Before the COVID-19 pandemic, people worldwide were already taking fewer vacation days, but lockdowns appear to have many ready to spend extra time away from home in 2021. | Adobe Stock
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, people worldwide were already taking fewer vacation days, but lockdowns appear to have many ready to spend extra time away from home in 2021. | Adobe Stock
Americans plan to make up for lost travel time in 2020 by using more vacation time in 2021, a new survey from Expedia found.
The potential travel uptick results from people delaying or canceling vacation plans because of the highly-contagious COVID-19.
Expedia’s annual Vacation Deprivation study showed that people in the U.S. are planning to spend as much of their vacation time as they can, and plans average an extra five days of vacation across the country, the travel company said in a release.
Before the pandemic, there had been a worldwide decline in people taking time off work for vacations, Expedia said. The company has been conducting the study for approximately two decades.
The U.S. has led the world in missing out on time off, with the average U.S. employee only taking eight days off in 2020, Expedia said. The U.S. also joins Thailand at the bottom end of vacation days available to workers, with an average of 13 days off a year.
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