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Do Americans live to work? According to a recent survey by Expedia-dot-com, the answer is a resounding yes! Americans are forfeiting 50 percent more vacation than they did last year. The results also show that working vacations are common with a third of those polled checking voice mail and email while away. Melissa Derry, vacation travel expert at Expedia, says too many Americans are overworked and "under-vacationed": "Unfortunately vacations are still at the bottom of our to-do lists, as evidenced by Americans giving back 415 million days off this year. Expedia has seen a growing trend of Americans leaving more and more vacation on the table. Summer�s here now and we can�t imagine a better time to make vacation a priority." Derry says that if more workers were encouraged to take vacations, bosses would be pleasantly surprised as more than half of Americans say they come back from a trip feeling better about their jobs and more productive. CLICK HERE to download a transcript of this story: CLICK HERE to download a multimedia (MP3) file of this story: © Copyright 2004 Collegiate Presswire, Inc. and NBN/CP RadioWire |