My own vacations are where I can get experiences I can't find at home.  It makes up for having to stay in a hotel room, aka a rented bed.  That's why my last two where to Florida and Southern California.  And the next one will be to Las Vegas.  I want roller coasters, big shows, so many experiences that you don't even have time to relax because there's an adventure right around the corner.  If I just want to take it easy I can chill out on the coach at home.  My TV is bigger than any hotel I'm liable to find and I have two large dogs nearby if I really need to up the comfort quotient.  Lakes or water locations are out of the question: I can't swim, my wife is allergic to chlorine, she hates swimming in any body of water where she can't see the bottom, and -despite my affectations for her and the costume she wears occasionally for me- she's not actually a mermaid.