Study: Americans Wasted A Record 768 Million Vacation Days In 2018

(CNN) — Workers in the United States left a record number of vacation days on the table last year, equating to billions in lost benefits, according to research from the U.S. Travel Association, Oxford Economics and Ipsos.
A total of 768 million days went unused in 2018, a 9% increase from 2017. Of those, 236 million were completely forfeited, which comes out to $65.5 billion in lost benefits.
Fifty-five percent of workers reported that they did not use all of their vacation days. If Americ