holiday homeˈholiday ˌhome noun [countable] 
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Thesaurus- For as well as maintaining stately homes and castes, the National Trust is in the holiday home business.
- Members in Ireland have tracked down the original carriage; it was acting as a holiday home, and was virtually intact!
- Our holiday home had been comfortably furnished with great thought and style.
- They want it primarily as a holiday home, for recreation.
- Vodka-tippler Elliott, 70, is now recovering at his holiday home on Ibiza with second wife Susan.
Longman Language Activatora place where people go or stay on holidays► resort
British English a house that someone owns where they go during their holidays a place where a lot of people go for a holiday, especially one that has a lot of things specially provided for tourists such as hotels, swimming pools, organized activities etc: · Acapulco is one of Mexico's most popular resorts.· Lift tickets at most ski resorts are about $30 to $40 a day.
► tourist attraction something such as a museum, place, event etc that tourists want to see: · Graceland, Elvis Presley's former home, is now a tourist attraction that draws more than 600,000 visitors every year.
► tourist destination a place where a lot of people like to go on holiday: · Amsterdam is the Netherlands' most popular tourist destination.· Phuket is an international tourist destination 430 miles south of Bangkok.
► tourist trap a place that a lot of tourists go to, but where hotels, food, gifts etc are more expensive than they should be, and that is often not as pleasant or interesting as tourists expect : · Residents are worried that the president's home town will turn into a tourist trap.
► camp American a place where children go to stay for a short time and do special activities and have fun: · College students work at a camp for kids from the inner city, leading craft activities and sports competitions.· A girl's basketball camp is being organized by the City Recreation Department.summer camp: · He's going to a Boy Scout summer camp for two weeks in August.day camp (=a camp where children go during the day, but come home at night): · The YMCA is running a day camp with crafts, sports, and water fun.
► holiday camp British a place where people, especially families, go for their holidays and where there are a lot of organized activities: · She won a talent show at a holiday camp in Wales.
► cruise a holiday during which you travel on a large boat that has entertainment, restaurants, swimming pools etc: · The seven-day cruise stops at Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and other Mexican resorts.cruise liner/ship: · a luxury cruise ship
► tour a trip in which you visit several different places with a group of other people: · The tour includes stops in Salzburg and Vienna.package tour (=a tour in which all the travel arrangements are made by the tour company): · Package tours that include tickets to Olympic events have sold well.
► holiday home British /vacation home American a house that someone owns in a place such as the mountains or the coast where they go for their holidays: · Many Swedes have small vacation homes on a lake shore.
► timeshare a holiday home that you buy with other people, so that each person can spend a period of time there: · They have a timeshare in Majorca.
► campground American /campsite British a place where people can bring tents or vehicles that they sleep in, to stay in while they are on holiday : · Campgrounds in Glacier National Park open in late May and early June.· Most French towns have a municipal campsite.
► hostel/youth hostel a cheap hotel where people can stay for a short time while they are travelling on their holidays: · We stayed at a cheap hostel in the centre of Prague.
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