"Pilgrimage is just an excuse for a holiday!"

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"Pilgrimage is just an excuse for a holiday!"

I believe that a pilgrimage could be defined as a holiday, as the prefix, "holi" means sacred or holy, so a "holiday" would be appropriate to associate with this spiritual event however, used in the context of a vacation, I beg to differ. For me, a pilgrimage is a rite of passage; everyone should be able to experience the vocation and awe that comes from a pilgrimage, which is its purpose. However, I understand how people can believe that a pilgrimage would and could be abused in to being named an excuse and here I will consider both sides of the coin.

Religious people believe that a pilgrimage could be described as a journey of finding. This "finding" could be discovery of things which we have no control over or a finding of a better understanding of things around us or around oneself. A pilgrimage is the sort of "sealing" made to each person's religion; it's the event that will enhance the faith of an individual; however this is a weak reason as, do people of strict faith need the surrounding to help them? Where the pilgrimage is placed