After more than a month of parties, shopping for presents, navigating family politics and other holiday season activities, the idea of a vacation filled with yet more activities might sound a bit horrid. Who wants to go parasailing when all they want is some shut eye?
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Well, a new trend is here to soothe those who are too burnt out by holiday festivities to entertain the thought of skiing or beach volleyball: the sleepcation. This week Cindy Richards, editor in chief of SheBuysTravel.com, joined WBBM Newsradio’s Rob Hart on the Noon Business Hour to discuss this new restful post-holiday option.
“I mean, the common American belief is that you need to have a vacation from your vacation, right? So when you get back, you have to recover from having been so active and done so many things,” she said. On the other hand, the sleepcation is “about really just focusing on yourself.”
Some resorts even cater to sleepcation vibes. Think massages packages and wellness options like a sound bath. However, Richards said its pretty simple to find a place that can provide a great sleepcation. It just needs three things: a great bed, blackout curtains and room service.
For the first, sleepcation hopefuls can head to their nearest Westin.
“They call them heavenly beds,” she said of the chain’s beds. “It’s a trademark name and they really are heavenly. I mean, it’s like sleeping in a cloud.”
Richards also recommends booking two nights to get the most indulgent benefits of a sleepcation getaway. Parents can either take turns on their own solo sleepcations or leave their kids with grandparents or babysitters, she told Hart.
“You know, there’s some people who think a sleepcation only works if you find a cabin in the woods where there’s no internet, so you can’t, you know, doom scroll all day long to restore your mental health as well as your physical health,” Richards said. “It’s really about what works for you, how it’s easiest for you to rest and relax. And disconnect from stress so you can reconnect with yourself.”