Originally Posted by Ericka

Those of us still of working age in the USA don't usually have as much vacation time as our friends in Europe. And companies have been known to frown upon workers that take all of their vacation time....or at least all of it at once! So yeah, even if money were no object, we're not usually gone for more than 10 days. That's the one big trip of the year. Then we have to set aside time for Thanksgiving travel, and Christmas, and there's always a wedding somewhere. LOL!

I guess the trick in the USA is to be both HEALTHY and LOADED at the time of retirement.