How much are we vacationing?

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SageObserver@reddit

My dreams of vacationing collide with the reality that after 3 or 4 days, I’m ready to come home.

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salamandah99@reddit

i go to 3 different places that are all within a few hours of driving distance. most are weekend (aka 2 days) or long weekend (aka 3-4 days) trips. once a year I go away for 7 whole days.

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Very sporadic. I didn't get on a plane for 9 years and last year I was on one 5 times. I'm a cancer survivor and did a lot of my bucket list things after treatment. I'm quite burnt out now and will be making 3 smaller trips this year all in a car, with only one out of state.

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Trick-Mechanic8986@reddit

My vacations are just delaying work only I can do. It sucks...

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Alovingcynic@reddit

Traveling is too expensive these days, and the places you want to see most are overly crowded, being loved to death, and people are ill mannered and self serving. I like to work out to the HD walking tours of various places around the world on You Tube.

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pdperson@reddit

Never.

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MamaPajamaMama@reddit

I do a few trips a year. My oldest lives out of state so I go visit him a couple of times a year, Thanksgiving has become a tradition. I try to do something touristy when I visit him. My youngest is in college and I would have liked to have gone somewhere over his sprint break but he had another commitment.

This summer I'm doing a weekend trip with a book club, and planning a trip with my youngest once I can firm up the dates.

My local senior center has started doing all ages tours and I really want to do one of those but haven't pulled the trigger.

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mtcrick@reddit

Depends on what you consider to be a vacation. We do a lot of staycations, simply because we love where we live. We will do long weekends usually. Now and then we'll head to Glacier Park, or Yellowstone Park or one of the state parks. But we don't really do the "get on a plane" and go somewhere.

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HatefulWithoutCoffee@reddit

I've worked hard to make my backyard and home a wonderful staycation spot. I refuse to participate in the craziness that is air flight these days, but my spouse and I love to take a train for a few days away.

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mtcrick@reddit

I love train travel, but we'd have to drive for about 6 hours to get to the nearest passenger train. I really wish that we'd get passenger rail back into southern Montana.

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thermbug@reddit

I was able to travel when we were younger based on parent salary, I was able to travel in my 20s based on overspending with my first wife. 40s is when I had my children now 13, 11 and 11. We can’t even afford to leave the house let alone get to Europe.

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mapett@reddit

None really, always end up visiting family in the area where we grew up. Our kids have not enjoyed real vacations as much as the parents, so it feels like flushing money down the drain for real trips. Kids like seeing relatives.

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Ceorl_Lounge@reddit

More some years than others. I lost a lot of vacation time switching jobs a few years back. Frustrating to put it mildly. On the upside I'm making more money with a better match so jokes on them, imma retire early!

We generally follow a cycle- big summer international trip, chill year, big summer domestic trip. If I'm lucky we duck out over spring break, but work stress is making that harder.

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Foulmouthedleon@reddit

On vacation now. Santa Fe, NM.

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gkcontra@reddit

We try to go on one at least every other month. Typically 5-8 days and are usually either beaches, Disney/Universal, wild life parks, or visiting family. Also throw in the occasional NASCAR trip. We would go more but we have 2 dogs that we don't want to leave more than we have to, and would stop going if we lost our dog sitter.

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vaspost@reddit

I have one kid in college and two in high school. When I was single and first married I traveled frequently. Now we never travel. It's too expensive and stressful plus everyone always has something else going on.

I used to travel some for work but now everything is done online. No one is sent to conferences or training anymore.

As a result I haven't been on a plane since 2007.

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QueenScorp@reddit

What's "vacation"??? Seriously though, when I think of the word vacation I think of an all-out trip somewhere else that costs a buttload of money. I haven't done one of those in well over a decade. I did fly to Vegas a couple years ago... For a funeral ☹️

I do take time off work, I have a generous PTO allotment and am required to take my time every year. Most of the time I end up just doing a staycation at my house and/or doing a project around the house.

However, my friends and I have started an annual tradition of renting a cabin for a weekend in the fall. That's been relaxing and lovely.

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Sufficient_Focus4174@reddit

2-3 times/year

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That_70s_chick@reddit

Three this year, it varies from year to year depending on workload, health, and other factors.

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stealinglettuces@reddit

Younger Gen X, one kid in high school. We do a summer family trip to Europe about ten days, my spouse and I do a week in the Caribbean in the winter with a group of friends, a family roadtrip over Christmas 3 nights or so and usually another long weekend in the summer somewhere close by.

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doglady1342@reddit

We retired early and we travel a lot. We're 56 & 57. We take 3 to 5 dive trips to the Caribbean each year, usually around a week long. Then we try to do two bigger trips during the year. Last year was Micronesia and South Africa/Antarctica. This year is Indonesia and New Zealand.

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Crisp_white_linen@reddit

How do you choose where to go?

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Business_Crew8295@reddit

I'm fortunate to be in a similar position as the person you are asking. We choose to go to our bucket list places first. We enjoy history and architecture. Of those, we are going to the most physically demanding ones first as we are not getting any younger.

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SouthernTrauma@reddit

We're still working, and we take as much vacation as we're allotted. We usually do 1x 2-week trip and 2x 1-week trips each year. We seem to do 2 of these 3 out of the country. Kust waaaaaaaiting to retire and do more.

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soleiles1@reddit

We are going on our first "real" vacation with my teenage girls next fall to celebrate 21 years since we got married in Maui.

Over the years we have taking small and short relatively inexpensive trips each summer and fall. Those girls have been to several states and have seen almost every part of California where we live. We have been prioritizing saving for retirement and college.

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Still-Syrup-438@reddit

I take 3 -5 vacations per year but I use 2 different timeshares to make it more affordable. I have 200+ locations to chose from plus one gives me a 20% member discount in most of their hotels. My costs usually work out to less than $100 per night for a 1 bedroom suite in a resort. The resorts usually have free shows and activities so there is very little I need to pay for outside of food during my stays.

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w3woody@reddit

My wife and I are doing 4 trips a year, roughly 2 weeks at a time. I love longer trips, but at some point I want to go home, so two weeks seems to be the sweet spot.

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Kbalternative@reddit

We go twice a year, usually for a week at a time but this year we are doing 10 days in May and will do a week later in the year. We live in Ireland and usually go to Greece, Portugal or Gran Canaria. We’ve no kids at home and both have good jobs and work long hours so we make holidays a priority.

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musing_codger@reddit

We usually do two 4-6 week major trips each year and then mix in four or five long weekend or week long trips. Most of our major trips are overseas and our shorter trips are all domestic.

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Novel_Willingness721@reddit

54M I haven’t been on a true vacation since my 50th birthday trip to WDW & Universal.

That said, as my last job was remote work since COVID, I started visiting family for longer stints. New job now still building up PTO.

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Spirited-Cat-8942@reddit

I am saving for college and retirement but travel quite a bit. I live under my means… I never upgraded from the starter home even though I REALLY wanted to. That left me with plenty of disposable income to travel with.

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lando-hockey@reddit

Underrated big move. I’m working really smartly on paying the mortgage down to zero. It’s painful, but I swung a side business deal that will knock it out where we can be done in 5-7 years. 529 plans have college all but paid for, so we are in the, “you plan, God laughs” stage.

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cosmoboy@reddit

We went to the coast for her birthday last year. Otherwise my vacation time is usually to do house projects or play a video game.

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Emergency_Rutabaga45@reddit

I take every one of my 25 allocated days of PTO. This year I did a long weekend in Florida at a friends place, a long weekend in Mexico for the Wilco music fest, 2 days in July for biking, a week to ride across Iowa with RagBrai, and then a week to ride the Erie Canal Trail, and 5 sick days. 55F 2 kids 26&24.

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Tealme1688@reddit

Pre-retirement, empty nester, and have 4 weeks PTO. Already spent a week camping, will have another week of camping at end of June, a cruise in September, and then a week to play with before end of year.

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Fit-Hornet-9300@reddit

50m with two teens. Three trips this year with one being international. We typically do two trips a year.

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Triple_Stamp_Lloyd@reddit

Nice flex Mr. Moneybags.

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Fit-Hornet-9300@reddit

Answering the question is a flex? Okay buddy.

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Devildog_627@reddit

50m, retired this past Dec., also with two teens, planning on several trips this year but ramping up plans for next year overseas.

Congrats btw. Enjoy your family for sure.

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Fit-Hornet-9300@reddit

Retired!?!! Congrats! Thats the dream!

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Devildog_627@reddit

Retired first responder, so it’s been a grind, yet an adventure. 😅

Wife is a hospice RN and loves her job with no desire right now to retire. Her PTO is generous though.

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BrookSong@reddit

I get 4 weeks a year vacation. However our trips are almost always to visit family. We are all scattered about. Most of my family does not travel much. Parents are older etc. We make it a point to see them at least once per year. Occasionally we squeeze in a separate 3 day camping trip. I dream of someday going on a real vacation. We could afford a modest nice vacation but all vacation time gets taken by family visits.

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OgreMk5@reddit

I've got a child in college, almost a 1000 miles away. Most of my PTO is taken up with moving him in and every every Fall and Spring.

I've also got a child in college. I've got the next two semesters covered, but wondering how the four after that are going to be paid for.

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Crisp_white_linen@reddit

We have not had a real vacation since having kids. So, for about 20 years. We traveled for a funeral a few years ago, and we travel for work-related conferences (which means some of the family is on vacation, sort of, but not the one attending the conference). The key for us has been living someplace that we find peaceful and relaxing enough not to need to travel to feel peaceful or relaxed. I would like to have a real vacation (not travel for family obligation or work reasons), but air travel is a really negative experience these days and that puts me off.

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Adventurous-Term5062@reddit

One big summer vacation and then 3-6 long weekends and overnights.

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adams361@reddit

We’re self-employed, we spent about six weeks traveling last year. We generally do longer trips.

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redhotbeads@reddit

Pretty much a homebody ... spend some time at my place on the lake in the upper peninsula of Michigan, a few staycations at home, but no international travel in years. Five years short of retirement and I'm good with it, sometimes travel stresses me out!

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MachineUpset5919@reddit

Well, the UP is beautiful. We camp a lot in that area and the Northwoods. Never get tired of that.

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redhotbeads@reddit

It's such a beautiful area - love it up there! But, not in the winter, LOL.

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PinkyLeopard2922@reddit

I generally take a big international trip every few years with a couple of my girlfriends that like to travel. My husband doesn't really like to travel at all but he goes to out of state sporting events with his friends a couple times a year. We are lucky enough to have a nice pool, lanai, and very cool tiki bar build that was added a few years ago. It's like we can go outside and be on vacation anytime we want.

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lando-hockey@reddit

Far less than I anticipated from 30 years ago. Usually 3. It’s hard when we have the kids sports trips and weekends get taken up by hockey and soccer. Do out of town tournaments count?

We hammer the airline card, but the free tickets are harder to come by compared to the old days.

We go skiing in the mountains when there’s snow, but it’s easier to take day trips and miss the crowded days. I’d like a little more time overseas, but we are pretty fortunate to have the life we have.

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Jaybetav2@reddit

We used to go twice a year, one of them to Europe.

For the last few years? 8 days in Maine every August.

Honestly that’s all we have energy for. We live in nyc with high stress jobs. Most of the time I just want to hide in my apt and avoid all forms of stimulation.

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Mejay11096@reddit

I’m 50. I’ve only been on two vacations as an adult. Last one was 2020.

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

I would love to take more but I can't get my wife to want to take more then 1-2 days of vacation from work anymore. We do do a lot camping in the summer but it is usually just fri-sun and some times on a longer drive thrus-sun. We both have pretty decent vacation time through work so that isn't the issue. We haven't been on an air plane in 7 years.

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OddSand7870@reddit

None in the last three years. We used to take two big trips a year (Europe/Asia/etc.) But now we haven’t because the lady that used to house/dog sit first us had a stroke and can no longer do it. And we haven’t found someone yet to do this.

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imcrowning@reddit

Right now, we're on day 6 of 7 in a Smoky Mountain cabin. Its beautiful here and I'm having a great time but im anxious to get back home and mow the grass.

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brandrikr@reddit

Vacation? What’s that?

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RudeMechanic@reddit

My wife and I try to make sure we go somewhere every year. Occasionally, it's just one of us going with the other to a conference. But we have also decided now that the kids are almost out of college to go overseas once every 2 or 3 years. So, what we used to save for college now is going into our travel budget.

I will say, going somewhere interesting in the US doesn't have to be crazy expensive. Even going to Europe (depending on where you go) may not be much more than a trip to Vegas. The flights are costly right now, but once you get out of the tourist traps, food and lodging become more affordable if you are on your own. Do a little research, and you may be surprised.

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thecrowtoldme@reddit

We are not. We are poor and are working to take care of kids and parents. Oh, and ourselves.

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myboyfriendsback777@reddit

Roughly 4 weeks per year. Some are 9-12 days, some are 4-6 days.

European
Stateside
& 4. Camping

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Unkindly-bread@reddit

We’re 53 w one in med school, one out of the Marines about to start college in the fall, and one who just finished up cosmetology school and got her license. Wife is a teacher, so summers off.

W the meds school schedule this will be the last we’ll be able to get the kids off at the same time for a few years. We’ve got reservations for a two week vacation to Paris and Venice, then a cruise to Athens. My wallet hurts a lot, but it’ll be a great trip!

Lots of weekends at our lake place three hours from home too, but I can work remotely there.

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WhiskeyDeltaBravo1@reddit

In this economy? I can barely afford to go to the end of the driveway.

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floppy_breasteses@reddit

Not at all. Haven't vacationed in about 12 years. Instead we bought a house we don't need to vacation from. A beautiful Victorian farmhouse with orchards, gardens, and chickens. There's no place we could go that would be better than this.

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Ok-Entertainment5045@reddit

In this economy

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pickleddresser@reddit

Child free. Spouse has 3 weeks. I get 2 weeks. We have to take a week every year to see spouse's family since we live 14 hours away & they won't come see us which makes me angry. We usually take some time for ourselves as well. We also try to do short weekend getaways if we are feeling overwhelmed.

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DarkSad4202@reddit

Last time we spent even a night away from home was 4 years ago. Last “vacation” was 13 years ago. My wife prefers her adventures away from home to be at Target.

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Darling3boys@reddit

2 to 3, may be told the same place or not. But it's still getting away from home.

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Content-Elk-2037@reddit

We always take one week somewhere, usually a beach. Occasionally we fit in 2 per year. We still have one kid at home so that’s made it a bit more difficult to just take off and go.

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VintageFashion4Ever@reddit

My kid is about to start college, so our annual spring break beach trips have come to an end. We have always taken a full week beach trip at spring break, and then every couple of years a quick trip somewhere like the mountains during fall break with a big trip to somewhere like New York a couple of times in the last ten years. We will change to smaller and shorter trips while paying for college and graduate school these next six years.

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ceburton@reddit

3-5 yearly trips. A few Mon-Fri local (within 4 hr drive) cause my wife works weekend and it conserves her vaca time. A couple standard Weekend-weekend farther afield trips. Currently all within CONUS until the kids get out of college

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MachineUpset5919@reddit

I’m retired and have many places I would like to see. I usually go somewhere out of state monthly. I just got back from Netherlands to see the tulips. I can figure out a nice vacation on a budget, so that helps. Sometimes I go solo, which works for me!

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5ygnal@reddit

Vacations? We can't afford that shit. A long weekend in the city, maybe 3 or 4 times a year. Last year we spent a week visiting family in Colorado/Wyoming, but that's it. This year we get to spend whatever disposable funds we might have had on moving.

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commandbasketball@reddit

Take a couple a year. Our kids are out of college and on their own.

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ThrowRAboredinAZ77@reddit

Last year my husband and I did a 10 day, 15 state cross-country road trip. It was the most exciting, exhausting, and best vacation I've ever been on. This summer we're going to New York, which I think will be awesome. But I doubt anything will ever top that road trip.

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Plenty_Cress_1359@reddit

What states did you go through and what made it exciting? I’m trying to talk my husband into doing something like that

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EstimateAgitated224@reddit

I would LOVE to travel more, but I have two kids in college. I have no true retirement and am working to get that all fixed so I can maybe some day retire. However, I do try to fit in a cruise once a year or every other year. They are pretty affordable. Otherwise my time off is when I have to go see my dad, or family comes to town.

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Dr007Bond@reddit

3 - 4 weeklong international trips per year plus other shorter trips.

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incredulousgeek@reddit

I’m trying to get more time away from work as I age. Now that I’m a C Level employee in higher education, it’s more difficult to get away.

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HammerMeUp@reddit

I hardly go anywhere more than 25 miles from home. Any time works has been spent dealing with things I need to do mostly. Been around 9 years since I've went on a true getaway. The idea sounds nice, but I am too focused on other things and don't see me going anywhere. Have six weeks of vacation time built up and just had a week off.

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nygenxmom@reddit

My vacations coincide with school breaks: February and April. Over summer it’s long weekends since my kid’s at sleepaway camp.

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Federal-Membership-1@reddit

56 public pensioner working part-time. My partner is 55 and working full-time time. With 30 years of service she gets 6+ weeks of PTO. We take several trips a year to a second home. We did bucket list trips in '23, '24, '25. It was getting out of hand. This year we'll do a road trip to our favorite national park, a work/play trip around a professional conference, and several visits to the second home. We have one professional living at home and one in med school. We are in a window right now. Her mom is showing signs of neurological decline. My parents are 80 and fit, but definitely slowing down.

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xiphoid77@reddit

We love to travel. Gay couple, no kids, just retired. With my law enforcement job we last few years we could only travel about 8 weeks a year. Usually 4 international trips - cruises, Japan and 4 domestic including the Minnesota State Fair each year :). This year will travel about 20 weeks mostly internationally. Already this year have been to China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Bulgaria, Bahamas, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, Netherlands and Montenegro. Still have Kenya, Qatar and Tanzania on the list for 2026. Doing these harder trips while we are in our 50s and healthy. When we get older will focus on domestic travel more especially National Parks which we love.

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Silver_Breakfast7096@reddit

Not. Enough.

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HalfwaydonewithEarth@reddit

11 weeks including family visits.

2.5 weeks Europe, 1.5 Asia, Vegas weekends, coastal weekends.

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ThrowRAboredinAZ77@reddit

Wow, that's awesome.

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Tarddiadhynafol@reddit

The fomo Europe trips are once every 3-4 years. But we get in a handful of long weekend trips to visit family or friends and usually 1 longer duration trip each year. I use all of my PTO 2-3 days at a time. New Orleans this coming weekend +1 day.

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MacaronOk1006@reddit

50M have an 11 year old. Island trip for spring break and thanksgiving. At least one week road trip in US. I go on 1 or 2 trips when he is at summer camp for 5 weeks.

I worked 60+ hour a weeks until I was 40. Personal record was 102 billable hours in a week. Now it’s averages 35 hours a week.

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PhD_VermontHooves@reddit

Lawyer or management consultant?

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MacaronOk1006@reddit

Consultant so I actually had to work the hours I billed 🤣

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PhD_VermontHooves@reddit

I’m on the billable hours model, too, so the language stood out. 🤗

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MacaronOk1006@reddit

I still am but now I am in a national roll as a technical practice leader so way less hours. But I put my 20 years in to get here.

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MacaronOk1006@reddit

Also there were several times I would not leave the office. Napping in the office for a few hours, showers at the gym in the building you know living the dream

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emover1@reddit

Our family dynamic balanced against our work schedules unfortunately doesn’t present much flexibility in our day to day to find time for travel.

Our kids are still super young and staying close to home so we have all the resources on hand that toddlers need makes all of our lives easier.

We do shorter more local type trips, great wolf lodge for few days, the in-laws cottage , camping . And a lot of day trips to various museums, zoos, science centres, play places , different kinds of gyms.

When we started having kids and recognized that our lifestyle was going to change we invested in our home , we landscaped our back yard and put in a swimming pool. The kids and all of their neighbourhood friends spend most of the summer in it.

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BerryLanky@reddit

We take three vacations a year with one to visit family, one in the mountains or at a beach and one out of the country. Ireland is our ooc trip this year

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No_Hovercraft_821@reddit

Not sure what a vacation looks like -- I live a lovely life doing the things I want to do now that I'm retired. Going out on the road visiting relatives is closer to work than a break. Did just get back from a music festival but that felt more like a change than a relaxing time away from something.

Vegas is a great place to pass through or spend the night on your way to some lovely desert solitude, but it always leaves me feeling a bit worn and off the strip isn't an especially nice town.

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Mammoth_Ad_483@reddit

My wife(44F) and I (49M) usually have 2 to 3 non business related travels a year that require getting on a plane. I'll also do at least one or two long weekend somewhere. Not having kids makes it a lot easier

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joefatmamma@reddit

Every “vacation” for my entire adult life is either a family visit or work related. Recent empty nesters but still paying the college mafia so…

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nonotburton@reddit

Christmas, and then one week long trip, and then a shorter long weekend type of trip.

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idio242@reddit

I’ve already been to Italy and Vegas this year. More trips planned. Egypt next year for the eclipse.

Go see the world!

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FlippingPossum@reddit

I'm about to insist on a camping trip.

I do want to save up for an extended European vacation.

I may do a Canada trip with my mom.

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Aggravating_Job_9490@reddit

Every year is one vacation abroad plus multiple long weekends peppered throughout the year. This year is an exception: we already flew internationally in March and will be going again in August.

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Catfiche1970@reddit

Lots! Last year we went to Ireland for a week, Portugal for several days before boarding a TA cruise from Barcelona to Miami, I did a weekend in SLC with a friend, we drive to Ontario every 90 days or so to visit family, and we did an annual get together with my fiance's uni friends that's usually somewhere in Canada. It was in London, and not very exciting, but no one wanted to come to the States (we're Chicago based) after the election though it was our turn to host.

At the end of last year we bought an RV because we're going to stick to North America this year. We've been out once in it so far, and have several trips planned, including 3 weeks to Ottawa, ON and back.

My fiancé also travels for work but I missed being able to go to Czech Republic last year. Still sad about that! His last few trips have either been quick overnights or places I z don't want to go.

We like to travel!

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jon-marston@reddit

I take PTO days when I have a migraine

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Obwyn@reddit

We usually do several vacations a year. 2-3 medium to big ones over the summer (one being a family reunion), usually one over spring break depending on how long school is off, and have done one over Xmas the past few years (though we aren’t doing one this year.)

We prioritize travel over having fancy new cars, etc. my wife also is a travel agent on the side so she’s good at finding deals plus she gets commission for booking her own trips and can write off some of them as business expenses which helps offset some of the cost. Her travel income has paid for most of our vacations over the past several years.

My kids are only 10 and 11 are fantastic travelers (and have been since they were little) whether it’s flying or driving. We took them to HI last year, Iceland later this year, and next year we’re going to Australia. We’ve also road tripped from the mid-Atlantic region to FL several times and up to ME once (did FL and ME in the same summer so we basically drove the entire east coast on separate trips.)

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DasArtmab@reddit

Kids graduated college. Been traveling quite frequently. Most to be with friends and family. We do others both domestically and internationally. I feel truly blessed one on hand and growing tiresome of the constant travel on the other

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Black-EyedSusan96@reddit

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PhillGuy@reddit

None. I haven't been any where in years.

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Juanfartez@reddit

Same here. Bragging posts should be left to Facebook.

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lisavfr@reddit

Just booked a month in Africa. Spouse is fully retired and has gone to Europe to visit his parents at least four times in the past year. Cycling in Italy for both of us late last summer. I spent about two weeks every other month in our condo in a warmer location, spouse joins me for that only when it’s cold back home whereas I like the hot weather even in Summer.
We just returned from a long weekend in NYC. Hopefully this long weekend kinda trips turn in to longer trips when I retire.
No kids, good careers, house nearly paid off with a note that we live below our means. Married later in life with fully established careers. Very, very small house that I purchased alone before we married, in other words, a manageable mortgage.

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Confident_Win_5469@reddit

I'm on the younger side of Gen X - but we travel a few times a year. 1 big trip and some weekends

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DifferentManagement1@reddit

Younger Gen X so I still have kids at home. We take a 2 week family vacation in the summer, and go visit family for 4-5 days one time over the winter.

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Bodine12@reddit

I front-loaded my travel in the first half of life and now have kids, the youngest still in pre-school. So we don’t do many long trips but basically go camping all summer.

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funsk8mom@reddit

I haven’t had a vacation since 2013 and don’t see one in my future

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Sean_theLeprachaun@reddit

What does that word mean?

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scooterj54@reddit

We try to do one big trip a year for our anniversary that is usually 1-2 weeks long. Then, we do a 1-2 smaller trips, some weekend getaways and overnight stays that we can drive to. I am remote, so sometimes I do what I call workcations. Work in the day and some fun afterwards. Altogether, probably about 10 trips a year. All I want to do is travel, so I make that a priority and forego other things.

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Allmyexesliveintx333@reddit

We take at least one big trip a year and a few smaller trips. We have two boys and we want to show them the world. This year I have gone to Egypt in February, Aspen in March, we will go to Greece in June/july and maybe a smaller trip in the fall.

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Puzzleheaded_Rock700@reddit

Man, I want to be one of your kids. Good for you guys!

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Separate_Primary_686@reddit

Quite a bit, maybe 4-5 trips a year.

We are in a place where we can do that. Cheap mortgage for a house almost paid off, grown kids who are independent, etc. We save for retirement too, but we also want to enjoy our lives now.

We’ve become pretty travel savvy. I don’t necessarily want to do tons of overseas trips as that is a lot more of a hassle. We do plenty of week long trips domestically, which is still a beautiful getaway.

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CaffeinatedGeriatric@reddit

46M, live in northern Europe. I go on 2 week scuba/relaxing trips abroad 1-2 times a year. Weekend trips in country once a month during the warm-ish half of the year.

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chris2555@reddit

I’m 52, my is wife 51, been married for 31 years. We try to take 3-5 weeks a year traveling. Since 2013, wife and I take a week for a cruise by ourselves and then another week with the kids. Kids are now 20 & 25.

The last few years we’ve been adding more time. This year wife and I did a Windstar cruise from Aruba to Panama for 12 days. Doing Azamara Onward for 7 days then change ships to sail on the Star Flyer for 7 days from Istanbul to several of the Greek islands for a total of 19 days. Have another cruise for Nov to the western Caribbean for 9 days. These cruises are just for us, no kids.

Wife and I have made it a priority to spend time alone and travel. Seen too many people wait until they retire, etc and then something happens, health deteriorates, etc, and then they can’t travel. We have no guarantee that we will be here tomorrow.

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gorkt@reddit

I am almost in the exact life position as you. I agree that doing more traveling now is important because I have seen enough of my peers having health issues that prevent it. We went on a 12 day Iceland and European trip in 2023 that my husband absolutely loved, but he runs his own business so it is tough for him to be away that long often. I am looking at a British Isles trip or maybe a Mediterranean cruise next year.

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workswithpipe@reddit

Typically a week in summer and a 4 day weekend in the fall. Going to Hawaii from Chicago this year so we’re staying 2 weeks to make it worth the long flights.

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zoombie_apocalypse@reddit

Quite a bit, but I work in a tourism-adjacent job. A yearly Thanksgiving trip to hang by the pool and a couple of cruises each year. Plus weekend trips. I’m in grad school and that schedule means fewer vacations than I’d like.

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PomegranatePlus6526@reddit

We are two income no kids. We haven’t taken a vacation in a few years. Mostly due to Covid, and I have immune system problems from leukemia. I am fully healthy, but if I catch COVID it’s very hard to get rid of. Usually takes me months.

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Thin-Quiet-2283@reddit

We still have a condo in the DC area so I spend about a month up there a year but I still work a little. My husband works full time while we’re there so it’s not really a vacation for him. We take an average of 2 cruises a year then do a few weekend getaways. Long weekend to Key West planned for the fall. I’m so over same-old cruises and Key West. I used to do a multiple trips to Europe a year, did 10 days last year without spouse . We’re planning big trip to Europe next year for 2-3 weeks, I may retire by then. Romania for sure , the World Expo is in Serbia so I’m trying to plan that .

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gorkt@reddit

This year I am barely traveling, just one 5 day trip to Florida. Last year I went on 3 trips, Colorado, Arizona and a cruise to Canada. I average one to two vacations a year usually. I am aching to plan something for 2027 but there are some things going on with my husbands business that are preventing it.

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Bastilleinstructor@reddit

We go to a medical specialist 4 hours away once or twice a year. We take a weekend here and there. Its been 10 years since we took a week long anything.

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wieldymouse@reddit

Hardly ever. It's too expensive. We do staycations where we binge watch shows and play video games together.

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The_Man_in_Black_19@reddit

This is us. But the staycations usually turn into housework/maintenance unfortunately.

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Physical_Ad5135@reddit

I am 58 and we have a child and grandchildren living in another state. Our last real vacation was about 3 years ago. We now spend all our extra vacation time visiting the LD grandchildren!

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Automatic-Pick-2481@reddit

Couple of DINKS here, been to Italy Ireland London and Spain the past year

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Fuzzteam7@reddit

I haven’t done a vacation since my kids were little.

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AssistantAcademic@reddit

I do a family "mountain cabin" vacation for christmas each year...about 4 hours away, 4 nights.

I toss in one or two small trips

Most years, I try to do a big trip.

2028 Macchu Picchu
2027 Planning some sort of Europe (Paris/Alps) adventure
2026 We're doing big family trip to Glacier.
2024 I camped in Glacier National Park and Colorado Rockies (two trips).
2023 we went to Ireland.
2021 We did Yellowstone/Tetons.

so...mostly small trips, but some "epic adventures" sprinkled in.

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ditchdiggergirl@reddit

Quite a lot, but I’ve got a couple of years on you and my youngest graduated last year.

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claude3rd@reddit

My last real vacation, meaning no alternative reason for going, was to visit my dad when his health started to fail. That was about nine months ago, and he died two months later.

Before that, it was stay-cations or visiting the in-laws at their lake house in Maine.

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jaxbravesfan@reddit

I take a couple of long weekends and then one week long vacation a year. My wife takes those same times off with me, but as she has way more PTO at her job than I do mine, she also takes a “girl’s trip” vacation with our youngest daughter every year. In fact, they are on their annual vacation right now.

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fruskydekke@reddit

Well, I am European, so I mostly vacation in Europe.

I don't vacation as much as I'd like, since I'm self-employed and very busy as a consequence.

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Sufficient_Stop8381@reddit

I haven’t taken a real vacation involving travel for a week or more since 2007. A long weekend maybe 8-10 years ago. I’d rather stay at home.

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TXtogo@reddit

I don’t know what to call a vacation anymore, we go once a month to the beach for 3-4 days. Go on a stateside trip probably 1-2 times a year. It’s been a minute (like 6years) since I’ve been outside of the US, but when we retire we will take more international travel. We have done France, wife did Italy, lots of trips to Cancun.

Our retirement plan is to get a garden style house or something super low maintenance so we can take off for months at a time, I want to go somewhere for a month or three and just be there and live to get to know people etc. it would be so much fun to get an Airbnb and just live in a place for a while. Anyway, that’s the plan if God lets it happen.

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JustMeOttawa@reddit

I didn’t travel much at all when I was younger other than a few road trips with my family to another province or a state close to the border where we lived. My first airplane ride was in my late 20’s but then nothing for another 8 years. I got married at 30 and we went to Europe on our honeymoon but then mostly stayed in Canada for the next 10 years due to budget, our daughter being born, etc. we took short vacations, maybe a week but mostly to visit family. Once our daughter was around 9 we did our first family trip to Europe, went for almost a month and loved it. Other than a few years during the pandemic we’ve been travelling for at least 3 weeks every summer and often a shorter winter trip each year. It can get pricey but we plan and budget to spend within our means.

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TradeBeautiful42@reddit

My son is only 4 so I’m vacationing twice a year with him. Might as well do it before vacationing would mean missing something important.

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IcyFrost-48@reddit

Usually 3. A long weekend, 3 or 4 nights somewhere (half the time we do NYC), and then a week somewhere exciting to us. We’ve taken to doing group tours internationally and choosing based on last minute specials. Everything is planned for us on the group tours. It’s a lot of older people but they’re in great shape and up for anything.

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librarykerri@reddit

After retiring from my position of 27 years in December of 2022, I started a new job, which meant starting all over on my vacation accrual. Now I only get two weeks a year, and it seems to be eaten up with necessary days off, rather than larger chunks of time which would allow us to travel. In another two years, I'll start earning a little more.

Increasing our household income by retiring and taking my pension while obtaining an equivalent full time job elsewhere has been amazing for our finances, but I miss the vacation time I was earning in my old job so much.

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Sonoran_Dog70@reddit

I get multiple long weekends every year to go camping or backpacking. That’s it for me. I rarely get out of the state.

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IndyColtsFan2020@reddit

I’ve slowed down over the years. We used to take 2-3 per year (usually international) up until the pandemic and after several canceled trips, I decided to slow down and the last travel vacation I took was in 2024. We are going to France next week though I’m not terribly excited.

On the other hand, my wife loves to travel more than I do so she usually still takes 2-3 per year but for me, I do maybe 1 per year and the rest of my time off is basically a staycation and I’ll relax at home.

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jjschoon@reddit

My wife and I are both 53. We have been going to Punta Cana for the last 5 Februarys to celebrate our anniversary. Every 4th of July we drive to her parents' house in Michigan and spend a week on the lake. The last 3 years we have also gone to Florida for 10 days over Christmas as we are looking for places to live when we retire. This year we also have a plan to go to Las Vegas for 4 days in June.

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Big_Bottle3763@reddit

We go to Europe once a year usually for around 10 days (going to France May 14th), usually take a shorter trip of about 5 days in the fall to a national park, and do a few weekend trips here and there for baseball, concerts, etc. I’m 47, DINK, love to travel.

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AngstyAF5020@reddit

We took our first ever two week vacation 8 years ago. It was awesome and we swore that we would do it every year. We didn't for a few years, but now we are back on track and we've done 10 days in Panama, Utah, and road trip across the south east US. In addition, we have lived where other people vacation for the past 12 years(near beaches and Disney), so we do 1 or 2 nights here and there pretty frequently. We are just not willing to skip spending time together doing things we love for work.

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BigLoveForNoodles@reddit

It’s a frequent source of friction between my wife and I that we don’t often go on vacation. She is in the classic position of being told frequently that she needs to take more time off at work, but not having any flexibility or backup when it comes to planning being gone. So whenever she gets back, she returns to a mountain of work that feels like punishment.

We’re both early fifties and our one kid graduates college in a couple of weeks. But we’re also likely to move soon, and said kid is probably going to move back in with us for a while, and it bums me out that the most I’m likely to get with my wife this year is a day trip or two on a weekend this year.

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Winter-eyed@reddit

Staycations. Time for projects at home

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-Granby-@reddit

I am 48. I went to Ireland when I was 46. That was my first vacation.

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dirtybo0ts@reddit

We do long weekends as opposed to “full length” vacations. Maybe once every few years we’ll take a proper vacation that’s longer than a week.

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No-Jump-9601@reddit

Our rule is, anything less than 7 days is a break, more than 7 classes as a holiday (vacation). We usually get one big holiday, 10-14 days, and a number of short breaks, usually within the UK but occasionally to Europe too. Our big holiday is a French road trip and we’ve got a few weekends booked in London for shows.

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HaloTightens@reddit

None. I’ve never had a proper vacation in my life. I went around a few states when I was younger, but that was back when you could sleep in your car and do odd jobs for gas along the way. I would LOVE a real vacation, but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to afford one.

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2014Subaru@reddit

None

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Ok-Sport-5528@reddit

1-2 vacations per year, not counting the beach trips to my parents and in-law’s homes. Both live at the beach but in different states.

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nadiaco@reddit

😂😂😂 haven't had one in 30 years. 😂😂

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LuceLeakey@reddit

I'm single with no kids, and I get 5 weeks of vacation per year from my job, plus the usual holidays.

This year I'm going to Alaska with a friend. We are taking a guided tour from Fairbanks to Anchorage. I also take several long weekends, usually to go to nearby larger cities to attend concerts or visit friends.

I usually go to one conference per year for work, and if it's in a city I haven't been to or that I particularly want to visit, I will tack a few vacation days on to the beginning or end of the conference trip and take a mini vacation. That way, my airfare is covered by work and I only have to pay for the extra hotel nights and food.

I always try to take two weeks off at Christmas even if all I do is visit friends across state. To me, there's nothing more depressing than being in the office over the holidays when it's empty.

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newwriter365@reddit

I live in a mid-Atlantic beach community and work an easy summer job in addition to my regular employment. I am local every year from June - September.

Outside of that, I travel recreationally when the mood strikes me. I’ve been to forty-six countries and six territories. I am unlikely to travel anywhere this year, due to the political climate and concerns about my finances as I had a couple of trips late last year and early this year and then a big house expense.

There’s also the possibility that stuff at work goes sideways, and I stop working, sell everything, buy a €1 house and skip out.

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passim@reddit

A week for spring break, a week in the summer, a few long weekends here and there.

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Mountain_Exchange768@reddit

Other than visiting/staying with family for a week once every couple years, NEVER.

I haven’t had an actual vacation since 2004. And that one wasn’t even a whole week.

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

We're in the process of changing things up. Traditionally we've taken one fairly cheap vacation as a family (usually to the beach) during the summer. We're sortof burned out on that, and our kids are now in their mid-20's, so we're all going to Greece this year as a special event. I doubt we'll get that silly from now; my wife and I were thinking that we may be running out of chances for just the 4 of us to do things together.

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b0sscrab@reddit

Every 6 months

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TheOtherElbieKay@reddit

For several years we limited ourselves to one driving vacation per year to our favorite family mountain spot. Three years ago the kids were old enough to add one flying vacation per so we have been doing more interesting stuff. It is more work to plan, more effort to execute, and more expensive but great memories and broadens the kids’ worlds.

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I-used2B-a-Valkyrie@reddit

In the summer, our family takes 1 together, 1 with my in laws, one with my parents, and then I take one educational one with my daughter. (She’s 5, I let her pick a theme and then we go explore. Last summer was “Night at the Smithsonian,” this year she says it’s probably going to be “bats or outer space.”)

Then we do a small family trip in the fall together, we’re thinking this year maybe Salem or Sleepy Hollow, and usually around Christmas we’ll do another one with my parents every 1-2 years. Looking at Turks and Caicos around Christmas this year. L

As often as we can, Small Valkyrie and I try to visit somewhere fun and educational on the weekends when the weather holds. Museums, Festivals, orchards and farms, gardens, aquariums, historical sites, etc. It’s better than rotting in front of the TV.

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WingZombie@reddit

We try to do twice a year with a couple more long weekend sprinkled in. Last year was a national park road trip out west and the. Mexico City. In march we did a trip to the Caribbean and will spend some time in Peru this fall. We have a travel/ vacation account that gets money diverted to it automatically each pay day.

Growing up our vacations were going camping a couple times a year on a three day weekend.

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Ms-Anthrop@reddit

Husband and I only drive 12 hours away once a year to visit relatives.

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TheNolaCatLady@reddit

Vacation? What is that? I traveled to the grocery store yesterday. Does that count?

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sotiredwontquit@reddit

We are homebodies. We work very hard to make our home the best place to hang out. All our stuff is there, plus our own mattress and toilet. We like staying home. I play in my garden and my partner plays video games. We mix cocktails in our IKEA hacked bar. We curl up on the sofa that fits us perfectly and snuggle the pets. It’s hard to figure out why I should spend thousands to travel away from all this comfort we work so hard for.

So unless it’s a life event for our kids, or a once-in-a-lifetime kind of trip (which we’ve done) we stay at home because it’s perfect here.

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hippiestitcher@reddit

THIS! All I wanted my whole life was a sweet little house to take care of and nest in, and fill with animals. There isn't much that's tempting enough to pull me out of it at this point.

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LayersOfGold@reddit

Same here. Looove being home. We do go on some overnight trips here and there. Visited Italy last year. The first and last time I’ll ever go to Europe lol

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sotiredwontquit@reddit

Oh, I LOVED Italy. And Ireland and Scotland. But I’m over 50. And that’s just 3 trips in my lifetime to Europe. Which cost a fortune. So I’d definitely go back because they were such great experiences. But as a general or annual thing… we stay home. We love it at home.

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Andovars_Ghost@reddit

Sometimes I really wish I were that way, but as I am, I’m only really happy when I’m exploring someplace new. Glad you have a home you enjoy so much.

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Glass_Translator9@reddit

I don’t know exactly what happened, but I have no desire to travel anywhere. Like it feels more of a hassle than anything. I’ll pass. 😂

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hippiestitcher@reddit

Same. I also don't want to leave my pets.

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hippiestitcher@reddit

None. Never have, other than visiting family and me tagging along to three work conventions with my husband.

It was just never in the cards financially. And now that it conceivably could be, we don't want to. We're massive introverts who are happiest at home. We bought our dream house on the edge of a quiet rural town six years ago. Every weekend feels like vacation.

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Coffey2828@reddit

No kids, single. Traveled a lot in my thirties but the world has changed since the pandemic. Traveling had become way less appealing vs staycations.

I don’t count how many vacations I take in a year. I take a day to a week off here and there when work is slow or I feel lazy.

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EcoNorfolk@reddit

In the developed world employees are given at least 4 weeks holiday per annum. I own my own business which makes things tougher but having a 3 week holiday in June and then off to somewhere hot and sunny in November - if the orange nonce doesn’t start any more wars. In between we may have a few long weekends away but tbh we live in one of the nicest bits of the UK and so we be home enjoying the summer as well.

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bowlgar@reddit

Cornwall?

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EcoNorfolk@reddit

Clue is in my non de plume

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Comprehensive_End751@reddit

3 times this year. We did 3 weeks in Thailand already. Looking to go back and do another 2 weeks Oct/Nov. Got a 7 days cruise to South Pacific end of November. Next year I’ve got another cruise booked and looking at going to New Zealand and hiring an RV and doing the North Island. Might fit in another holiday if I can eBay off a bunch of stuff we don’t need.

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Admirable_Tea6365@reddit

Been to Malaga in Spain for a long weekend visiting friends and off to France for 8 weeks in summer. I’m in Europe tho. Waiting for partner to retire so we can just get on a train and go exploring around the world.

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Wareagle69@reddit

54M. Heading to Rome for 12 days next month. Cabo in October for 7 days.

Typically, we do Cabo for a week a year and then 10+ days in Europe every other year. European flights are business class, hence why it’s every other year.

We may do trips to our home states on the non Euro years, too. Anywhere from 3-6 days for those trips.

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KellyzKillaz@reddit

Now that my wife has also retired (I retired 8 years ago), quite a bit. Went to Canada last month for around 10 days, and I'm currently on a cruise ship about 10hrs. away from our destination in Alaska. Already planning our next trip to Europe.

Put 2 kids through college working 60hrs/wk. at a back breaking blue collar job for 31yrs, now it's my time!

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NVJAC@reddit

I'm 52 and finally saw the Grand Canyon for the first time last week.

That will probably be it for this year aside from visiting family and friends for Thanksgiving. Don't get a 3rd week of vacation from work until next year.

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Booksflutterby@reddit

My vacations are always trips to see my family scattered in different states.

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Wrong_Staff_6148@reddit

Good for you if you like your family lol. I on the other hand NEVER consider visiting family out of state a “vacation.” Quite the opposite actually, I need a vacation after visiting with them! I wish I was kidding though really.

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Historical_Project86@reddit

Approximately 0. We just never seem to have the spare cash, but the truth is more likely that for some reason "saving up" is a dirty phrase to my wife.

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DifferentWindow1436@reddit

International family, so it could be a bit unique, but we typically will do a 10 to 12-day trip to America (East Coast) plus a 3 or 4 day regional trip in Asia Pacific. Maybe 2 regional trips if one is shorter. Last year it was Guam (so technically America again) and a weekend in Taiwan.

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StuckInWallNPC@reddit

We take a few weekend road trips and maybe one international trip every other year. We use our credit card points to cover flights.

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Angry_GorillaBS@reddit

Multiple vacations in a year? I've taken 2 in the last decade.

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Andovars_Ghost@reddit

No kids and traveling is our favorite thing to do so we go on several big trips every year.

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MindFluffy5906@reddit

What are your top 5 places to visit?

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Andovars_Ghost@reddit

Edinburgh and the Highlands

Paris

Rome and Tuscany

London

New Zealand

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MindFluffy5906@reddit

Fantastic list. I want to see Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Armenia, Sweden, Scotland and Portugal to start lol.

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DjQuamme@reddit

I take lots of vacation time (9 weeks last year), but other then mooching a room off a friend in Florida for a week each winter, they're usually staycations or kid visiting related.

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kb_colas@reddit

And people often wonder why some of us never had children.....

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Think_Welder3430@reddit

Same

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Real-Emu507@reddit

We squish in our vacations with work ( our business works the con / expo circuit) and other then that we vacation around music festivals. Those are two or 3 times a year.

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inode71@reddit

55m and take 2 vacations a year. Last year 16 day Hawaiian cruise and 1 week in Savannah for the music festival.

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islandbeef@reddit

Speaking of Vegas, resorts on the Strip are using the "all-inclusive" model to bring the value minded tourists back.

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Playful-Park4095@reddit

Empty nesting, saved money with a decent middle class job in a MCoL area, no debt aside from a small mortgage.

A lot. I'm in Austria on my way to Slovenia right now. We travel about every other month and sprinkle in day trips and weekends in between.

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Scpdivy@reddit

Going to my kid’s college graduation a few hours away, in a few weeks. After that, once my bank account starts to heal from no more college, maybe somewhere else and do a few days. No real plans. Retired, so not worried about it. Every day is a vacation now.

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NecessaryMulberry846@reddit

Quite a bit, but I am in Europe. We pay high taxes, but university is free so we dont have to put money aside for that

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sickiesusan@reddit

😭 I’m in England, my children have to pay fees here - despite the way all those Boomers voted!
I work for a US firm, PTO isn’t encouraged and we are always ‘asked’ to take our laptops with us. It’s not quite the same.

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eaten_by_the_grue@reddit

Haven't had a vacation since 2017. No money or time.

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NotAnotherThing@reddit

I don't remember how long it's been but something similar here.

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Doc-Milsap@reddit

Not enough!!

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pegggus09@reddit

we are a house with college aged kids here too, so vacations are almost non-existent while tuition bills are a thing. But one kid did a January term in Europe so hubby and she went early a did a little sightseeing, so I can not complain. But I sill can not wait to be true empty nesters, and hope to travel then.

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Rhiannon8404@reddit

We take a long weekend 3 or 4 times a year. A "real vacation" every other year or so.

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Mouse-Direct@reddit

We go about every two years on a nice vacation. We’re not the least bit wealthy, but we live simply so that we can travel.

Nov 2024 we went to Australia/New Zealand, then a mini vacation of college tours in summer 2025 took us (from Oklahoma) to New York, Massachusetts, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska, and next month we’re going to Paris for our son’s graduation present.

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mlachick@reddit

I average one good vacation a year. It used to be family trips, usually to a national park, but now I'm single with adult children, so I travel solo. I love it. I have a cruise in SE Asia planned for 2027, and I'm considering booking a Panama Canal cruise for this winter.

The cost is definitely an issue. However, as someone else mentioned, the hardest part is getting the time off work. I get lots of PTO, but making sure my clients are all handled while I'm out is tough. I try to make it work because I want to travel and enjoy life while I'm still youngish. Disability runs rampant in my family.

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Befuddled_GenXer@reddit

In my (M50) adult life, I've taken a grand total of 1 official vacation. That was in 2001 with my now ex-wife. We took 2 weeks off and flew to the west coast (US) to visit her family. Other than that, any time off I get is spent at home recovering from overwork. I've always wanted to travel but just can't afford it.

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Fun-Professional-581@reddit

Ha! My honeymoon. 31 years ago. There’s no money and no time.

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VeronicaTwangler@reddit

What is this vacation thing you speak of? It sounds vaguely familiar like something from my childhood maybe...

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GrowingIsInTents@reddit

Almost never. The last true vacation I had as a single income household was 8 years ago. And before that, it was 10 years. Between meeting expenses and having to use my very slowly accrued PTO hours for things like doctor appointments and unexpected family emergencies, there's just not a lot of time or money left for things like that. I do know I'm missing out. And I also know the system is absolutely rigged living in the US. My "vacation" these days is having an extra day to work in the garden and maybe read a few chapters of a book. If you're lucky enough to have it otherwise, appreciate it. The world is an amazing place - go and see it if you can.

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Cultural_Day7760@reddit

Have not been in a real vacation since pre covid. Weekend driving trips a few times a year.

Currently wrestling over a Puerto Rico hotels trip. Where to stay, budget, excursions. I am fucking over it.

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Weekly-Batman@reddit

In my head, every fucking day

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gcwardii@reddit

I’m 57F, my husband is 60. We have four offspring age 19-25. It feels like we are doing a LOT of 2- to 5-day trips this year. We love traveling and exploring.

We just did an overnight in Madison to visit our daughter in college there. We’re renting a beach house on Lake Michigan in July. Hubby and I are going to NYC in September. And just today we bought tickets to a concert in Nashville in June and will stay there a few days. It’s fun to plan and look forward to it all!

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Bitter_Ad_9523@reddit

What's a vacation?

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CaliJaneBeyotch@reddit

We chose to forego fancy vacations and new cars in order to hit our retirement target. Actually came in a bit ahead of schedule. Worth it.

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d_ippy@reddit

I mean I hear kids are expensive. I couldn’t be traveling as much as I do with kids. So cut yourself some slack.

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mmaygreen@reddit

I have 2 teenage girls that play sports. Tournaments are my vacations.

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mammothhockey@reddit

Lobby beerscare the best. I miss them.

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JoshuaAncaster@reddit

One in Uni, the other plays high level sport, we vacation in mediocre tournament hotels lol. Not complaining, last one will include Banff, and we have a cottage over summer. I’m allowed 6 weeks, almost 7 soon for vacation.

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Armthedillos5@reddit

This might sound weird, but I don't really want to travel outside my region. I'm pretty happy being a chill homebody. As I age, I'm really getting tired, and not physically.

I've been to multiple European countries, a bunch of states, Mexico, Central and South America, and every time it's usually trying to fit as much as possible into a schedule, and I end up treating it like work.

Also, things people tell me I Have to see sometimes aren't have to see for me. The Louvre and great art, wow, very cool. Going to a French comedy club or something... That would be an experience. Real culture.

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FreeElleGee@reddit

One intl trip with spouse, one intl trip with family, one domestic trip with family per year.

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aran_maybe@reddit

Like none. I travelled pretty much my whole life and it kinda feels good to do nothing.

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WeenyDancer@reddit

About 5 yrs ago i did a weekend at a state park within driving distance. Before that was in the 2010s, maybe. Don't envision anything soon.

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JoshuaAncaster@reddit

One in Uni, the other plays high level sport, we vacation in mediocre tournament hotels lol. Not complaining, last one will include Banff, and we have a cottage over summer. I'm allowed 6 weeks, almost 7 soon for vacation. But no destination vacations like we used to.

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Brave-Spring2091@reddit

I’m 57 and my husband is 68, I work full time and he is retired but has a part time job that varies in hours but averages 30ish a week. We take a beach vacation in fall for my birthday, we drive 1200 miles and stay about 9 days once there. It’s also 2 travel days each way. We also do a weekend type stay within our state in summer and a few overnight trips to a basketball game or concert type event. Husband has grown kids who live in our state that we also will visit for birthdays or holidays.

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CharlieLeigh51@reddit

I haven’t been on a plane since 2010. I only go on weekend road trips now or stay at quaint bed and breakfast or Airbnb places. I find the stress of traveling to be overwhelming, and flying on a plane is like being in a giant Petri dish.

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Ritag2000@reddit

December 2025 AMA Christmas market cruise, March New Zealand , April Florida, May Cape May NJ, June France & Spain, September Aruba

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RedditWidow@reddit

We sometimes visit our daughter and her husband, who live across the country from us. But most of the time, if we take time off, we have "stay-cations" at home or we stay in a B&B somewhere in our state for a few days. I guess we'd fall into the "long weekend to San Diego" group. We wouldn't mind visiting other countries, but between the expense and our health issues, we probably wouldn't enjoy it much.

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iknowyouneedahugRN@reddit

The problem isn't funding the vacation, it's getting time off work.

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MindFluffy5906@reddit

Depends on the year. Last year we went to Disneyland twice and the. Did a road trip from Norcal through Nevada, and Idaho. Stayed in eastern Oregon for a smidge the went to Missoula, over to Great Galls for a few days, Helena and Bozeman as day trips, Glacier National Park, the went through northern Idaho over to Spokane, back to Oregon for another few days and then home to Norcal.

We will be in South Carolina and Georgia for a 5 days in a few weeks and Oklahoma City in the fall. I'm sure there will be weekend trips in between.

I didn't get to go to Italy when everyone else went in March, but I'm sure there will be other trips. It's hard to sometimes balance the zoo we live in and going on vacation as a house manager is needed to run things and feed the animals.

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timdisselkoen@reddit

Have 2 out of college and one heading there in the fall. Just took a family trip to NYC over spring break, and will probably do Toronto over Labor Day.

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Tall-Nectarine202@reddit

1 big trio a year, but we still have multiple kids at home and are currently paying college tuition

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Machinebuzz@reddit

We go to the Caribbean twice each winter snd and usually somewhere in the states during the summer. We are early 50s and the kids are grown and gone long time ago.

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Old_Goat_Ninja@reddit

Weekend getaways are about all I’m capable of doing, and those are to places we can drive too in a few hours. Actually weeklong vacations that require a passport and an airplane to get to are once every 5 years or so.

Some of it is lack of money, but it’s also because I simply don’t get that much time off work. A weeklong vacation is half my annual PTO.

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SocialSyphilis@reddit

Cheap camping trips a couple times a year.

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Hairpants_Scowler@reddit

We do at least one trip a year, but we don't have kids. Been to Europe a handful of times, latest was Italy last fall, but that was partially a work trip for me so most of it was paid for. We have a couple of domestic US trips planned this summer.

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CK_CoffeeCat@reddit

Hahahahahahahaha.

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tcfodor@reddit

Each spring, a friend and I go on a big two-week trip wherever we find cheap airfare.

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Temporary-Library597@reddit

'Vacations." HAHAHHHHAHHHAHHAHAHBAHABBABA

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RaisedEyebr0w@reddit

(48F) I almost never take a proper vacation - instead we take trips to visit family. Travelling is a skill I never really learned.

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mstermind@reddit

I have about two weeks of holiday this year. There's no time for more.

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Sofalofola-3@reddit

1 week away with the kids per year and 1-2 long weekends away just husband and I. With kids, it’s Caribbean, Jersey shore, where we mostly go to resorts with lots of activities. Just us usually somewhere tropical like DR or Aruba where we can chill and relax all day.

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kevinpb13@reddit

My work is 100% travel, when I take time off, I’m at home with the family and couldn’t be happier doing it like that.