A physically and/or mentally demanding vacation that usually results in a new found respect for the people/place visited and a renewed sense of perspective on life. Derived from Vincent’s vacation to Mongolia in September 2011
Kiran: Vince, you look completely exhausted. Didn’t you just come back from vacation?
Vincent: Yeah totally dude, but it was a Mongolian vacation.
A vacation in which you do not travel anywhere at all. Basically just spend a few days in bed.
Man this shit at work is killing me I'm going to take a shelter-in-place vacation.
This is what occurs when your overbearing, micro-managing boss is not in the office for the day and you finally have a chance to relax and enjoy your day and co-workers. Usually, little or no actual work is accomplished during this time, so you are on a kind of vacation even though you are at work.
Jim, why is everyone smiling and laughing over here today? What happened?
Nothing. We're all just on a workstation vacation because Janet is out for the day at a conference.