No Time to Play
Americans are awarded, on average, 14 days of vacation per year but use only 12.2 of them, one survey found. How they feel about that:
“I wish I could take more of the paid vacation days I have available.”
Neither agree nor disagree: 15.5%
Don’t know: 4.7%
Disagree: 18.3%
Agree: 61.3%
“I’m too busy to take a vacation.”
Neither agree nor disagree: 6.0%
Don’t know: 1.0%
Disagree: 48.5%
Agree: 44.5%
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Figures do not add up to 100% because of rounding.
Source: Expedia.com. Phone survey of 544 U.S. adults 18 or over, employed full time.