More than half of Americans have gone 12 months without a vacation
August 13, 2015
If you haven't taken a vacation in a year, you aren't alone.
More than 135 million Americans, or 56%,
say they haven't taken a vacation in the last 12 months, compared to
126 million Americans, or 52%, who reported going without a vacation for
a year in 2014, according to a telephone survey of 1,000 Americans.
Another 15% of those surveyed said they
haven't been on vacation in seven to 12 months and 10% said it has been
four to six months, with 16% saying they have been on vacation within
the last three months, according to the survey.
A vacation was defined in the survey as a week off of work to a place at least 100 miles away from home.
The survey by the insurance company
Allianz Global Assistance, echoes previous studies and polls that show
Americans are denying themselves vacation even when their employers
offer it.
The Allianz survey did not ask why
people are putting off vacation time, but other surveys have found that
Americans fear being replaced or fear they will accumulate a backlog of
work if they go on vacation.
A survey last year by the U.S. Travel
Assn. found that 40% of Americans who were questioned said they put off
vacation because they don't want to return to a mountain of work.
Another 35% said they feel no one else
can do their work while they are on vacation and 22% said they worry
that they will be seen as replaceable if they take time off, according
to the online survey of 1,303 Americans.
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