Skift Take
The overworked, under-vacationed and under-traveled American is a cliche, and 2014 was no different. Hopefully 2015 will see the travel industry band together to figure out better ways to get Americans to take a break; organizations like USTA and brands like MasterCard and Expedia are trying.
We have been tracking the travel habits of Americans throughout 2014 with a series of surveys and as we enter 2015 the picture of when and how many vacation days workers in the U.S. take is still pretty bleak.
And of course, the number of vacation days taken directly correlates to whether Americans travel inside or outside the country, and how that affects the health of the U.S. travel industry and its various constituents in airlines, airports, hotels, destinations, attractions, and other related sectors.
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