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Go on holiday vs go on a holiday

Both "go on holiday" and "go on a holiday" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Go on holiday" is the more common and British way to say that someone is taking a vacation, while "go on a holiday" is less common and typically used in American English when referring to a specific holiday or trip.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 3879 views

Go on holiday

This phrase is correct and commonly used in British English to mean going on vacation.

This phrase is commonly used in British English to indicate that someone is taking a vacation or going on a trip.

Examples:

I'm going to go on holiday to Spain next week.
They always go on holiday in the summer.
She loves to go on holiday to tropical destinations.
We usually go on holiday for two weeks in August.
He's planning to go on holiday with his family.

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If only we could go on holiday...
Buy African products. Go on holiday and see for yourself the change that's happening.
Go on holiday to Taranto, at Nino.
Are you going to go on holiday?
Didn't you want to go on holiday?
You were told to go on holiday but you didn't.
This is good news for Czech consumers wanting to go on holiday.
Well, when we've finished this script, you can go on holiday.
The majority of consumers no longer use travel packages if they have found cheaper methods to go on holiday and see the world.
We will tell the European population who want to go on holiday in a country like Fiji that they should not until democracy is restored.
It's just that no-one's ever asked me to go on holiday with them before.
Or go on holiday to America!
Mom and dad, when can we go on holiday?
When Tessa dies, can we go on holiday?
"And there you are, the best place to go on holiday in Europe is Belgium."
Financial reasons (no money available for holiday trips, cannot afford to go on holiday)
It's no where to go on holiday, although...
"Where can you go on holiday, if you don't have..." "... any money, and you don't speak French?"
They want not just to eat and drink, they also want to go on holiday, to travel, and so on and so forth.

Alternatives:

take a vacation
go on vacation
go away on holiday
have a holiday
be on holiday

go on a holiday

This phrase is correct but less common, typically used in American English when referring to a specific holiday or trip.

This phrase is less common and is typically used in American English when referring to a specific holiday or trip, rather than a general vacation.

Examples:

They decided to go on a holiday to Hawaii for Christmas.
She's going to go on a holiday to Europe next month.
We're planning to go on a holiday to the mountains in the spring.
He went on a holiday to celebrate his birthday.
They always go on a holiday to visit family during Thanksgiving.

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I've a mind to go on a holiday at the moment.
And how much do you not want to go on a holiday with a man who thought of that.
Maybe Karen could go on a holiday.
Let's plead our parents to let us go on a holiday.
When you're beginning to look like the photo in your passport, you should go on a holiday.
Why don't you go on a holiday?

Alternatives:

take a holiday
go on vacation
go on a trip
have a holiday
be on a holiday

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