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Nervous workers opt against vacation time

Travel-industry experts hypothesize that employees may be opting out of summertime travel this year, out of concern that their jobs will be deemed unnecessary or easily replaced while they are out of the office.

What's worse? Coming back from a week in the mountains to find a mountain of work, or a boss newly cognizant of the fact that you're not as indispensable as everyone thought! Nervous workers appear to be fearing the latter, and whether or not this is driven by paranoia and panic, the travel market is suffering.

"People are scared of losing their jobs and want to stay in touch with their work," one travel expert told The Washington Times. Another noted that ". . . people feel guilty about indulging themselves and are nervous to leave their office for too long." And one New York-based advertising firm's survey showed that just over half of parents asked said they planned to cut down on vacation spending.

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