And, in the Western World, similar to some Stone Age tribes in Papua New Guinea and Iran Jiya, a connection between conception and the delivered event are not acknowledged. So those who took the first holidays really did not know what they were doing. Prior to a century ago the concept of the vacation did not exist. It seems that everything has a lifetime. This applies to the idea of vacations, and also to individuals, corporations, inventions, innovations, and even countries.
Some lifetimes approximate that of humans at their maximum.
Certainly under 100 years. We had cars, then vans, then mini-vans. Mini-vacations started some 20 years ago. Not everyone took two weeks off in the summer. Some started taking winter holidays.