Korean slang profile
펫캉스
petkangseu
A vacation traveling with a pet or resting together at accommodations.
A vacation traveling with a pet or resting together at accommodations.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jun 26, 2022
- 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
이번에는 반려견과 함께 머물 수 있는 곳으로 펫캉스를 가려고 해.
This time, I’m planning a 펫캉스 somewhere I can stay with my dog.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
FT Sports explains it as combining pet and vacation, while The Economist Korea describes pet and hotel staycation. The latter focuses on hotel holidays; later Yonhap News reporting covers both travel and lodging together. Which formation was the earliest original could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
Sources explain the formation differently, as pet + vacation or pet + hotel staycation. Which was the original form could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 이코노미스트 - “호텔가운 입고 퍼푸치노 마시는 댕댕이”…코로나가 부른 ‘펫캉스’ (이코노미스트)Published Jun 26, 2022Original source checked Nov 12, 2026
- 반려 동물과 떠나는 여행, 반려견 동반 해수욕장, 펫 전용 리조트, 펫 프렌들리 숙소 - FT스포츠 (FT스포츠)Published Sep 1, 2025Original source checked Nov 12, 2026
- “댕댕이와 벚꽃구경 가요”…여행·숙박, 펫팸족 유치경쟁 치열 (연합뉴스)Published Mar 22, 2026Original source checked Nov 12, 2026