He went on vacation, dated some, visited museums.
You can find the answer in a Forbes magazine article, Billionaires On Vacation, dated September 19 2002: "From the ski slopes of Aspen and Gstaad to the beaches of Mustique and the Hamptons, instead of staying at a resort many billionaires (and millionaires) prefer to own multiple homes around the world - partly because it's always nicer to sleep in your own bed and partly because, well, they can".
Children may be asked to carry messages, repeatedly asked for news of the ex spouse, information regarding vacations, dating new people, or any other news they can get.
Shifting your vacation dates can also help you save.
Lift ticket rates are also generally lower in early winter, spring and just after popular vacation dates like Presidents' Day or Martin Luther King's Birthday.
But then, about a year ago, there was a tussle over vacation dates, and the colleague, who had a tad less seniority, lost.
Ms. Sharma recommends contacting the volunteer center "as far in advance of your vacation date as possible because some activities, such as soup kitchens or ushering for special concerts, are quite popular and tend to fill up quickly.
"Because the mid-winter break had been on the school calendar for so long and many people had already planned trips, issuing the waiver when the schools changed the vacation dates was the right thing to do," she said in an e-mail.
"My husband looked at the listing in January and sent me an e-mail saying, 'You better get on this because there are only a couple of weeks available,' " said Mrs. Heaton, who had to quickly settle for a second choice of vacation dates in August because the competition was so stiff.
Over spring break, while my husband putters in our garden and enjoys the suburban solitude, I usually go off with one or both of our teenage children (my daughter, Cornelia, then age 16, had different vacation dates this year), often with friends or a cousin in tow, to destinations that have also included Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Paris and the Bahamas.
6. Vacation Dates: Lets you specify which dates you'll be away on vacation in advance.
