Expedia Gets Congress to Make Its Tenth Anniversary a National Holiday

Apparently, Americans aren’t using up their vacation days, despite evidence that vacations increase job satisfaction. So, in order to encourage Americans to take some time off, Congressman Jon Porter (R-NV) has announced a House Resolution declaring October 23rd “National Plan Your Vacation” Day.

The new holiday falls on Expedia.com’s tenth anniversary. Roger Dow, president of the Travel Industry Association, applauded Expedia for leading the charge against vacation deprivation, as many travelers don’t take a vacation due to a lack of time for planning. The idea behind the holiday is to get people to take some time to plan a nice relaxing week of travel.

While I’m not a fan of companies getting to make their anniversaries into national holidays, I am in favor of taking more vacations.