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[Andrew C]

UK's retirement age is the same as the USA!

yeah but typically companies there offer more vacation time to start with than those in the US....typically.

Heck, even in my company, my colleagues in Scotland get more than the typical team member out of our US offices.

 

[Herdman]

The United States has markedly less vacation for its workers than what they do in most European countries. I think most have at least 5 weeks vacation as the norm. We usually do around 8-9 nights. We arrive early on the first day and do resort adventures or hit a park for a few hours. After arrival day we do 5 days at WDW, a rest/Disney Springs day and 2 days at Universal.

 

[DarthMileZ]

i get 21 days. but i can "buy" up to 22 additional days.

 

[Chef Mickey]

UK's retirement age is the same as the USA!

Retirement isn't an age...it's a $ amount.

 

[DarthMileZ]

Retirement isn't an age...it's a $ amount.

Not in the UK. you can claim your pension at 65... its changing to 67

 

[Chef Mickey]

Not in the UK. you can claim your pension at 65... its changing to 67

I'm sure you don't want to just live off the pension and I'm sure there are many details about how much you get, how long you get it, etc.

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

Are you being sarcastic? I thought Americans were known for working a lot and not taking vacations while Europeans took a lot of vacations (and early retirements). I could be totally off lol.

Where I work, we accrue time (5 hours each 2 week pay period). If you have the time, you can take it. Some people have hundreds of hours saved up, which is crazy to me. After you get to a certain point, they make you sell your time if you don't use it. Not me - my time is valuable. I plan on taking 2 weeks off in July. One week only at Disney, but the other week will be doing stuff at home.

No sarcasm. I think it's terrible that people don't have enough vacation time for a two-week trip. I started with three weeks and am up to having 5+ weeks off per year.

 

[DarthMileZ]

I'm sure you don't want to just live off the pension and I'm sure there are many details about how much you get, how long you get it, etc.

unfortunately most people do have to just live off their pensions here. unless your super rich.

 

[Chef Mickey]

unfortunately most people do have to just live off their pensions here. unless your super rich.

Saving and investing on your own I'm sure is not illegal there...

 

[DarthMileZ]

Saving and investing on your own I'm sure is not illegal there...

You could but i don't know anyone that has

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

8 days

 

[DarthVader]

We seem to settle on about 9 or 10 days. We find 7 is too short, so we add on. We usually fly out on a Friday and leave on the subsequent Sunday. That seems about right for us.

 

[DfromATX]

No sarcasm. I think it's terrible that people don't have enough vacation time for a two-week trip. I started with three weeks and am up to having 5+ weeks off per year.

OK, I wasn't sure. Sometimes it's hard to read tone. I thought 2 weeks (minimum) per year was normal. Guess you and I are just lucky.

 

[DfromATX]

The United States has markedly less vacation for its workers than what they do in most European countries.

That's what I was thinking... and same with maternity leave, but that's a whole other thread lol.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

2 weeks for me.....

 

[Disnee4Me]

i get 21 days. but i can "buy" up to 22 additional days.

Sweet

 

[Stellajack]

Just like us! Except we don't do a rest day, so we are exhausted by the end lol. Usually our AK day is only half a day so we rest then. One time we did a combo with Universal. It was TOO MUCH.

This May when we go, we are doing the Hoop-De-Doo the evening of our 'rest day'! We really enjoy this dinner show.

 

[ScarletBegonias]

My husband works for the US government and only gets two weeks for the entire year. Makes it hard to do much.

I get 120 hours (4 weeks) but only because I've worked at my job for 7 years and I've worked my way up from 2 weeks.

We could probably never afford more than the 6 nights that we do now, and I think that's about all I could do in the parks. I dunno. Usually by the time we leave I'm ready to get back home and get back to eating regularly again, but I can't really say because I've never done it!

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Seven nights. Six full park days; two at Magic Kingdom, one and a half at Epcot, one and a half at Animal Kingdom, and one at Studios. Always Saturday to Saturday so I have all day Sunday to unpack and regroup before work.

I don't like using more than one week of vacation at a time because I'd rather be able to take a few full weeks off over the course of the year.

 

[Seanual757]

we prefer a 1 week trip and 3 2-3 day weekend trips every 3 months.