nearcation

plural nearcations

1. A vacation to a destination relatively close to one's home.

   "But if petrol prices stay high and rail fares continue to rise, staycations may increasingly evolve into 'nearcations'."

   2012 October 22, “Britons increasingly opting for 'nearcations'”, in The Telegraph

   2 more examples

   Economic downturns and high gas prices may restrain the urge to travel, but they don't eliminate it. To fill this ever-present urge, people replace vacations to faraway places with “staycations” or “nearcations.”

   2010, Paul Edwards, Sarah Edwards, & Peter Economy, Home-Based Business for Dummies, Wiley, →ISBN

   My 'nearcation' was in Brittany, France's very own Celtic fringe where you're most likely to feel at home if you're from Ireland.

   2012 September 22, Edward McCann, “Great Brittany”, in Belfast Telegraph