No Vacation Nation: 41% of Americans Didn't Take a Day off in 2015


Skift Take

Even as there is more awareness about benefits of time off, the overworked, under-vacationed, and under-traveled American remains a reality and the travel industry hasn't done much to band together and attempt to change it, despite some efforts by the U.S. Travel Association and brands like MasterCard and Expedia.

It is that time of the year again: mid winter and dreaming of holidays. Alas, Americans do dream aplenty but take little action after. That much is clear from the surveys Skift has done over the last few years, and the latest survey proves it out once again, sadly. In a new survey conducted over the first few days of 2016, we asked Americans about how much vacation they took in the just-finished 2015, and the topline result is as predictable as it is shocking: nearly 41 percent of Americans said they didn’t take a single vacation d