Travel Talk 2¢: How do you spend and save your annual vacation days?
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With only 10 vacation days a year, my trips have to be planned out very carefully. I usually use 5 days in spring to go somewhere in Europe (flying on Friday evening after work and returning as late as possible on Sunday so that I can spend almost 9 days at the destination). Then 3 days to extend the Thanksgiving holidays for a week in Paris, and the remaining 2 days to extend the Christmas long-weekend to visit my parents.
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What a coincidence - I was laughing last night at a line in my Sunday newspaper, re the US - "what's the point in being the most powerful nation on earth if you get the fewest holidays ?"
Depending on length of service & grade, people in my company get 28-35 days annual leave + 8 days public holidays. I'm currently on 29 + 8. We can buy or sell up to 5 days. I've never heard of sick leave being deducted from holiday allowance except in the US -- that's outrageous. (I get up to 6 months paid sick leave.)
Recently I've been moving towards one longer and longer main holiday - 3 weeks (15 days leave) the last 2 years, hopefully 4 weeks (20 days) this year - in Italy. Then we'll mostly take the rest as long weekends, mainly in the UK + one or two a year on the Continent. Plus the odd day off for the Edinburgh festivals.
I would never not take my full allowance - even if I just used it up staying in bed for a couple of days !
Depending on length of service & grade, people in my company get 28-35 days annual leave + 8 days public holidays. I'm currently on 29 + 8. We can buy or sell up to 5 days. I've never heard of sick leave being deducted from holiday allowance except in the US -- that's outrageous. (I get up to 6 months paid sick leave.)
Recently I've been moving towards one longer and longer main holiday - 3 weeks (15 days leave) the last 2 years, hopefully 4 weeks (20 days) this year - in Italy. Then we'll mostly take the rest as long weekends, mainly in the UK + one or two a year on the Continent. Plus the odd day off for the Edinburgh festivals.
I would never not take my full allowance - even if I just used it up staying in bed for a couple of days !
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I normally have 5 weeks/year, my wife 6 weeks/year. There are some 8 to 12 official holidays/year on top of this.
We are supposed not to have overtime, which adds approx 2 to 3 weeks/year.
The kids have 7 weeks summer holidays, 2 weeks in october, 2 at xmas, 1 at carneval and 2 at easter...
We try to take 3 weeks together during summer. The other days are necessary to cover the kids holidays so there always is one of us home...
We are supposed not to have overtime, which adds approx 2 to 3 weeks/year.
The kids have 7 weeks summer holidays, 2 weeks in october, 2 at xmas, 1 at carneval and 2 at easter...
We try to take 3 weeks together during summer. The other days are necessary to cover the kids holidays so there always is one of us home...
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