Poll: Have you ever cancelled a vacation because of work? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Have you ever cancelled a vacation because of work?".
This poll was originally submitted by Carla Lopes. View the poll results »
| | | | Michael Harris 
Germany
Local time: 03:07
Member (2006)
German to English
Holiday, what is that?
If I am busy and we are going away for a couple of weeks, the work goes with me and I organise myself around "things".
It is sometimes annoying, but it works and I am happy.
| | | | Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:07
German to English
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I've occasionally cancelled something like a lunch out or rejigged the timings for a couple of days away, but never cancelled. Holiday time is too precious.
| | | | | No, never had to cancel! | Jul 3, 2014 |
1. I always inform all my clients well in advance;
2. I never take more than one week of vacation each time;
3. I always take my notebook with me to check emails and to work if need be...
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When I had just started up as a translator, after getting my MA, I was so excited about getting some work that I cancelled Christmas that year.
| | | | | Voted no, but maybe yes! | Jul 3, 2014 |
While I regularly work on the ferry to and from the UK, where there is peace and quiet in the cabin, no Internet worth mentioning and not a lot else to do, I deliver the job on arrival and do not work while on holiday. You have to remember to LIVE once you have earned your living!
What is getting to be a bad habit is cancelling the much-needed spring breaks here in Denmark. There is a run of them, and most people work over one or two. Working over them all without taking time off at... See more While I regularly work on the ferry to and from the UK, where there is peace and quiet in the cabin, no Internet worth mentioning and not a lot else to do, I deliver the job on arrival and do not work while on holiday. You have to remember to LIVE once you have earned your living!
What is getting to be a bad habit is cancelling the much-needed spring breaks here in Denmark. There is a run of them, and most people work over one or two. Working over them all without taking time off at another stage is a very bad idea - you really do risk getting SAD (seasonal affective disorder).
Both last year and this I have been extra busy and have discovered to my consternation that it is July, not May, and if I want to enjoy the summer, it's not going to wait!
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I don't take a lot of vacation, but when I do I am not going to cancel it.
I might take the laptop along though, and do small jobs, if necessary.
| | | | Mike Sadler (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:07
Spanish to English
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I do two sorts of travelling. One is going to the Canaries when it's miserable weather here in the UK, setting up shop there and it's business as usual except I can jump in the pool, go for a bike ride in my lunchbreak, go for a stroll, go to the beach in the early evening and so on.
The other sort is a "vacation proper", once a year, when I give my clients notice and go culture-vulturing - and I wouldn't in my wildest dreams cancel one of those for work.
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 10:07
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
| Unfortunately, yes | Jul 3, 2014 |
I had to stay at home to finish a project because of hardware problems - the hard disk failed a few days before a big delivery - while the family went to Hawaii and Guam.
They had a great time - apparently. I still feel sorry for myself, even now. Woe is me! 
| | | | Helen Hagon
Local time: 02:07
Member (2011)
Russian to English
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Holidays are rare and precious family time and cancelling them would mean depriving everyone else as well as myself. Therefore I have to plan my workload very carefully to make sure this doesn't happen. Once it is booked, I don't change it.
| | | | | Mini Vacations | Jul 3, 2014 |
I haven't taken a real vacation since my days of working in-house (both were spent visiting my then future wife in Argentina). These days I try to take a day or two off every week or so, just so I don't go crazy. Those lofty dreams vanish the second someone offers me a juicy project.
| | | | Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 21:07
English to Spanish
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In the spirit of Bill Clinton, that will depend on your definition of “cancel,” “vacation” and, of course, “work.”
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| not cancelled... but | Jul 3, 2014 |
a couple of times I took my laptop with me and worked part time.
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