When you go on a trip, or take a vacation

We go on vacation in April and we also make sure that hubby takes off the following day. That vacationing is hard work! LOL! Then again we dont go to resorts and walk all over the place! Our type of vacation is history, walks, and such. This last year we went to Gettysburg and I tell you when we got home I was EXHAUSTED! lol

I to am glad u have a job, GG but i think u did need a few days of rest before u had to go back to work.

Good morning The last time i went on vacation was in January-09. My daughter nad het husband have my husband and I a free trip with them and the grandkids to San Deigo. I love it there. We had such a good time. Went to Sea World and many other places.Had a room right next to the beach. The weather was great nice and warm.I think we might be going back again in January of next year. I had one day of rest when we got home than back to work. (NOT FUN)

We planned very far ahead and had everything all laid out and ready for when we came back, but then, since the first day of school was a short one and rather routine as a rule, we waited until the last minute in order to be able to enjoy our vacation home just as long as possible, and then, of course, when we retired we went there immediately.

I've never planned for that 'buffer' day between vacation and work either. Who wants to go back to work after a vacation well rested? Then people will just think that you've sat around you house instead of having fun. "I'm going to work because I'm too tired for another vacation" is the perfect mindset as we head into winter, knowing that the next opportunity for time off is the long Thanksgiving weekend.

hi i like go on a trip,i must take a rest after a week's heavy work.

I would always like to relax a little at home after time away from home when I was working. We used to hire an off road caravan for our 2 weeks away from home camping trip. I would want to come home and have a full day at home before going back to work and my partner would be most annoyed. Yet it would take him more than a day to clean out the caravan and return it to the shop, roll out our tent and clean and dry it, clean all the other equipment and store it while I did laundry and put away all the food stuffs and washed all the storage containers and kitchen utensils ready to be stored till next time. Our vehicle would need to be washed and my uniform and his clothes got ready for next day at work. Add to that two very excited doggies who were very glad to see us and would want to stay as close as possible....lol. Weekends away had to be very well organised so that when we arrived home, everything was ready for us to go back to work Monday....because things had so little use they could be packed away again pretty quickly...of course dishes and utensils had to be properly cleaned and that was my job while he carefully stored everything else safely away.

The good thing about my job is that its like going to a vacation always. I travel a lot and do trainings. Usually its three days training and I get to decide the schedules. So usually in between, I can free some days for rest. I love my job since its like a working vacation. Sometimes, when I am heading for a place, I usually extend and extra day or two before going to another area and advise my family to go there with me so we can spend some time and enjoy the place.

We usually come back on Saturday if we have been away that way my husband can have Sunday to rest up and catch up on anything at home that needs to be done. Since my work is selling things through Amazon and Half.com I will usually take off my vacation setting on Friday or Saturday before we return so the orders can start coming in again, so I am ready to fill orders on Monday.

Hi Gerty, I haven't taken a proper holiday in six years but when I used to it seemed to be a mad rush of washing everything and then back to work the next day. When I go up to the mountains now I always stop off in town for a few hours on the way back so with the long drive I usually make sure before I leave that there's nothing waiting for me to do when I get back. I did rush back the other weekend as knew I had to go off to do some work sometime after 2pm but it turned out to be 7.30 before I needed to head off and do it.

I am hopeless like that, I am usually straight back into my work as soon as I return and soon feel like I had no rest at all. I am self employed so I usually want to get straight back into it to catch up with work. When I worked for a wage, I was getting holiday pay and I was more inclined to have a few days at home to unwind before returning to work. I really must learn to do this again now that I work for myself as it feels much better.

When I am on vacation it usually takes about a week or two. When I am back home after my vacation, I am tired out. I need to rest. So I take a day holiday to rest.

No body ever gets to rest before they go back to work ! We all get in too big of a hurry and only think about the fun we are having and do not give ourselves enough time to get rested for our work. But, in this day and age, we all need to be proud we have a job. I don't but just moved too. I am hoping to find something soon. Take care, quita88

No, After completing my vacation, I like join to work as soon as possible.

It has been long since I took a vacation GardenGerty and I am looking forward to take a vacation soon. I think I need to go to some good places at least on Sundays. I think I will go to the beach on the Sunday and spend some time there. I think you might be having a good time taking the vacation and most probably you might need a vacation.

Oh, I hate when that happens...going right to work after a vacation. You really do need a vacation from your vacation even if it's just to get back on schedule. I usually try to schedule it so I have at least one day off before going back to work...when I'm working that is....lol I'm still out on disability from June of 2005... I can't believe it's been that long..I am so anxious to get back to work...that will mean more money for vacations...yippeeee I love to go on trips, even if it's just for the weekend...of course it's got to be cheap and I have to be able to drive there...and find someone to take care of the pets...but I manage it somehow...lol Next time try to give yourself a bit more time before going to work..if you can, good luck. My favorite place to go is Pittsburgh, NH. a tiny little town almost to Canada with lots of Moose...hehehe Brightest blessings, Mari

Hi GardenGerty! It depends. If I am physically ready, I would go back to work even immediately after a trip or a vacation. In fact, I have done this several times already. But if I think that I won't be able to work effectively anyway, then I would probably take some time off to rest before going back to work. But most of the time, I just go back to work even without much rest after a trip or a vacation.

Nah, I dont mind since being on a vacation is actually the rest time for me. But I have to have a day to catch up on sleep and let my body rest from the grueling trip home. Of course i can still function if I go straight to work but I will be very tired through that. When I do finally get to have some sleep after getting home and working that first day, I would be knocked out that Id need help from someone who could shake me awake the next day cause I wouldnt hear the alarms anymore. Its great to hear that you had a nice time in your vacation. Taking that can renew one's perspective on things. We get to be reminded about the things that we might have unnoticed for a while. Good thing vacations are only that, vacations. We can go back to the things that we missed, the things that are important to us and the things that gets us through.^_^

I know what you mean about needing a vacation after a vacation. Some of the vacations I've been on have been very involved (tours with many sightseeing and evening activities), and the plane trip back home seems endless. I don't want to do anything but just flop.

When I worked, I mostly worked for myself, and I could rest up before I went back to work from traveling. I did have a few jobs where I worked for somebody else but I didn't do any traveling during that time. If I were working for somebody else, I'm aware I probably wouldn't be allowed to rest up before going back to work. It sounds like you had some very good times. Did you go to Branson, btw, when you were in Missouri? I've been there twice and I really enjoyed it. I just wondered since you said you went to the Ozarks. I bet the leaves were beautiful, weren't they? Kathy.