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A 4 week long trip every 6months or so, though the last trip was 10 weeks.
3 to 4 weekend city breaks per year, most usually geared around a sporting event, festival or a friends Stag/Bachelor party.
Next big trip is a month in Brazil for the World Cup in June. Aside from that Roland Garros in May and Oktoberfest in September.
I used to take one long trip every year or so, with 6-9 months on the road, climbing, surfing, and otherwise just wandering about until it started to get old or I missed using my brain and needed to run home and land another contract. That lasted for about 10 years, but I've slowed down a bit now. These days I seldom take more than six weeks truly "off", with all tools down and no hours billed. Instead I tend to move…
Topic: I have something like a lifestyle SaaS business, but I'm mainly at home and take a week or two off whenever I want (and other people have time). For example, last week, I went snowboarding in France for a week.
In 2013, I spent about 8 weeks in total in other places (US, France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey).
In 2012, I traveled for 6 months around the world with my girlfriend.
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That 4 week of uninterrupted vacation is mandatory or a person can take that days in different periods?
In the UK the legal minimum is 28 days. In theory you can take the days however you want. In practice though you usually have to negotiate when to take them with your boss. They have to allow you to take them all off at some point in the year though so they're usually pretty accommodating. I've always been surprised at how little people get in the US. Given that it's a wealthy nation it seems to lag considerably behi…
So now it's a 28 day minimum, of which 8 are usually bank holidays and 20 free to pick.
I usually take 3 vacations(2x15 Days, 1x7 days), they are divided into some travel, visiting family/friends, some spiritual activity, etc.
Mygola also has one cool perk called workation when entire team travel while also keep working(work+vacation).
No holidays for the last 2 years. 3 months ago, I started needing the weekends heavily to recover. Now that my startup is up and running, with a couple of thousand users and some trial customers, I will probably take a skiing holiday soon.
Luckily IT companies can often manage a few days without you.
Best of luck with the startup and do enjoy vacations, or at least long weekends, from time to time.
I have left about 20, which I like to take in August (like most of the other employees) for a long vacation abroad, having one month a year when I can completely disconnect and still getting paid it's a real luxury.
Other than my one big trip, I usually only take a Friday off here or there. Maybe only 2 or 3 of those per year.
UK, Contractor. A 4 week long trip every 6months or so, though the last trip was 10 weeks. 3 to 4 weekend city breaks per year, most usually geared around a sporting event, festival or a friends Stag/Bachelor party. Next big trip is a month in Brazil for the World Cup in June. Aside from that Roland Garros in May and Oktoberfest in September.