Americans get half the vacation time yearly as Russians. Go figure


Skift Take

Americans need more vacation days. Period. End of story.

Russia offers the most vacation days and public holidays combined (40) on average while Mexico has the least (13), according to a new Hotels.com study. The U.S. falls way down the list, taking 25th place out of 30 countries analyzed, with just 20 days of vacation days and federal holidays. Mexico's last-place