About 250 pastors are on their way every summer. Pastoral holiday care is gladdened by its increasing popularity. The pastors are often asked who is really served by the deployment in the holiday resorts. The clergy see positive consequences as a result of their holiday work. About half of the service time, usually four weeks, is added to the year's holiday.
Many pastors can scarcely accommodate the extra holiday weeks.
The EKD allows forty DM per day as expenses. The travelling costs and the holiday accommodation for the pastor and his family must be paid for by the pastor himself. He or she can go to the same place for a maximum of six times. The holiday pastors come from all age groups, and include an increasing number of women. The age limit is seventy.