Tropes about relaxation and vacations.
Compare Hobby and Pastime Tropes, Seated Tropes, and Sleep and Wakefulness Tropes.
Contrast Nightlife Index and Party at My Index.
Related to:
- Beach Episode: An episode that features the characters visiting the beach.
- Boring Vacation Slideshow: A boring slideshow of a character's vacation photos.
- Camp Wackyname: A camp with a silly name, sometimes intended to sound vaguely Native American.
- Camping Episode: An episodes that features the characters going on a camping trip.
- Class Trip: A class goes on a trip organised by their school, which is sometimes partly for the purposes of relaxation.
- Cruise Episode: An episode that features the characters going on a cruise.
- Fancy Camping: Who says camping can't be glamorous?
- Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist: Tourists who wear brightly-coloured Hawaiian shirts.
- Hot Springs Episode: An episode where the character take a trip to some hot springs.
- Long Bus Trip: A character who has been Put on a Bus has been gone for a long time (in-universe and out); often, this is explained as them having retired or gone on a long trip.
- Love Hotels: Hotels designed specifically so people can meet up and "relax" together.
- "Rediscovering Roots" Trip: A character - especially one raised in a culture different to the one they were born in - goes on a journey to find out more about their origins.
- Relax-o-Vision: Censoring graphic scenes by substituting pleasant images.
- Rental Car Abuse: People on trips often rent cars rather than bring their own and then proceed to trash said car because it's not theirs.
- Road Trip Plot: The plot centers around the characters going on a road trip.
- Road Trip Romance: Two people fall in love while on a road trip together.
- Ski-Resort Episode: An episodes featuring the characters visiting a ski resort.
- Vacation Crossover: A crossover between two works happens because the characters from one or both works go on vacation and meet up.
- Vacation, Dear Boy: Cast and/or crew agree to take part in a production mostly so they can visit the filming location.
- Vacation Episode: An episode features the characters taking a vacation.
- Vacation Films: Films where the plot revolves around the characters going on vacation.
Subversions
- Busman's Holiday: People on vacation do exactly the same things they do at home.
- Crappy Holidays: A normally-happy holiday ends up sucking for everyone for one reason or another.
- Deadly Road Trip: People run into serious danger while on a road trip.
- Hell Hotel: A hotel where horrible things happen to the occupants.
- Hero Does Public Service: To the extent that instead of vacationing, they're doing volunteer work.
- Horrible Camping Trip: A camping trip ends up being a disaster.
- Horrible Honeymoon: A newlywed couple's honeymoon ends disastrously.
- Hotel Hellion: A bratty kid staying at a hotel makes life miserable for the staff and other guests.
- Macho Disaster Expedition: Separately engaged in an activity considered masculine, the chicks do well while the dudes do not-so-well.
- Pulled from Your Day Off: A character's day off from work doesn't last long.
- Tourism-Derailing Event: A touristic location is undergoing a disaster or misfortune.
- "Ugly American" Stereotype: Americans on foreign soil are portrayed as rude and uncouth.
- Unplanned Staycation: Characters get help fulfilling cancelled vacation plans at home.
- Very False Advertising: Whatever you heard in the promotion for this was totally untrue.
