“同堂假期”

名詞解釋:同堂假期(greycation)是指整個家族一起度假，拼車拼房拼伙食，被看做是一種省錢又充滿人情味的度假方式。

Greycation is a family vacation which is spent with grandparents in an effort to share costs.

同堂假期是和祖父母一起度假來分擔費用的家庭假期。

An estimated 2.7 million families are planning to holiday in the UK this year with children, parents and grandparents all in the same resort, according to a survey. Researchers say that total has soared this year thanks to the rising price of foreign holidays and the opportunities for sharing costs on a greycation.

據調查，英國今年預計有270萬個家庭計劃和孩子、父母及祖父母在同一地方度假。調查者稱，選擇同堂度假的人數增多，一方面是因爲境外遊的價格上漲，另一方面是因爲可以分擔開支。

In addition to the economic benefits of multi-generational vacationing, many of those surveyed saidgreycations were appealing because they allowed grandparents and grandchildren to spend more time together.

此外，許多受訪者稱，同堂假期這麼有吸引力，除了經濟利益方面的原因，還因爲這種假期讓祖父母和孫子孫女有更多的時間共處。