One in two working people wants to save up remaining vacation days for a long-term vacation.

In the first weeks of the new year, many people face the same question: what should I do with my remaining vacation days? The desire to accumulate unused vacation days over several years remains unattainable for most working people. However, as a recent representative survey by the BAT Leisure Research Institute reveals, 50 percent of full-time employees would like the opportunity to, for example, save up one week of unused vacation for six years. In the seventh year, this could then be combined with the annual leave for a long-term vacation of up to three months.

This idea is particularly popular with the younger generation. Around two-thirds of working adults aged 14 to 29 can currently only dream of such a "super vacation." They would prefer to take a "time-account vacation" sooner rather than later.

According to the results of the new BAT survey, only the self-employed express fundamental reservations: For 36 percent of this professional group, such a vacation arrangement is "absolutely out of the question".

New opportunities: world trip, long-term rehabilitation or development service

Long-term leave is not yet possible: Currently, remaining vacation days must be taken by March 31st of the following year, otherwise they expire. As early as 1986, Federal Labor Minister Norbert Blüm suggested "saving up" unused vacation days. Those who accumulate enough unused vacation days each year should then be able to take a six-month vacation at once.
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According to Professor Opaschowski, scientific director of the BAT Institute, the possibility of saving up for extended vacation time opens up new opportunities not only for the tourism industry: "Some fulfill their lifelong dream of traveling the world, others do something for their health and treat themselves to an extended spa treatment. Language courses abroad, internships in developing countries, or on-the-job training in a different professional field that one has always wanted to explore would also be possible." What has so far been a privilege reserved for a few professional groups could become possible for many in the future.