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I’m so burned out that I usually use PTO just to rest throughout the year and basically do some long weekends. My household doesn’t make enough to travel for vacation any so we just do staycations and on occasion drive to a local town to stay a few nights at a hotel during the holidays. I miss the days when I could vacation but we’re a one income family now.
When I was single and lived in Europe, I got 25 vacation days a year. I would take a week in May or September to take advantage of off-season flight and hotel fare at Club Med for some sun and wakeboarding. Then I would take a couple of weeks to visit my family in the US during the holidays (so no housing cost, just the flight cost). And then the rest I would use to come visit family for a week again at another time of the year and then save the other days for long weekends to go visit places on the continent with dirt cheap flights and housing (which sometimes would ve free housing as I visited family in a couple of European countries). I'd always have to work during those times, though (except for my beach resort week which I really kept to recharge my batteries). Once I returned to work in the US, had a mortgage, a family, much bigger bills and responsibilities, and I had 20 vacation days, one year we took a week in July to go to New York for the first time. Two years we took a week to drive to Colorado to visit and stay with family in early November. One year we took a week to drive to New Mexico in early December. And I always had to get some work done during those breaks. The rest of my days I either would take for doctor's or dental appointments or such or then I would cash them out for more pay. The year I was laid off and looking for work, we had no vacation. The job I found had "unlimited PTO" but I was a lone-man department in the small firm and earning much less, so I was able to take a week in the spring to host family from overseas (and keep an eye on emails and handle urgent requests) and a week at Christmas to stay home and do chores and repairs. Now in my new job, I get 20 days a year which I'm waiting to accumulate, though I'm again a one-man department at a small firm, so I'll probably have to work while taking a week at Christmas to be at home. And then for next year, who knows. May need to cash some out to pay for the higher cost of things and house/post-hurricane repairs. Having elderly parents, a family, a mortgage and bills and being middle aged in middle class America with a so so salary means that it is much harder to actually be able to (afford to) go anywhere on vacation if you do get a decent number of days off from your employer. Nothing like being young and single, in Europe, and able to couch surf, go to hostels, and have cheap tickets to go to places.
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Wow. Thank you for the share. Sounds like you make the most of your PTO. I need to make more of an effort. I always have carryover days.
I'm fortunate enough that my company does "lights out" during the holidays, so nobody is expected to come to the office or work a full 9-5 during the last 2 weeks of the year. We slowly check emails and stuff but I don't have to save up my PTO for the end of the year so I use it mostly during the summer!
Bowl Leader
That’s great you don’t need to save them. Our office is generally empty during the holidays. It’s almost like a staycation at work.
Coach
I have 5 weeks per year. I usually save the last two weeks for the holiday. I love your visual, but the Christmas PTO image is missing all the family I get to see and why thanksgiving, Xmas and NYE are so meaningful in my life.
Bowl Leader
The family memories are what makes the holidays.
Usually a week for summer and either a week during my spring or fall break with my kids. Ideally I’d have 5 weeks of PTO: two weeks in summer, week in fall and spring and then a week of days that I can use when kids have holidays and I don’t
Bowl Leader
I hope you use them up and enjoy every day.
Coach
I save a few days for both.
Bowl Leader
I take Fridays off in the summer to enjoy a 4-day week.
My husband and I plan a 2-3 week international vacation once a year around our anniversary. Instead of doing little trips here and there, we plan one big trip and max it out. Any leftover PTO is for an extended weekend or a little staycation.
Bowl Leader
Glad you make an effort to max out your days. Too many of us don’t, including me.
I have school age children so I take some in the summer and summer over the holiday break.
Bowl Leader
I assume you also save time for Spring Break?