Smart vacations lead to greater happiness and energy at work, and therefore, greater productivity, intelligence and resilience.
Psychologists have been saying for years that shared experiences like vacations lead to more long-term happiness than the latest bauble.
Finally, it is not clear whether and - if so - to what degree vacations lead to reporting biases.
"If a child entered kindergarten as an overweight or obese child," they wrote, "the school environment promoted weight loss, whereas the environment during summer vacation led to accelerated weight gain".
But financial difficulties, as Club Med struggled with new competitors and shifts in vacation tastes, led to several years of losses and finally a management shake-up in 1997 that ousted the younger Mr. Trigano.
In a 2016 study of TripAdvisor travelers, 83% of respondents said access to a kitchen was one of the top ways vacation rentals led to cost savings.
I worked with de Graaf and Take Back Your Time on a national vacation initiative that led to the Paid Vacation Act of 2009, introduced by Florida Congressman Alan Grayson and reintroduced in 2013.
My love of Baja California began with Jack Smith's columns in the Los Angeles Times (followed by Cooper's stories of her vacations there) and led to many wonderful Baja trips of my own.
Unlimited vacation days has led to some backlash, however, as many millennials employees are not taking vacation days out of fear they will be vacation shamed or seen as replaceable.
During the lull before the show, Ms. Trump was asked how she spent her summer vacation, and this led to a lengthy but fascinating account of her daily routine aboard her yacht, beginning with a predawn assault at her writing table.
But Angela and Jim O'Brien's vacation, somewhat serendipitously, led to a much-wanted career change.
