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SW Ontario | IMO, it is nobody's business if somebody else is going on vacation, and nobody's business to be fueling the gossip mill with how much people spend on vacations. People have different ways of enjoying time with their families. Some stay at home at get toys like quads and such, some go on vacation. It varies with each person as to what they like. But to sit there and tell someone that the vacation they are taking with their family is too expensive and outlandish is an absolute load of hog manure. People can do whatever they want with their money, that is their right in a free country and society. To sit back and pass judgement on someone because of their holiday choice is akin to the local coffee shop queens who criticize everyone because they are doing something different or have more than they do.
A family needs time to be a family. Working all year without a vacation isn't usually healthy for the relationship. And sure, paying down debt instead of going on vacation and such seems to make a lot of sense when your looking at it from a business perspective. But there are a lot of things that are very important in life that a pen and paper can not account for. My Grandpa was one of those people. He always worked on the business, working to keep it going and to pay things down. Never went on an extended vacation. In 2009 he finally sold the business and retired. He bought a used diesel pickup and a slide in camper, and he was finally going to do some travelling with my grandma. He was looking forward to spending some time in the south during the winter with her, and now he was finally going to do it. Fast forward to now, and that camper is sitting in the back of the shed collecting dust. The past two years they were supposed to spend travelling have instead been spent going to chemo and radiation treatments trying to beat the unbeatable. Now, after looking forward to spending some time travelling with my grandma, it will never happen. Looking back on it, taking a week off once a year sure seems to be a heck of a lot cheaper and better choice than working and saving for the golden years.
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A conservative view on vacations
