Creative Director of a design agency in London. I get 23 days (+ public holidays) and use up all my time and money travelling. It helps that I can nip over to Rome or Seville for the weekend on a whim.

I quit.

Now I spend all of my time on this travel board. :)

And Ira we are glad that you do!

Have to say I feel a tad sorry for most of you poor guys. I get 13 weeks a year! Gotta love the academic calendar. (I teach nursing at a community college).

attorney - used to have three weeks vacay but just got a new job with only 2 weeks so it's going to be a bit tougher - I travel around long weekend holidays to squeeze that extra day - thanksgiving, labor day, memorial day, columbus day - holidays that are american and not other countries' holidays - that way no vacation rates.

Hi isabel,
>..Ira we are glad that you do!

Thank you.

>Have to say I feel a tad sorry for most of you poor guys. I get 13 weeks a year! Gotta love the academic calendar.<

As a former academic, I must ask you to please stop saying that. We poor teachers are "laid off" during the Summer months. :)

Well while it's true that as a teacher I don't make as much as I might working in private sector business, I'd rather have the time to travel for extended periods even if it does mean I have to do it on more of a budget than some people. I wouldn't trade my 3 or 4 week trips to Europe staying in 2 star hotels and eating pizza for one week in a 5 star for anything.

I never answered previous thread either. I sold realestate for 10 years and could scedule as much vacation as I wished. I woudl try , of course, to schedule it with DH. We usually tried to to go to Europe once a year and 2 or 3 domestic trips. Then I took a Director of Marketing position with a Senior housing community which allowed me only 2 weeks/yr. - Horrible - but we managed to get away.

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RonZ I feel for you.

I hope you're adequately compensated with all the fashion tips a man in your position would need. :-)