It's probably the sheltered life I lead. Most of my IFR arrivals are at Southend, where not a lot flies if it's IMC: the fine chaps in the tower will happily offer radar vectors to ILS.
I have done some bimbling in the USA, and had radar vectors there too. Again, mostly into less-busy places.
I don't fly into major airfields very often: I'm sure I would get to do plenty of holds if I used LHR or LGW.
I wonder how many PPLs (with IMC or IR) actually get to fly holds for real (as opposed to practice or revalidation).