American workers left a staggering 768 million vacation days—an estimated $213.2 billion worth of vacation—on the table in 2017
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In 2018 things arguably got a bit worse, with American workers leaving 9% more vacation time unused than in 2017. Workers in this country took 17.4 days of vacation, on average, in 2018. That’s a slight improvement over the 17.2 days of vacation we took, on average, in 2017. But because more Americans were employed in 2018 than in 2017, and because the average number of vacation days earned ticked up a bit in 2018 the total number of vacation days foregone last year rose by that 9% amount.
And if every working American who qualifies for paid vacation days took all their time off and used most of that time to take vacation trips U.S. Travel calculated that it would mean an additional $151.5 billion in travel spending by Americans. It also would trigger the creation of an additional two million jobs in this country.
"When I see how many vacation days went unused, I don't just see a number—I see 768 million missed opportunities to recharge, experience something new and connect with family and friends," said Roger Dow, President and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association."However, it's an unfortunate truth that cost is the top barrier to travel.
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