Articles by John de Graaf Vacation Commitment Day: It's time for your company to commit to vacations Spring is here...finally! One of the snowiest winters in history on the Eastern seaboard is coming to end. It's time to start thinking about summer and vacation. My organization, Take Back Your Time, declared March 31 as "Vacation Commitment Day" to encourage every employer and employee throughout America to make sure they get the full benefits that vacations offer. Click here to read more Many Feel Trapped by Work It's not by accident that the United States has been called the "no vacation nation". Vacations in the U.S. are among the shortest in the world, and a quarter of American workers get no paid vacation leave at all. Then, to add insult to injury, surveys find that 40 percent of us leave vacation days unused – three to seven days on average. Why do we do it? Click here to read more The Case for Paid Vacation Have We Forsaken The Great Outdoors? The forest service is actually closing campgrounds because no one is using them. The average visitor to Yosemite used to spend 48 hours there. Now it's 8. Our children spend only half as much unstructured time outdoors as they did a generation ago. Click here to read more About Us Mission Goals Board of Directors Supporters How Donations Help Contact Us Why Vacations Matter 10 Reasons to Vacation Articles by John de Graaf Articles by Dr. Leigh Vinocur Nielsen Research Findings Press & Events In The News Press Releases Take Back Your Time Day Vacation Commitment Day Vacation Commitment Summit Time Matters: National Conference TIME MATTERS TENTATIVE SCHEDULE Become A Sponsor Schedule at a Glance Resources Articles & Research Speakers Books Vacation Commitment Toolkit Vacation Commitment Pledge Follow us: Privacy Policy | Terms of Use ©Copyright 2015 Take Back Your Time. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable state, federal and international laws.