I guess when it comes to holidays people take a variety of views. Understandable. We don't all think in the same way. Personally, I don't get the default holiday that a lot of people choose - the beach holiday.
What's the point of the beach holiday where people lie in the sun all day exposing their skin to electromagnetic, ultra violet energy in an attempt to turn it a colour that it cannot possibly sustain (well, certainly not sustainable f you possess northern hemisphere genes) for more than a week; a holiday where you lie down all day long telling yourself that you are relaxing when in fact you are actually just about tolerating the effort it takes to keep smothering your body in oily chemicals and removing sand from places it shouldn't be (there are hospital patients who have to lie down all day and would give their eye teeth to be mobile); a holiday where you put on weight, following a sustained effort pre trip to actually lose it, so that you will look good on the beach in swim wear – look good, that is, whilst resembling someone who has just been rescued from an oil slick; a holiday where you don't really sleep at night because, having been singed severely by our nearest star, you feel the need to go out until the early hours with as few clothes on (usually in white) as you can get away with without breaking public decency laws, so you can show off just how tanned (burnt) you are to everyone else who is doing precisely the same thing - wouldn't it be a bit different to go out looking paler than Miss Havisham, thus confounding everyone's great expectations? At least you'd stand out as different; a holiday where you are surrounded by people you wouldn't otherwise give the time of day to (e.g. blokes with tattoos dressed like toddlers) but find yourself joining them, clapping yet another stupid fire-eating act.
Anyway, it's a view (that's the equivalent of 'just saying', a popular social media phrase).
What's the alternative?