haycation
nounEtymology Blend of hay + vacation.
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A vacation stay on a farm, in which guests often help out with daily farm tasks.
- In a world where small farmers need to diversify to keep their fields afloat and city dwellers are more desperate than ever to learn where their food comes from, a "haycation" for about the price of a nice hotel room in Manhattan didn’t seem like such a far-fetched idea.2009 August 25, Kim Severson, “$300 a Night? Yes, but Haying’s Free”, in The New York Times:
- Related terms
- agritourism