WEBVTT - Second Cup: How to maximize your vacation days

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is about how to maximize your vacation days if

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<v Speaker 1>you'd like to travel more. Different organizations obviously give different

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<v Speaker 1>amounts of paid time off. Different countries have different traditions

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<v Speaker 1>in this regard too, And if you live somewhere where

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<v Speaker 1>everyone takes all of August off, you can just ignore

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of this episode. Join me again tomorrow. In

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<v Speaker 1>the US, at least where I live, the widely reported

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<v Speaker 1>figure is that people with five years on a job

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<v Speaker 1>tend to get about fifteen days of paid vacation. That's

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<v Speaker 1>three work weeks. But a lot of workplaces that aren't

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<v Speaker 1>in vital public services also close on the major holidays

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<v Speaker 1>such as Christmas, New Year's, Thanksgiving, and so forth. People

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<v Speaker 1>often talk about wanting to travel more. When I ask

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<v Speaker 1>people what they'd like to spend more time doing, that's

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most popular answers. We put various international

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<v Speaker 1>destinations on our bucket lists, but even people who might

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<v Speaker 1>be able to swing such trips financially often think these

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<v Speaker 1>will need to happen during retirement because it's really challenging

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<v Speaker 1>to travel far if you have limited vacation days, but

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think this has to be the case. The

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<v Speaker 1>key is to be proactive about your vacation scheduling. To

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<v Speaker 1>stack vacation days with existing office closures and holidays. Then

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<v Speaker 1>you can do quite a bit of traveling while limiting

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<v Speaker 1>the vacation cost. So for instance, this year, America's Independence Day,

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<v Speaker 1>the fourth of July, is on a Thursday. Bowing to reality,

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<v Speaker 1>a number of workplaces will close on Friday the fifth

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<v Speaker 1>as well, But that means that if you were taking

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<v Speaker 1>July first, second, and third as vacation days, you could

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<v Speaker 1>theoretically fly somewhere on the evening of Friday, June twenty eighth,

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<v Speaker 1>and have that weekend, the whole next week, and the

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<v Speaker 1>weekend of July sixth and seventh off for the of

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<v Speaker 1>three vacation days. That's a nine day trip, which is

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<v Speaker 1>definitely enough time to fly to a country you've been

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<v Speaker 1>hoping to visit in Europe or South America if you're

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<v Speaker 1>not beholden to school schedules. Thanksgiving week is also good

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<v Speaker 1>for this. Many US workplaces will close on Thursday, November

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eighth for Thanksgiving of course, and then also stay

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<v Speaker 1>closed on Friday the twenty ninth. So by taking off

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<v Speaker 1>in the evening of Friday, November twenty second, being gone

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<v Speaker 1>that week, and then the weekend of November thirtieth and

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<v Speaker 1>December first, you could likewise get a nine day trip

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<v Speaker 1>for three vacation days. When Christmas falls in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of the week and it's on Wednesday this year, this

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<v Speaker 1>can be a prime spot too. If your office closes

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<v Speaker 1>December twenty fourth and twenty fifth, and then closes on

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<v Speaker 1>January first, you could theoretically leave on Friday, December twentieth,

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<v Speaker 1>travel the entire next week, and then come back on Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 1>January first. This is a twelve day trip for the

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<v Speaker 1>price of five vacation days, enough to really take a

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<v Speaker 1>trip to Asia or Africa or Pacific Island if you

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to. Even long weekends can be good for stacking.

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<v Speaker 1>If you get President's Day off in February, for instance,

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<v Speaker 1>you could take off Thursday night, enjoy Friday, Saturday and

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday visiting somewhere in the US, Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean,

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<v Speaker 1>and then come back Monday evening. That's enough to fit

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<v Speaker 1>in a reasonable adventure for the price of just one

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<v Speaker 1>vacation day. The key, of course, is planning ahead, because

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<v Speaker 1>you probably won't be the only person in your office

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<v Speaker 1>who wants one of these stackable holiday weeks. But here's

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<v Speaker 1>the thing, it's not a mystery when future holidays will occur.

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<v Speaker 1>You can look at future calendars into the year twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred or later if you want so. These dates

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<v Speaker 1>are definitely known for twenty twenty, twenty twenty one, and

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<v Speaker 1>so forth. If you look ahead and put in your

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<v Speaker 1>request whenever your office vacation system opens up, then you're

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<v Speaker 1>far more likely to have first DIBs on these days

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<v Speaker 1>if you want them now. Maybe don't take all the

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<v Speaker 1>holidays as a favor to your colleagues, but if you

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<v Speaker 1>know now that you'll be taking a nine day European

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<v Speaker 1>vacation in summer twenty twenty, you can start patting that

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<v Speaker 1>vacation fund and anticipating your adventure, and that can make

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<v Speaker 1>all the time before summer twenty twenty more pleasant. So

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<v Speaker 1>take some time now to strategize with your family and

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<v Speaker 1>the calendar. What great trips will you plan in the meantime.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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