Credit Talk USA Live - Americans to forfeit Billions in vacation days

Lets be frank you should know how many vacation days you have period.  Don't let your company do this to you but you and only you are going to look out for yourself. There's still a month to go before the end of the year, but most Americans will let their last remaining vacation days go unused. The average American worker earned 14 vacation days this year but will only take 12 of them, according to a survey by Expedia. That's about the same number of days they left on the table last year.
unused. The average American worker earned 14 vacation days this year but will only take 12 of them, according to a survey by Expedia. That's about the same number of days they left on the table last year.

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While two forfeited days of vacation may not seem like a lot, it can really add up. Altogether, Americans are giving up 226 million unused vacation days this year. Considering that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average full-time worker earns $39,416 a year -- that's $34.3 billion worth of time.
The reason most workers say they chose to slave away at work rather than relax on a beach, is that they could not afford to travel, Expedia said. "Lack of planning" was the second-most-cited excuse among those surveyed.  Reports are saying that people are traveling less but don't believe the hype planes are fuller now days than ever before.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/30/pf/unused_vacation/index.htm?iid=HP_River