And they’re increasingly headed to Alaska to do so. According to a recent survey conducted by ManTripping.com, the 49th state is the most popular destination for so-called “mancations,†or holidays that men take either by themselves or with their male pals. Going on a land and sea tour in what’s often called the “coldest state†was the preferred choice of 26.4 percent of respondents, ahead of a golf vacation in Florida (18.3 percent) and hitting Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail (16.8 percent).
The term mancation has been used since at least the mid-aughts, when it was popularized as an antithesis of a “girls’ trip†in the 2006 movie “The Break-Up.†The concept faded away when the Great Recession struck and travel budgets were cut, but seems to have returned. The spa at the Four Seasons hotel in Las Vegas, for instance, is promoting gentlemen collection packages, while the D Hotel in Sin City plugs its convention halls as a “man cave party space.â€"
Men are ditching women for bro-filled ‘mancations’ | New York Post
We have a big group that takes a cycling trip to the mountains every year. Around 25-30 of us rent cabins and pack in to keep costs low, take long rides up mountains, hit breweries, and relax. It’s not entirely male, but 90% of the crew is guys. Best week of the year, so much less mental stress than a “family vacation” with little kids (which, let’s be honest, is only a vacation for the kids…but the cycling trip is more physically grueling & exhausting).
That’s not very manly. I could see hunting, fishing, mountain/rock climbing, trekking with the bros, etc.
But a tour? Ick. I imagine nothing more awkward than hanging out on the deck of an Alaskan cruise with a bunch of dudes. The Vegas “man cave party space” sounds sad. Except for gays, in which case it might be awesome.
And even hunting et al. are improved by women who can put up with it all.
We have a big group that takes a cycling trip to the mountains every year. Around 25-30 of us rent cabins and pack in to keep costs low, take long rides up mountains, hit breweries, and relax. It’s not entirely male, but 90% of the crew is guys. Best week of the year, so much less mental stress than a “family vacation” with little kids (which, let’s be honest, is only a vacation for the kids…but the cycling trip is more physically grueling & exhausting).
Blue Ridge area in NC or north Georgia, both close enough for us to road trip from Michigan. We’d love to do a big group trip to Colorado, but it’s so much farther to road trip, so the upsides of higher elevation & new/unique places for the group is trounced by the travel convenience and the fact that there’s still plenty of phenomenal riding where we’re at and a lot of great relaxation options.
We have a big group that takes a cycling trip to the mountains every year. Around 25-30 of us rent cabins and pack in to keep costs low, take long rides up mountains, hit breweries, and relax. It’s not entirely male, but 90% of the crew is guys. Best week of the year, so much less mental stress than a “family vacation” with little kids (which, let’s be honest, is only a vacation for the kids…but the cycling trip is more physically grueling & exhausting).
Wow, something completely new. I mean, it’s not like men have been going on camping, hunting, fishing, golf, etc trips for decades.
Now we know it’s real because some douchebag millennial gave it a name.
LOL!! But so true. “Mancations” have been around for ever, except they used to be called going away with the guys for a weekend.
Okay; what I want to know is who’s the hipster d-bag that came up with the term ‘staycation’? Because I’m going to hit him over the head with a tack hammer if I ever find him.
Yah. I told my wife a few years back that we were going to do a ‘staycation’ rather than go anywhere. The docs say my CAT scans reveal I’ve recovered nicely from my traumatic brain injury.
Wow, something completely new. I mean, it’s not like men have been going on camping, hunting, fishing, golf, etc trips for decades.
Now we know it’s real because some douchebag millennial gave it a name.
LOL!! But so true. “Mancations” have been around for ever, except they used to be called going away with the guys for a weekend.
Okay; what I want to know is who’s the hipster d-bag that came up with the term ‘staycation’? Because I’m going to hit him over the head with a tack hammer if I ever find him.
The portmanteau word phenomenon is completely out of control. I first noticed it as an annoying trend back a decade or more ago with the rise of ‘webinar’, but it’s accelerated a lot. Staycation, bromance, babymoon, bankster, metrosexual, manscaping, sexting, frenemy, gaydar, phablet, the list if endless.
A good portmanteau that is judiciously conceived and sparingly deployed can be great but these fuckers are breeding like rabbits.
The key is to have guy friends who refuse to embody the “bro” personality. I’m convinced that the least manly men are those who have to act like bros & try to prove how awesome they are to the rest of us, while trying to convince themselves that they’re awesome as they embody some circus act.
I am all about going places and doing things but I can only take so much bro-ness before I go insane.
