I'm quite senior where I work, and get 6 weeks of paid holidays per year. In a few years I'll have another week. Unfortunately it's difficult to get a long stretch of time off all at once, especially during the peak summer holiday season. Fortunately I'm a skier (I was a professional many years ago), so this year I treated myself to 3 weeks at a couple of favorite locations in British Columbia, where I used to live. Darn I miss that place badly.