Beach, sun, coconut palms… The “stereotype of the perfect vacation” was set up during the 30 glorious years, according to psychotherapist Benjamin Lubszynski. If it translates into hotel-club stays, the health crisis could well call it into question with the discovery of local holidays. Maintenance.
the psychotherapist Benjamin Lubszynski is categorical: the health crisis will have an undeniable impact on our way of vacationing. Apart from the geographical restrictions linked to the closing of borders still in force in many countries, the professional believes that the summer of 2020 will force us to refocus on more essential needs. And this, to the detriment of the “stereotype of the perfect holiday”.
Are there “stereotypical” holidays?
Many people still live with the cliché of resort hotels. We go there to Tunisia, to the Dominican Republic… The problem is that although we go to different places, they are still hotel-clubs. There is no real change of scenery or change of air, and that can create frustration for some.
This stereotype of the perfect vacation was put in place during the glorious 30s. He passed by the beach and the sun with, if possible, coconut trees. In fact, there is the possibility of leaving in an alternative way, with agrotourism or tourist trips, among others. This last option has been developed only recently, for almost thirty years.
Could the health crisis challenge the “beach and sun” cliché?
With the health crisis, the French perceive more the possibilities of holidays nearby. It’s interesting to ask: ‘How can I be close to home and still have a good holiday?’. This could be an opportunity to extend this questioning all year round: it is particularly pleasant to transform your territory into a source of leisure, openness, culture. ‘Cause when we chain the beat ‘metro, work, sleep with the hotel-club formula, you don’t necessarily know where you live.
I think that the summer of 2020 is going to have the same effect as confinement: it will force us to refocus on more essential needs, on the aspirations that we have vis-à-vis the holidays, with a little bit the same kind of reaction we had at work after confinement. We see more and more people who want to maintain teleworking and start their own business: there is a desire to break repetition, whatever the field.
What benefits could rethinking your vacation mode bring?
This could allow you to really get together as a family, to create a project together, to include your couple and your children. As the principle of the hotel-club is to meet all our needs, since they cook for us, they offer us all possible leisure and they get rid of our children with the Mini-Club , we don’t really get involved together.
Usually, apart from the cliché of the perfect vacation, we tend to reproduce a pattern: we have a way of traveling, which we reiterate from year to year. Rare are the people who go once to a hotel-club, then another to a high mountain refuge, before doing agrotourism in the Creuse and going to Rome to visit the Jesuit churches. In general, we tend to do very sociotypical things.
Once on vacation, are there any habits to review?
Transpositions of our lifestyles can somewhat ruin the ambition of the holidays: we must be careful with the excess of social networks and connection. For example, I remember a study that was conducted in the United States a few years ago, showing that 50% of respondents preferred having a good Wi-Fi connection on vacation rather than frequent sex with their partner. On the other hand, relaxing with a digital wire in your paw is not easy.
It’s nice to be connected to a community, but do you want to do the same thing as usual, go every 5 minutes on your laptop? Wouldn’t the holidays be an opportunity to really live things rather than highlight them on Instagram? These break times can be a way to experience different, more rejuvenating experiences.
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