Taking creatine for the first time

Hello everyone, So i have been lifting for a while now, and i am planning on taking creatine for the first time in my life (monohydrate). The issue is i am going on a vacation next week (1 week) and i dont know if i should either:

-start taking it now ( even though i will stop working out for a week ) -start after i get back

P.S: i will be skipping the loading phase, it will be 5grams from day one.