Do you deserve a 'momcation'?

Houston Chronicle - 08/23/2007

"...Last year it was "mancations." Next year it could be anything from "kidcations" to "seniorcations." But, this year, the "cation" that the travel industry hopes will catch on is the "momcation."

Billed as "the revenge sequel" to male-bonding "mancations," the "momcation" targets mothers seeking a break from screaming infants, frustrating adolescents and defiant teenagers. Which pretty much covers the gamut of motherhood.

"All this talk about men's primal need for mancations drove me crazy," says Kathy Carl, a member of the Hopkinton (Mass.) Girls Getaway Group. "My friends and I wouldn't trade our kids for anything — but we recently decided it was time to hatch a plan for a no-kids, no-husbands escape."..."


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