very little other than sit by a pool, eat and drink. They later determined that they probably couldn’t, as my dad said he was getting quite bored sat by the pool at our hotel for 20 minutes or so while my mum was swimming around in there! That got me thinking; there are seemingly two types of people when it comes to holidays, relaxers and doers. Relaxers are the sorts who don’t mind just lounging around eating and drinking, and whose ideal holiday would be an all-inclusive in Spain, Turkey, Greece or similar. Whereas doers are people who want to spend their holiday going out doing lots of different things and seeing sights and such. With this in mind, I’d be intrigued to know; are you a doer or a relaxer on holiday? Does lounging around not doing much suit you down to the ground, or do you like to go out and do things?

Personally, I’ve come to the realisation that I’m more of a doer on holiday. At home, I have no objection to sitting around not doing much for extended periods, as I’m in amongst my home comforts… but when I’m on holiday and away from my home comforts, I become far more inclined to want to go out and do things. Doing nothing is far less comfortable for me when I’m on holiday, and I seem to get much more easily bored than I do at home for some reason, so I do like to be out doing things. I guess that’s a small part of why theme park trips appeal to me as a type of holiday; they are naturally more of a doer’s holiday, and you are often out doing something on them. I like relaxation in small doses; for instance, sitting in the Hotel Gold River courtyard with a few drinks in the evenings at PortAventura was lovely! But I don’t think I could hack a full holiday of only sitting around relaxing, which makes me believe I’m more of a doer. To be honest, I think I’ve been raised by a family of doers as well; my mum, for instance, often climbs the walls and wants to do something if we’re stuck doing nothing for too long on holiday.

But I’d be interested to know; are you more of a doer or more of a relaxer on holiday?
 
Under normal circumstances, I like to do things. Parks, museums, history stuff etc. I'm not a pool person, and I hate beaches. As Bill Hicks said, "it's where dirt meets water".

.... Right now? All I want is a nice old pub with a view of water from the beer garden, and nothing to do.
 
I don't want to be on the go all day throughout a holiday. However i can not just sit and be in my own head.

I am an entertainment / distraction type of holidaymaker.
Sitting on a lounger watching a show or film, thats fine. A nice wander around a museum of interest to me, that good.
Flying around a rollercoaster, well i on here so yes please.

Its down to my mood.
 
Always been a do-er, if not a theme park then a city. Used to get bored on family holidays as a kid going to a resort in the Canaries or something and not really doing anything.

But after spending time in Phú Quốc on our honeymoon in 2022 we decided to mix it up last year and stayed in a villa in Lanzarote, and it was amazing, maybe it's a getting older thing
 
Plenty of time to not do things when you're dead. If I'm on holiday, and I've paid someone for that holiday, I want to get my money's worth. Even if I don't want to do something, I do it anyway just because I've paid for it and I'm there so may as well.

I'm like this on theme park trips as well. I get in there first thing and stay until they won't let me on rides anymore. Even if I don't want to ride them, I still do it because I've paid for it.

But that doesn't always mean you can't relax. If I've paid for the pool, I'll swim in it. If there's a nice view, I'll spend ages viewing it. If there's an advertised atmosphere, I'll try my best to soak it up.

But what I don't do, is things that I can do at home. I sleep little for example (I pay my mortgage to sleep in my own home). I'm lucky to live in a seaside town, so I don't go in arcades when away. I'll try local food, even if I don't like it, because there's plenty of egg and chips at home.
 
Definitely a do-er

Whether that's theme parks, exploring a city, seeing some sort of event, or even just enjoying a local pub.

Was in Italy last week and spent a few days in a hotel right on the Adriatic Sea. On the last morning after breakfast we walked over onto the beach and took 10 minutes to take it all in. Let the sea reach the soles of my shoes. Surrounded by people setting up in their sun loungers for the next 8 hours or so, just can't see myself ever doing it.
 
Yeah, I definitely like to find things to do. Usually going and having a look at something that takes my interest. I get very bored just being on a sun-lounger. It's very rare that I go on a beach. Each to their own though. If that's how people want to recharge their batteries then fair play. Not for me though, at all.
 
I can tolerate a couple of days on the beach but no more than that. Can get stuck into a good book, with a few beers on the go, a bit of snorkeling and swimming.

I'm definitely a do-er though. On the rare occasion we do a non theme park beach holiday it will need to be somewhere with plenty to do nearby eg Valencia.
 
I’m a relaxer to be honest no shame 😂

Can’t think of anything better than enjoying a hotel spa, pool, and beach during the day.

Then some evenings I like to venture into the town for the bars and the occasional meal.

If I’m on holiday for say, 7 days, I’d wanna spend at least 3-4 days by the pool/beach, and then maybe 2-3 days for excursions (but would still fit in the pool/beach at some point).

But obviously for a city break I like to be up early and come home late, so I’d wanna constantly be doing things / seeing the sights
 
More towards doer but also can relax and read a book or play Nintendo.
Done several cruise holidays recently which can be a nice mix of both, busy sightseeing a city, watcha show on the ship and then have a day at sea where there are activities on the ship but also can take a slow and read in the sun or go to the gym.
 
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