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What do you do for a living and how do you find time to travel?

Kayb95

Computer analyst - 27 vacation days and no kids to drain the vacation fund.

rex

Here you go with at least 122 answers from an earlier time:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34518982

Best wishes,

Rex

P_M

Sr. Oil & Gas Analyst. I get 4 weeks vacation/year, which might be standard for many countries, but it is considered a lot of vacation time for the US. Also no kids.

Travelnut

Project analyst for a regional bank. Have hung on for 30 years (1974 to date) throughout several mergers. Now up to 32 days/year for vacation/incidental illness. Married 30 years as well, no children, no mortgage, no car payments. Thankful for my many blessings.

degas

Bootlegger, okra & peanut farmer and owner of catfish farms. I travel when there is any hard work to be done and return in time to mettle in the efficient operations of my disguntled workers.

tpatricco

LOL degas!

I'm a Commercial Interior Designer, 2 weeks vacation, newly married, new homeowner...no kids. Lots of house projects. Oh, and my husband has 3 hobby cars. We are challenged to balance our desire for travel with everything else. We try to manage 1 big trip and 1 smaller trip each year, and a few drivable weekend getaways in between.

Our years of 2 big trips a year are on hold for a little while.

jor

I'm a greeter at the Wal-Mart but make most of my travel money as an internet girl. Hours are flexible so I get in lots of travel.

StCirq

This was done to death in another thread, but: owner/manager of publishing/translation business plus do small group culinary and other tours in France on the side. Take as much vacation as I can, much of it related to business so it can't really be counted as vacation as I'm tied to the laptop.......but not complaining.

indytravel

Senior consultant for a small computer consulting firm.

BTW titles can be so bogus in the computer world. Maybe I should try to use my "Sr." status to get a discount.

I'm paid what I bill. I can take as much time as I can afford and my clients will let me.

The last couple of years have been plush. 6 weeks each year. I've had past clients who would hardly let me take 6 days in a year.

FauxSteMarie

My favorite line when traveling is "Never stand when you can sit. Never sit when you can lie down. And--most important of all--never miss a chance to go when you find a clean toilet."

OK, I know it was not the "lines" you guys were talking about but my line is funnier.

diddl_maus

Librarian

I chaperone my kids' school and sport teams

baldrick

Architect for a University, 4 weeks/yr plus overtime, which can make up to 8 weeks easily. Why taking overtime as holiday, the work piles up, which is a new incentive to do overtime. You see, the 'perpetuum mobile' exists!

hanl

Translator.
And it's a good thing I live in France, as otherwise I'd never find the time to travel here!

caroline_edinburgh

Freelance in IT (although I've been at my current workplace 5 years), get as much holiday as I can afford (the permanent staff get 30 days + 9 days public holidays), no kids.

Jor, what is an 'internet girl' ?

mebanese

I'm a mom with four kids. Time off in the summer is not too hard, but if I travel during the school year, it takes weeks of logistical planning to cover the bases while I'm away.

Needless to say, we travel on a tight budget.

tcreath

I am an administrative assistant for a large health foundation. I've been here for almost 2 years and get 31 days of vacation a year (plus every other Friday off), which is wonderful and a huge reason why I took this job. My husband and I also do not have any children, which makes things a lot easier!

Wildfire

Local government. I just bring back a little gift for those who cover for me.
my own home.
no kids
I like to make travel a priority. I grew up travelling so the appetite has never gone away. One trip overseas a year normally and often one back out to the great southwest.

dan_woodlief

Well, I missed the earlier thread so here goes - I am a Marketing Analysis Manager (research, catalog analysis, etc.) for a mostly catalog company that sells to the education market. I started off with only 10 days vacation. I have worked up to 13 days now. Our company also gives an extra day off to people who contribute at a certain level to the United Way, so that gets me to 14. People here can eventually work up to about four weeks off. It is getting better now for me, and I do enjoy my job, but getting more vacation time is a big incentive for thinking about another job. My wife, who works with the Public Health Service, gets 6 weeks off, but she has a harder time taking all the days. I would never let days go unused. The toughest thing for me is now that my oldest child has become old enough to go with us on all trips (5), we have a one-year old. Thinking about a family excursion by air next year anyway, but it is harder to plan ahead now. I don't know how my youngest will behave a few months down the road (good traveler or not? - my daughter has always traveled well, but she has always been more content sitting than the youngest). It also complicates things that the oldest has just started school; I so loved traveling in the fall and spring. I guess life is about compromises for most of us.

sohara

I also missed the earlier thread. Full time mom with 2 teens now. Have been able to travel by combining a home exchange in a place I wish to visit, which frees cash to do excursions to nearby places. Time is not a problem with summers off, however, it is usually the most expensive time for airfare. Take short family holidays (from Canada) to Mexico during winters.