Sydney Opera House – Sydney, Australia
Gaydar reported their U.K. site found gay men in the United Kingdom are taking on average four holidays abroad each year. They write, “Our research indicates that gay guys are bucking the economic downfall and indulging in double the number of holidays abroad compared with the average Brit, who will take two.”
The Gaydar study, that surveyed more than 2,000 men in the UK, made me wonder if gay men in other countries were more likely to take more vacations. My travels are fairly well documented (both local and abroad). I have a trip to go to Brazil later this year and am already thinking about where I might go early next year.
Are you a vacation hoarder? Do you get away and disconnect from work? How do you compare to our U.K. counterparts who seem to be living la dolci vita?
BosGuy 
Most of my gay friends take multiple vacations per year: a long weekend in Miami, a week in Palm Springs, a trip abroad, every summer weekend in Provincetown. The key differences between the US and Europe (once you account for financial ability) is the amount of vacation time Europeans get and the fact that crossing an international border for them is the equivalent of going from Massachusetts to New York. Given distances, it takes much more effort and dedicated vacation time for an American/Canadian to truly travel internationally.
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Income might prevent multiple vacations in a year. I think most people that live and work in Europe get more vacation time than those of us in the US.
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