生活英语|Paliday 亲友假期

A paliday is a holiday in which you rely on the goodwill^{1 of your friends or family to feed and house you in their own home. And in the recent tough financial climate, the paliday appears to be increasingly popular, as people search for alternative ways to take a break at a time when their holiday budget is tightly squeezed.}

Paliday（亲友假期）是指住在亲戚或朋友家，由他们提供食宿的度假方法。在现在不景气的经济形势下，亲友假期愈加火，由于这种度假方法可以叫人们在预算有限的状况下还能享受一个不优惠扣的假期，好好轻松一下。

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The most popular type of paliday is a beach or seaside break.

最受青睐的亲友假期是到沙滩或海滨度假。

Paliday follows a couple of other recent neologisms stemming from the need to find more economical ways to take a holiday. 2008 saw the emergence^{2 of the staycation, a holiday in which people stay at home and visit places near to where they live, and rapidly in its wake came the daycation, a day trip or short holiday that does not involve staying away overnight.}

经济危机以来，大家想出了各种经济的度假方法，譬如待在家休息或者在附近地区景点游览度假的staycation（家里度假）、与无需在外面过夜的daycation（1日游）。