It’s called a “holidate” now, you know?

The Globe and Mail’s Ellen Himelfarb writes this week about the concept supposedly known as a “holidate,” meaning that you and your significant other head off into the hills (or at least a decent hotel) for a weekend away, seeing how you make it on “your own.” Turns out that it’s not just a concept (and who hasn’t gone on one, right?) to talk about, it’s something that hotels are actually building packages for, whether you’re married or not.

It’s not as simple as what you think is happening here, though. There’s the whole shared bathroom thing, actually being with the person you’re potentially interested in sticking around with for more than just a few hours at a time, and so on. And yes, some hotels are even figuring out ways to program against that, too. Who knew?