One of the Best 'Staycation' Spots in the Country is up the Road

Let's start here...What in the world is this made up term?

STAYCATION - Participating in leisure activities within day trip distance of your home. Stay home, for a vacation.

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OK now what we have that part figured out, let's take a look at a list of the greatest "Staycation" locations in the country. Here's the top 5 according to: Wallet

Portland, Me
Fort Lauderdale. Fl
Chicago, Il
Orlando, Fl
Honolulu, HI

So these are the top five Staycation, locations..as you can see #3 is right next to you and me. That whole thing was too much rhyming...

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So why Staycation, why stay where you are and stay close to home? Obviously the whole pandemic thing brought us a sudden realization that we were going nowhere and we would need to deal with it.

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Staycations offer us a chance to do something "fun" and "relaxing" without breaking the bank for plane tickets and a million other expenses.

So how did this list come about? You don't really look at Chicago as "inexpensive" do you? Here is how the list was compiled:

Parks per capita

Restaurant-meal costs

Share of residents who are vaccinated

So when you do the research into those facts, Chicago gives us the #3 location to have a killer Staycation. But seriously, if you lived in Hawaii wouldn't everyday be a great Staycation?

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One of the Best ‘Staycation’ Spots in the Country, is in Illinois Just up the Road

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