July 15, 2025
Why Americans Take the Least Vacations in the World
Americans Hold the Record for Taking the Least Amount of Vacations — And It’s Hurting More Than Just Their Happiness Somewhere on a quiet beach in Greece, a couple sips wine as the sun melts into the sea. In a small town in France, neighbors gather in a local café for their third week of summer break. And in the mountains of Switzerland, entire families breathe deeply under open skies, hiking trails they’ve waited all year to return to. Meanwhile, in office buildings across the United States, emails keep pinging, Slack channels stay open, and vacation days quietly expire —
