We might not be traveling right now, but we can definitely plan ahead for our next trip once we can fly again. But do Americans take enough vacations? As it turns out, many people living in the United States don't go on that many trips each year.

According to CNBC.com, the percentage of Americans who were going to go on a trip in 2019 was 28%. That's definitely super low, right? Sure, the people sitting next to us can irritate us so much that we wonder if plane travel is even worth it, but travel has a lot of positive benefits, like helping us de-stress and have some fun. So we definitely wonder why Americans aren't taking enough vacations.

Keep reading to find out some reasons why.

People Keep Checking Email And Working Even When On Vacation

Europe is a popular spot for summer travel, and there are positive and negative things about going there this time of year. But going on a fabulous European vacation and having fun might not be that easy for people who are super consumed with work.

When a lot of Americans go on vacation, they keep checking their email, or they even work. It's tricky for people to really forget all about the responsibilities that they have at the office and leave it behind for the sun, sand, and sea. This is one reason why Americans don't take enough vacations: they don't think that they would be able to stop working or checking in with what is going on back home. They figure that there's no point because they wouldn't be truly relaxing, anyway.

We've probably all done the same thing: booked time off work, flown to a warm place, and thought that we would unplug. But even if we left our laptops at home, we might have still found ourselves logging into our work email on our smartphones and wondering what's going on.

They're Worried That Taking Time Off Will Create Problems

Americans also worry that taking time off will cause problems or make them feel even more anxious about work. According to Forbes.com, "Vacations sometimes cause (not reduce) stress. Twenty-seven percent of respondents felt they had 'too many projects or deadlines' and 13% fear 'the amount of work they'll return to'."

We can probably all relate to that, right? Many people are overloaded with the work that seems to keep piling up on their desks, and it seems like they would just have more to do once they returned back to their normal routine. It seems like many people would rather just stay home and keep working than double or triple their workload once they get home from a trip.

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Vacations Cost Too Much Money

According to Fox News, 39 million people living in the United States decided not to go on vacation in the summer of 2019. Why? Because of money. Some people like to spend a lot of their income on traveling and think that it's worth it, but a lot of people wonder about not having enough savings because they splurged on a big trip.

Perhaps a domestic vacation is more financially attractive to people who don't want to shell out for a huge trip. As a Reddit user explained about their traveling history, "When I was in my 20's, most of my traveling consisted of road trips and camping. It didn't cost much and I saw most a lot of the US."

It's interesting to hear the reasons that some Americans have for not wanting to travel, from not being able to afford it to find themselves looking at email even when on vacation. We can definitely all relate to feeling stressed about work but we also know the value of a good, relaxing vacay.

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