Americans gave up vacation time worth a staggering $67.5 billion last year and worked instead, according to a new survey.
With the recession still biting hard on Main Street, all work and no play has increasingly become the norm.
The average American employee got 18 paid vacation days in 2010, but only used 14 of those days off.
Altogether, Americans gave up 448 million earned vacation days last year.
Using the average full-time wage of $39,208 – that adds up to $67.5 billion worth of time.
The Expedia.com survey revealed that workers in Europe are much more determined to claim their time off.
Workers in France got 37 vacation days last year and used 35 of them while the average worker in the UK took 25 of their 28 days of paid leave.
