"Staycation"

When finishing up with my summer employment one of our choreographers asked if I was taking my family on a vacation before school starts. I said "no, we will simply hangout at home, unplug the phones, lock the front door and kick it by the pool". She says "cool...enjoy your 'staycation'.

Apparently this new word is the summer trend for 2008. The price of gas has a economically significant number of Americans staying at home this summer. While I am currently enjoying my personal 'staycation', I wonder about the massive impact this will have on the millions of small business's that depend on 'the traveler'.

We are supposed to prepare for a potential 30-50% increase in natural gas and fuel oil this coming winter. While that seriously is lame, it does not scare me. We will not freeze to death and we still can afford to put gas in the vehicles. I will do the following; let magazine subscriptions go, quit the health club, drop my landline, stop eating out, wash my own car,
and experience a 'staycation'.