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Time Between Vacations

Posted July 12th, 2007 by ladyt

What is the normal time for people to go between vacations? I know most people that work a full time job, have 1-2 weeks per year they can take. I have known my husband for 13 years this coming summer, and I have known him to take three vacations, none of which were "real" vacations, expect maybe the week we spent in London but we ended up going for his mothers wedding.

I have taken maybe 3 in my life, counting the wedding one, but nothing really fun and "out there". I did more weekend trips here in the US, and maybe a couple of day trips. Besides when you start to rip your hair out, when do you know you need a vacation and how many have you taken?

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I try to hit up even a mini

On September 15th, 2007 newtravel5 says:

I try to hit up even a mini vacation 2x a year. One really good one that I go all out on, and another that is my mini break before the real deal. :) This way, I am still not stressed like most when going to work, and I can get away with never being sick (a hard task, but for an extra vacation, even a mini one its worth it!). :)

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Well in the UK we get more

On September 15th, 2007 TravelLight says:

Well in the UK we get more vacation time. 28 days a year is standard (including all national holidays). So I used to take advantage of that with week long trips hiking in the Peak district, or a week in Europe or the US.... The long weekends were perfect for a short camping trip. So maybe two or three a year.

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It would be awesome to have

On September 16th, 2007 fotog says:

It would be awesome to have a month long vacation without having to cash in sick days or using unpaid days. O how I wish it worked that way here in the US. :)

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And in fact as your service

On September 16th, 2007 TravelLight says:

And in fact as your service to a company grows in time, so does your vacation. My father has been with his company now for about six years and he gets six weeks of vacation time plus all national holidays. So that amounts to seven weeks in all, of a maximum eight that his company will grant, paid.

The 21 days plus 7 national holidays is just what is legally required by our government as part of the working time directive law.

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I try to get in a vacation

On September 17th, 2007 TannersMomma says:

I try to get in a vacation about once every six months, even if it's not a really big one. I just like to get away from home sometimes, even if I end up staying at the resort that's about 5 miles away.

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