But the sole purpose of their vacation was drinks and appetizers with cast members of The Sopranos.
The purpose of a vacation is to have the time to rest.
Our compromise was to split up during these active trips, which defeated the purpose of a vacation together.
The true purpose of the decadent vacation is to have nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nothing to remind you of your worries in other places.
Between Memorial Day weekend, which starts next Friday, and Labor Day, traffic on the nation's most popular escape routes grows even denser and more frustrating, so that the amount of energy spent fighting the traffic seems to defeat the purpose of taking a vacation at all.
The purpose of a family vacation is to have family spend time with each other and especially to engage with each other in conversation.
For those who believe bringing a computer along on a camping trip defeats the purpose of taking such a vacation, there are still a few areas where the cry of the modem is seldom heard.
If it's located on the beach and your main purpose of going on this vacation is to take your children to Disneyland for a couple of days, you might want to rethink your hotel choice.
For the purposes of our summer vacation image issue, which will run Sept. 20, a photo that gives a sense of place gives your photo an edge.
It's tempting to see it as a vacation but the primary purpose of a typical business trip is, well, business.
