31Mar2009

Take a Vacation and Turn Furlough Days into Happy Days

Furlough is the latest catchphrase to make headlines as the global economy countinues to fade. Companies everywhere are telling employees to take Furlough days, AKA “unpaid vacation days“, if they want to keep their jobs.

Being told you won’t get paid can be pretty depressing if you focus on the “unpaid” part, but more people are learning to enjoy the good part of the furlough definition – “Vacation Days”.

Every cloud has a silver lining… empty sayings aside: this is a real usage tip we got from one of TripSay members. When you want to enjoy a trip on the cheap you can get advice from the frugal travel experts in the TripSay budget travel group Student-budget Lodging. Choose travel on your furlough days instead of fretting about lost wages.

Furlough Vacation i.e. Furcation :)

TripSay helps likeminded people share travel advice including tips on great value and budget travel. Some other quick tips from TripSay.com on economic travel so you can enjoy a vacation (or Furcation) during your furlough days:

  • Take a vacation close to home and check out sites within driving distance. You can find amazing places nearby, as the members of Breathtaking Places group do. Type in your hometown or a nearby city in the search box of TripSay.com and discover great tips on hidden gems in your own backyard.
  • Plan to visit a place you have always wanted to see, but never had the time. Furlough days offer a rare opportunity to get away. Check out that destination on TripSay and read tips from likeminded travelers. Many of the comments include the best and worst of each location so you will be sure to spend your hard earned money on only the best attractions!
  • Offer your home as a barter accommodation to a fellow furlougher in a city you would like to visit. Trade your house with someone for a week and stay for free.

Just a few ideas to help shift the focus of your furlough days from “unpaid” to “vacation”.

Bikini Beach Furlough

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Date: Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 at 16:58 | Category: travel, tripsay | RSS Feed: RSS 2.0 feed.
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One Response to “Take a Vacation and Turn Furlough Days into Happy Days”

  1. April 25th, 2009 at 20:35 TripSay blog » Blog Archive » 6 Weeks of Paid Vacation? “Honey Let’s Move to Europe” Says:

    [...] you like to have six weeks of vacation each year? Well unless you get hit with six weeks of unpaid furlough days the chances of getting more than a few weeks off in the U.S. are slim to [...]

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