We all need a vacation!

You don't need to read research to know that taking time away from the job can have physical and mental health benefits. People who take vacations have lower stress, less risk of heart disease, a better outlook on life, and more motivation to achieve goals.

It helps promote work-life balance by allowing for more time to be spent with family, significant others and close friends. Yet most people don't take vacations often enough and many don't use all of their allotted paid vacation time.

Dedicating time for the purpose of rest, relaxation and to recharge is of critical importance. The reason why is that this isn't often possible just over the short spell of a weekend, so dedicating a longer time away to unplug can help us to reset. However, the real stress can be in trying to plan that vacation, and it all starts with trying to book time off from work. 

Hear Rachel and Paul talk about their experiences of trying to get the time off that they wanted....

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