[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Europeans get much more holiday time than americans and asians. Lazy bastards. And they wonder why portugal, italy, greece and spain are ******ked?

Hope you enjoyed yur Siesta! Go to work and pay yur damn taxes, ffs.

I think the world could learn a thing or two from those cultures actually. Life is for living and enjoying.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I think the world could learn a thing or two from those cultures actually. Life is for living and enjoying.

Living and enjoying on who's dollar??(or on who's euyro i should say) It;s okay if yur Paris Hilton i guess, but if yur an entire country of slackers like the PIGS, not so much.

The Germans and French i don't think will be happy to pick up the slack for the PIGS siestas and tax avoiding. It's not fair.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Living and enjoying on who's dollar??(or on who's euyro i should say) It;s okay if yur Paris Hilton i guess, but if yur an entire country of slackers like the PIGS, not so much.

The Germans and French i don't think will be happy to pick up the slack for the PIGS siestas and tax avoiding. It's not fair.

And yet the USA is in such massive financial trouble right now.

What is the leave entitlement in the USA?

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Livia

And yet the USA is in such massive financial trouble right now.

What is the leave entitlement in the USA?

Maybe we can get Germany and France to bail USA out too

Leave? i think usually it's 2 weeks paid vacation for most Americans, But i remember reading an article recently that most American's don't even take the whole 2 weeks. Don't quote me on that. I know it's definitely a lot less than Europeans though.

I'm not saying we shouldn't have more vacation time for everyone, but only if you can make it work. Obviously when you've got the Chinese working for peanuts, it's impossible to compete. There needs to be a more level playing field around the world i think.

there needs to be some kind of Global minimum wage, and global vacation time, and global healthcare rights, and global workers rights. That would make it more fair for everyone.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Living and enjoying on who's dollar??(or on who's euyro i should say) It;s okay if yur Paris Hilton i guess, but if yur an entire country of slackers like the PIGS, not so much.

The Germans and French i don't think will be happy to pick up the slack for the PIGS siestas and tax avoiding. It's not fair.

Anyway, the Spanish work the same hours as the rest of us, they just have a longer break in the middle of the day but work later and start earlier.

[Jords]

I absolutely love holidays

For me theyre a real break from everything - be that work or people and its a great way to just recuperate fully. You also get that buzz being in a different country and experience a bit of the culture. Not to mention you go on holiday purely to seek fun and get the chance at some exciting activites.

Then when youre back from a holiday you tend to be in a good frame of mind ready to crack on with 'life'!

People moaning about it being a waste of money or whatever clearly need to go on a good holiday.

[Boothy]

Last time I went on 'holiday' was on a German exchange trip in 2008. It was nice to learn about how they live and about their culture. For example, they start school at 7am so we had to get up at 5am, but they finish at about 12 so you get the whole afternoon to yourself.

They also eat a s**tload of meat.

Where I stayed was in a small village type of place near the black forest so the scenery was class too.

I prefer doing stuff like that than going to a holiday resort in Europe. I get really bored just sitting on a beach or by the pool. I need to keep my mind busy. Also, it's no different from home. You get the same type of people, just in a foreign country. There's no culture or new experience or anything My mum isn't really into holidays though, especially outside of the norm, so I've never really got the chance to go anywhere of interest.

[Niall]

Going away is fantastic, I absolutely love it - especially if its somewhere I've always wanted to visit or somewhere I already love.

Traveling somewhere really far away is something I love. The whole experience is something I've come to revel in, from the journey to the airport, to packing and the whole plane journey itself. I love it. It all helps build anticipation for the holiday imo, like when I flew to Florida a couple years ago, I was practically bouncing off the walls half an hour before landing.

[Joelle.]

I like going on holiday abroad as you get to experience different cultures etc., but to be honest I like going on holiday in the UK, mostly to Scotland, just as much.

[Captain.Remy]

I'm not travelling during summer anyway. Too many people everywhere. June is where it's at!