What's the longest vacation you've taken and where did you go? Thinking about capitalizing on my unlimited PTO and want some ideas.

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No such thing as unlimited pto, tread lightly

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Just take a week every quarter and some random Friday/Mondays!

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14 business days (23 days total) for my honeymoon. Went to Santorini & Mykonos in Greece, Nice & St. Tropez in France and Positano in Italy. Best trip of my life 😊

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Longest I’ve done was 18 days. I did a road trip with friends going to concerts and amusement parks - we had like 3 things planned, the rest we winged it. We drove from Indianapolis to San Antonio during one portion. True adventure. Later in life me and my wife have gone to Banff National Park in Canada, we go for a week and sometimes add more time. Absolutely beautiful and we go in the summer and stay in the same small town each time, Canmore. Beer, mountains, wild life, nice people, highly recommend it.

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North America > Hong Kong > Maldives > cape town > Amsterdam > home. 4 weeks

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Unlimited PTO - whattt?

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So it’s a win win for the company - no liability on the books and employees take off less time

2 weeks across Italy, and separately (a different year) 2 weeks across Croatia

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3 weeks two different years - Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and then New Zealand and Australia

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About three weeks across Europe, Germany to Greece to Italy and back

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I took 2 months off, November and December 2019, and traveled by land from Munich, Germany to Thailand. Mostly trains, but also boats, buses, and tuk-tuks.
Happy I did it because it will become complicated now to travel to Russia and China.

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7 days- 5 paid, cruises, Costa Rica

Cape Town. It’s spectacular. Throw in a Safari and a trip to Zimbabwe while you’re there

My dream to go to camps bay

I come to learn most places have "unlimited PTO" capped at certain days

I've tested this LOL 😆

As a result they changed it to "flexible PTO" 🤷‍♂️

But anyway, go to Japan 🇯🇵 or Puerto Vallarta/ or Cancun Mexico 🇲🇽

Traveled to The UK and France for almost 3 weeks. London, Bath, Stonehenge, Canterbury, Leeds, Dover, Paris.

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