Korean slang profile
호캉스
hocance
A hotel-based vacation
Taking a vacation by staying at and enjoying a hotel.
- Expanded form
- 호텔 + 바캉스A hotel-based vacation
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Aug 12, 2016
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
올여름은 호캉스로 쉬었다 왔어.
I took a relaxing hotel vacation this summer.
- Quoted from a source
제주신라호텔은 가족을 위한 ‘호캉스(호텔에서 즐기는 바캉스)패키지’를 선보인다고 12일 밝혔다.[1]
Jeju Shilla Hotel announced on the 12th that it is introducing the ‘호캉스 (Vacation at the Hotel) Package’ for families.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
Formed from “호텔 + 바캉스.” The 2016 source from Kookmin Ilbo explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 제주신라호텔, '호캉스(호텔바캉스)' 패키지 출시 (국민일보)Published Aug 12, 2016Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- 호텔에 콕 박혀 '호캉스'…24시간 만화방서 하룻밤 (조선일보)Published Jul 20, 2017Original source checked Nov 5, 2026