On holiday in Australia, and I rented a Yaris

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by Dave

I remember my Dad was once hassled at the Canada-US border for saying he and my Mom were going into the US for a "holiday" when it was just (what you would call) a "vacation". The border guy said that there were no holidays that he was aware of, and my Dad had to explain how we use the word. I consider any time I take off work to be a "holiday".

Canadians too!

I'm still waiting to here someone explain to me how you guys differentiate between a vacation and a holiday. I guess it would be the way you used the word in a sentence?

It's like calling a turkey a chicken.