Why people should stop trashing each other's vacation destinations

Your vacation says something about your personality. Right? Some get energy from puffing along the Balinese rice fields on a scooter, others at the campsite in France. Everyone has their thing.

And yet, something stands out to me.

It's not necessarily ‘cool’ to say that you're going all-in to Turkey this summer. Curaçao? Mwah, only Dutch people. So I've heard, most people have never been there at all, but they just parrot along (for the record: I've been to Curaçao twice and the tourist masses can easily be avoided if you don't feel like it. And by the way, I had the most beautiful vacations in Turkey as a child).

It's unfortunate for countries and places that, just like designers, you can be ‘in’ one moment and then 'out' the next. It's also unfortunate that we can give each other a bad feeling based on the vacation choices we make. Ibiza? Again? Isn't Ibiza so 2014? Or even worse: are you staying in the Netherlands this summer? Poor you! Have you even been on vacation if you haven't left the country?

What if you didn't take a gap year as a student, didn't make that solo trip through Southeast Asia, didn't do a road trip through the USA with your partner, and don't have a kangaroo selfie on your phone? Do you still count with the cool kids? Well, you do go to Crete every year with pleasure. But when people think of Crete, they think of Chersonissos, and then people suddenly have an opinion about that. And I have an opinion about that.

I think we often judge quickly. Judging people is very easy. Accepting people for who they are, that's the real challenge. Just because you don't want to be found dead on the Costa Brava doesn't mean someone else can't have their dream vacation there. Besides: half of the people staying home this summer might not even have a choice to go on vacation. Single mothers are overjoyed if they can spend a week with the kids at a holiday home in Zeeland . And should we then have an opinion about that? A vacation destination says something not only about your personality but also about your wallet.

So this one is for all my chicks who are going to that campsite in France for the tenth (or for my part, fortieth) time, all-inclusive to Antalya, Marbella, Curaçao, Mallorca, the stay-at-homes, you name it: enjoy your vacation this summer. Screw the expectations and screw the vacation snobs. You don't have to prove anything to anyone. And please show your bare butt to the next person who makes you feel bad when you talk about your vacation plans. Deal? I'll drink a cocktail for you.