I guess I'm very different. I went on a trip for a week in May, and have 4 more planned into next year, though I intend to "WFH" during some of them. I don't want to burn all my vacation time. I've worked out a way to force myself to go on more trips for fun and my hobbies.
That said, a trip like this still tends to have some things planned, because you need to buy tickets or whatever in advance a little bit. I am lucky in that I can do this.
We went on a vacation a couple years ago (more than a weekend up the coast), but before that, I can’t think of a real vacation in my adult life. I’m early 40s.
I went to a con last year, and a small vacation with family in Hawaii! Going back to school while working though...man it saps free time like nothing else. I look forward to when I'm just back to work and have a bit more time once the work day ends. And having a clear schedule to take PTO.
I’ve been reevaluating what a real vacation is recently. I travel a lot, but at this phase in my life that mostly means figuring out how to childproof and do childcare in a new area. It’s not a bad thing per se, but it does require a reframing of what a vacation means, because it no longer means a time to relax and unwind. If we’re going by the definition I’m working into life now, then it’s only been a few weeks, otherwise, about 3 years or so.
I tried to go on vacation in the beginning of June. Was going camping in a very remote area in Glacier NP. But lo and behold, the day before I left, my DnD group gave me COVID :)
I spent all of June sick and am only just recovering finally. But I have no more PTO, so it'll be a while yet for me again.
Last was in May this year and the next - probably just camping - will be in September.
I am very fortunate in having a friend with a holiday chalet. A group of us go down to open in up and stay for a week or two most years. The only cost is the fuel to get there.
My SO and I usually aim to get another week away - maybe camping, maybe a holiday cottage - later in the year too.
We are in the UK and always go to other location in the UK for holidays. Neither of us have flown since the '90s and have no intention of doing so again.
Last February. SAD was hitting real hard, way worse than recent years, so the wife sent me off to San Diego to see my best friend. Must have been the vacation that was supposed to happen, because his roommate was a tattoo artist who had an opening that week and had been looking to do a botanical piece for someone. So now I carry around my favorite plant in all its summer glory everywhere I go.
Took a few months off this year for the first time since 2013 or so. Much needed... though I can't afford to go anywhere. Just stayed home and relaxed.