Naycations and Staycations

If 2008 was the year of the staycation, then '09 is bound to be the year of the naycation. As in, nay — we're not vacationing.

The conventional wisdom about travel is that it will slip by just a few percentage points next year. But the unconventional wisdom — supported by several troubling surveys — points to a much bigger drop.

A recent Allstate poll found nearly half of all Americans plan to cut back on travel in 2009. An International SOS survey says slightly fewer of us — about 4 out of 10 Americans — are reducing their international trips next year. And a Zagat survey says at least 20 percent of us will travel less in '09.

But that's just the half of it. I've been talking with people in the industry, who tell me — direct quote here — that travel is poised to "drop off a cliff" in January. In other words, people are telling pollsters one thing but making other plans. Specifically, they're making no plans.

Here are nine reasons why 2009 will probably be known as the year of the "naycation" — and what it means for you. [read the MSNBC article]

• Rent a movie to watch with your friends
• Get together with friends and have a picnic
• Go to a school sports game
• Take a class at a community center
• Go to the park
• Go to open gym hours at your local community center or high school
• Volunteer!
• Go to a school event
• Have a basketball tournament with friends at a local park or gym
• Go to the movies
• Go bowling
• Go rollerblading
• Visit the public library
• Visit the a Japanese garden or Koi pond
• Go to a teen center
• Ride your bike along a bike trail
• Get a job
• Have a movie marathon night
• Make a scrapbook with your friends
• Have a potluck dinner with your friends
• Read a book or a magazine
• Make a home movie or a play with your parents' video camera
• Paint a picture
• Go swimming at a local pool
• Ride your bike and try to find new trails
• Get a part-time job
• Go ice skating

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