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I\u2019m not telling you anything you don\u2019t already know when I tell you that I, and more generally, Expedia, loves to travel.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The proof is in my passport, which got stamps from Spain, France, and Mexico over the course of last month alone. Yet looking at the results of Expedia\u2019s 2014 Vacation Deprivation Study, you\u2019d think that in some countries, people don\u2019t like to do the same. Why, you ask? Well in some countries, as many as 50 percent of offered vacation days are not used by employees. Do that many people love their jobs so much that they\u2019d rather come into the office than use every single one of their paid days off?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Now in its fourteenth year, the Expedia Vacation Deprivation Study has sought to observe the vacation habits of countries worldwide. Though it is one of our longest-running studies, we never cease to be amazed at some of the results. Last year<\/a>, for example, we found that while the French largely use most of their vacation days, many of them don\u2019t completely unplug, with 93 percent claiming to “constantly, regularly, or sometimes” check work emails and voicemails while on holiday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Data from most years, however, have shown that Asian countries are among the most vacation-deprived in the world. And this year\u2019s study is no exception. Employees in South Korea, for example, receive a full three weeks of vacation (similar to America), yet on average, they only use seven of those days. That\u2019s nearly two weeks of paid vacation that go unused.<\/p>\n

Viewfinder Tip: According to the 2014 Expedia Vacation Deprivation Study, Americans on average use all but one of their vacation days.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It would appear that Americans are taking their vacation time more seriously. This year\u2019s study revealed that Americans are using more of their vacation time, on average using all but one of their vacation days (receiving, on average, 15 days of vacation).\u00a0 <\/span>That\u2019s compared to last year, when Americans reported receiving fewer vacation days (14) but said they left more on the table (2 unused). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Europeans evidently have this vacation thing figured out, getting approximately twice as much vacation time as the rest of the world, and using nearly all of it. Denmark, France, Germany, and Spain get the most time off in Europe (30 days), and all four countries report using all of that time. Austria, Sweden, and Norway also use all of their vacation days, and get 25 of them. Maybe we should all take note, since Sweden, Norway, and Denmark have been listed among the top five happiest countries in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Reasons for vacation deprivation always are fascinating, too. While the most popular reason for not taking vacation time last year was so that people could carry over time, this year the No. 1 reason was that \u201cwork schedule does not allow for it.\u201d This data seems to say more about employees\u2019 bosses than employees themselves; in fact, this year\u2019s study showed that only 55 percent of the world\u2019s bosses approve of workers taking vacation time. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

What can\u2019t be questioned, however, is the happiness people receive from vacation. A whopping 80 percent of workers worldwide agreed that vacation time contributed to their overall happiness, with nearly one-fourth (24 percent) said they even would be willing to give up sex for a week in exchange for just one extra vacation day. Who says people don\u2019t like to travel?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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