I'm surprised that there hasn't been any mention of how being accessible to work creates vacation interruptions.

Where I work, a number of staycationers have trapped themselves in workation activities. I often observe coworkers participating (from home) on multiple long conference calls while they are taking vacation days. They are also constantly on the in-house IM system and answering emails. All day long.

My view of vacation is that it is like cash and represents the complete cessation of work activities for its duration. Would you voluntarily take a cut in pay?

One way I cope with the peer pressure to be available on vacation days is to travel to locations where communication is not practical.

Trips with the RV are to remote Texas locations with limited communications facilities (or so I tell them). Today I'm flying to Japan. Kind of hard to get ahold of someone who is over the Pacific!

I truly value my vacation time for recharging my batteries. Stay at home often means work at home. Yuck!