5 Tips to Maximize Your Vacation Days: How to TRAVEL MORE in 2023

Are you tired of having limited vacation days but still wanting to travel the world? Look no further! In this video, we share 5 tips to help you maximize your vacation days and travel more in 2023.

From leveraging company holidays to using shared calendars with family and friends, we show you the exact strategies we've used to turn 2 or 3 weeks of vacation into 30 days of travel - or more. Learn how to use half days, summer days, and long weekends strategically to take mini getaways and make the most out of your time off.

Don't let limited vacation days hold you back from your travel dreams. Watch our video and start planning your next adventure today!

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We're Nik and Allie, a U.S. based couple who recently wrapped up a 6-month journey through Europe and Asia. We want to help DIY travelers like you plan, afford, and enjoy better travel with your friends and loved ones.

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0:00 How to Travel More in 2023
0:42 Plan Around Your Work Holiday Schedule
1:36 Use a Shared Calendar
2:32 Half Days, Summer Fridays, and Long Weekends
3:59 Fill All Your Time
5:05 Take a Workation

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[sf]

Great video, y'all! We have found that my husband's company allows him to swap a day near a company day off. Meaning, say we want to travel the week after labor day to avoid the crowds and get lower prices. He can work on labor day, and then use that holiday a week later. Boom, one day fewer of pto usage. =)

[ahhitskatie]

Love love love KCMO! Have you stayed at The Aida Hotel? Just stayed there at the beginning of the month. Absolutely incredible experience. Highly recommend!

[sstefany]

On short vacations - say 4 days - non stop flights are imperative. I used to fly out of Baltimore at 8:15am Thursday and be in Montego Bay, Jamaica by 11:25am. Carry on only. One time I was checked into the hotel and in the ocean by noon. The flight going back was at 5:30pm Sunday night. I was back home by 10pm. I was lucky that I could arrange my 2 days off of one week (Thursday/Friday) to be adjacent to my 2 days off of the following week (Saturday/Sunday). That way I use no vacation or personal days - just scheduling. But I did have to work 10 days in a row on the back end. Over the course of a few years I made 17 trips to Montego Bay, mostly in the winter. I found inexpensive hotels on the water to stay at and by the end the locals knew me.

[kmcphotographytx]

Perfect tips. One thing that’s helped Trae and me is to also alternate vacation times with family. Not all of our trips are with the whole family, but we try to be as even as possible with both sides of the family.

[susandiekmann]

Great tips, and you two are awesome! It doesn't hurt that you enjoy going to Kansas City (my home!). :)

[Coolguy.]

This reminds me of a quote from the game undertale.
"You wanna take me to hell?
No need, because i ran out of vacation days."

[DLFH]

All excellent tips, especially maximizing compay observance times as well as stacking time off. Work Workcations are a brilliant way to utilize what you are given by your employer like hotel and food allowance to add-on personal time. I've been able to get the company hotel rate for my extended stay instead of paying a typical price.

[swalls]

This is all great ideas and they work for most people except for those of us that work at places that never close.

[wendybeattie]

And arrange lieu days with office closures as well for extra time without pda’s

[ItzMeNike]

Workcation is not a vacation. Defeats the purpose