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Americans “Vacation Deprived”

July 8, 2024
Expedia Report Finds Americans Win the Gold Medal for Taking Fewest Vacation Days in the World
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According to Expedia’s latest Vacation Deprivation Report, half of Americans won't use all their vacation days this year (53%), even though they get the fewest days off among surveyed countries (just 12 days annually).

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The 24th annual vacation,
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deprivation report finds that Americans are more vacation deprived than ever.
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Tell me something. I don't know,
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brother, I need five more weeks of vacation to get back
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to normal. Maybe it's like the cost of existing that makes
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us not want to take vacations.
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You know, like we didn't even want to deal with it
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You can't even deal with it.
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We can't afford it,
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we can't afford it.
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Like I need my bills to take a vacation.
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How about that one?
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Well, the report said that nearly half of Americans don't plan
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on using their time off at all this year despite receiving 12
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days off annually, the fewest of any country survey.
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So again, we don't even get that many days off.
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But the ones we do get off,
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we don't want to use.
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I get that though because it's like,
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I think the culture and like working and all that,
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it's like, oh shoot,
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like if I take time off is my shit going to be
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covered like, oh my God.
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And then, and then you have to,
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before you go on vacation,
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you have to work double to make sure you're covered for the
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time you're off. Well,
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American vacation deprivation has now hit an 11 year high at 65%
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Rates are down in many other parts of the world though
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My sister, I don't know.
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I think we have to move to Europe or something because a
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lot of countries out there they have the good vacation,
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like, system, the good vacation vibes for the employees.
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Right? Like France,
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Spain the UK. What country do you think?
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Ranks first brother in like the best vacation kind of?
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What's the one with the Mykonos?
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Oh, Greece. Yeah,
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I feel like they,
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they, that looks like a vibe over.
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I feel like they would offer like a good vacation,
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like, plan for their,
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well, I mean,
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it's actually Austria. Oscar.
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Yeah, we're Arnold Schwarzenegger,
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Terminator. Wow. Wow.
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So Oscar race first with 25 days of paid vacation.
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That's almost a month paid vacation that employees keyword are required.
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You have, take each year plus an additional 13 public holidays
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off, all paid as well.
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Do we gotta move to Austria?
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How, how's the weather over there?
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I don't know, but I don't know if I can.
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The, the accents is not for me.
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Come with me. If you want to leave,
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come, come with me,
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go to vacation, come with me.
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If you want to live,
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brother, like, live life,
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that's what he meant all along.
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Oh, my God.