43%Said they were happy*

27%Feel satisfied at work*

Brought to you by Take Back Your TIme

Vacations are essential to your health, happiness, productivity, relationships, love life, and overall well-being.

Vacations aren’t a luxury. They’re essential.

Vacations are essential to your health, happiness, productivity, relationships, love life, and overall well-being.

Vacations aren’t a luxury. They’re essential.

Americans are among the world’s worst vacationers: 34% never take vacations at all.

Americans are among the world’s worst vacationers: 34% never take vacations at all.*

Vacationers are more likely to be highly efficient, successful, and popular go-getters.

Vacationers are more likely to be highly efficient, successful, and popular go-getters.

THE YEARLY VACATIONERTravis TravellerTHE YEARLY VACATIONERTravis Traveller76%

Said they were happy*71%

Said they were satisfied at work*

72%Feel full of

energy and life*

69%Feel strong family bond*

86%Feel strong family bond* 56%

of yearly vacationers rate their health as good or very good*

80%Report increased

romance in their

relationships.*

BURNED OUT:More likely to be less motivated, unproductive, dissatisfied, and difficult to work with. †

BETTER HEALTH:Vacationing women reduce their risk of a heart attack by 50%, men by 30%, but only if

they take more than one

vacation a year. ‡

There is simply no evidence that working people to death gives you a competitive advantage. ‡

John de Graaf, National Coordinator, Take Back Your Time

THE NON-VACATIONERBrenda BurnoutTHE NON-VACATIONERBrenda Burnout

THE BENEFITS OF TAKING ANNUAL VACATIONS: better health, less stress, more energy, increased libido, higher productivity, greater satisfaction in relationships, and increased overall happiness. Want to do better on the job, work smarter, and work less?

COMMIT!

SOURCES: *Vacation Integration

Towards an All-Inclusive Lifestyle (Nielsen, 2013) | †Vacation Deprivation Survey (Expedia, 2011) |

‡ Work to Live, by Joe Robinson (Perigee 2003)

WORK LIKE A DOG?

POORER HEALTH:

Not taking a vacation

may correlate with an

increased risk of heart

disease and other stress

related illnesses ‡You become more irritable, depressed, and anxious, you put your well-being at risk.

SKIP VACATIONS?

Leigh Vinocur, M.D.

YOU MAY FEEL YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO TAKE A VACATION. THE TRUTH IS, YOU CAN’T AFFORD NOT TO.