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ST Poll. In the last 10 years what is the longest amount of time off of work taken in a single vacation: Where Why? 3 weeks starting tomorrow

Posted by Bacon (aka redmond) Feb 9 '12, 16:25

I haven't had three weeks off in one shot in decades? Since school?

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I think the first time I went to the south pacific, 6 weeks I believe. -- nm - mafic Feb 9, 17:45
5 days -- nm - ceregon Feb 9, 17:43
I don't think I've ever done more than a week of actual vacation. -- nm - b. Feb 9, 17:12 1
- (that'd be 5 days of work for me, too.) -- nm - b. Feb 9, 17:54
maybe four days. not ever a whole week. I'm a long weekend kind of person. or an "early out every friday" kind of person. - amanda jones Feb 9, 17:04
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6 days for our recent trip t the Bahamas. We spent a week there and I took an extra day of vacation at home for the fun of it. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 9, 16:49
um, about 5 months or so just hanging out in FL being a beach bum and stuff. lots of stuff just for stuff's sake -- nm - CQ: Giving Love To All Feb 9, 16:36
3 weeks last Apr/May to go to Fraser Island. July/August this year 4 weeks for the Simpson Desert -- nm - Karl_S Feb 9, 16:36
I think the Moroccan trip was about 10 days. Don't recall anything longer than that. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 9, 16:35 1
- did you get the microfiche? -- nm - pixitude Feb 9, 16:39
6 weeks for Bub arrival, IIRC. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Feb 9, 16:33 2
- Was that pretty awesome? New baby and 6 weeks to enjoy him with no job distractions? -- nm - Bacon Feb 9, 16:48 1
  - Yeah, but I was chomping at the bit to go back (too much lack of control). - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Feb 9, 16:58
actually taken? a week. involuntarily given? 14 months off -- nm - pixitude Feb 9, 16:32 1
- How generous of them! (blech) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 16:33
one week. I get about 3 weeks a year or so. Last coupel of years all eaten up with surgeries. -- nm - Remlik Feb 9, 16:30 2
- seriously dude, get a new travel agent -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 9, 16:32 1
  - I know. -- nm - Remlik Feb 9, 16:35
3 weeks sailing around the souther tip of South America -- nm - peglegpete Feb 9, 16:29 1
- Also sounds fun!! -- nm - Bacon Feb 9, 16:47
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Since I started working in 2000, my longest was 13 days for Vegas '06, a week for Vegas '08, another week for another staycation and then small trips -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 9, 16:28
2 or 3 weeks -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 16:28
Three months - I went to travel around Europe, and had a heap of vacation saved up. -- nm - Roger More Feb 9, 16:28 2
- That sounds like so much fun! -- nm - Bacon Feb 9, 16:28 1
  - Unsurprisingly, it was! -- nm - Roger More Feb 9, 16:32
2 weeks, next year we're taking 3 weeks though -- nm - J Feb 9, 16:28
1 Week -- nm - amoxy Feb 9, 16:27

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