I hope you had a great vacation vs I hope you have had a great vacation

Both sentences are correct, but the verb tenses are different. 'I hope you had a great vacation' refers to a past vacation that the person has already taken, and 'I hope you have had a great vacation' refers to a vacation that the person is currently on or has recently returned from.

Explained by Michele A.
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Last updated: August 18, 2024

I hope you had a great vacation

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a past vacation.

Use this phrase when you are referring to a vacation that the person has already taken.

Examples:

I hope you had a great vacation. Tell me all about it!
I hope you had a great vacation. Did you visit any interesting places?

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I hope you had a great summer.
I hope Flash Gordon's had a great vacation after last season.
I hope you had a great day!
Thanks for the chocolate! I hope you enjoyed the pancakes, and I hope you had a great day as well.
Lisa said you had a great fight.
You had a great thing going on there.
That you had a great interview.
You had a great life in New York.
You look like you had a great day.
Mick said You had a great voice.
I'm sure you had a great personality...
You had a great season this year, Mr Dixon.
Kaleena tells me you had a great day together.
You had a great fall, Fredrik Egerman.
You had a great game last Saturday.
I guess you had a great arm last season.
Looks like you had a great life.
You had a great life, man.
'Cause you had a great deal with that house.
I knew the moment I drove your car while you had a great time with a girl in the back.

I hope you have had a great vacation

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a vacation that the person is currently on or has recently returned from.

Use this phrase when you are referring to a vacation that the person is currently on or has recently returned from.

Examples:

I hope you have had a great vacation. How was it?
I hope you have had a great vacation. I can't wait to hear all about it!

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I hope Flash Gordon's had a great vacation after last season.
I hope you had a great summer.
I have had a great privilege.
He could have had a great future.
You two must have had a great life together... travel, restaurants, weekends at the cabin.
But I do think you and I would have had a great time.
I am sure that Mr Brinkhorst can confirm that we have had a great number of discussions and meetings.
Ashley and I have had a great time defiling little Casa de Ruxin.
I have had a great personal interest in this region ever since I became aware of how crucial the peace process is for the Middle East.
Rather we should be happy that we have had a great chairman who has been in charge of our committee during this period in Parliament.
We have had a great deal of contact with them, and they themselves are pushing for the European Union to swing into action to root out the rotten apples.
Mr President, the reports we have debated here this evening have had a great deal to say about climate change.
In the region that I come from, we have had a great many problems in recent decades because of nationalism.
It would have had a great impact on the public confidence in all deposit products in Belgium and create a systemic risk.
As a matter of fact, Chelsea and I have had a great week of good old-fashioned clean fun.
You must've had a great vacation.
I hope you had a great day!
At the same time, employers have had a great need for continuity of service or production, and this has become the decisive factor.
Mr President, when we see what stage we have reached in the enlargement process it is perfectly clear that the views of Parliament have had a great deal of influence.
While we may not have had a great input into this particular issue, we will have had one into the ongoing research.

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