[delichon]

  * family ski trip to Vermont in March
  * family trip to Disneyland in July
  * family kayak trip in Ohio last week (on his 41st birthday)
  * currently on a 10 day visit with family to the UK

The total is about 18 days of vacation in 201 days in office. That's more vacation that I get. Is it high for politicians?

[gerhardi]

Seems pretty normal amount from many western countries / EU perspective though. A quite standard 30 days paid time off could go like:

- Christmas to New year off (~3-5 days PTO + public holidays paid)

- Winter holiday in Feb/March (5 days PTO)

- Maybe a week off around Easter or Ascension day (4 days PTO + public holiday paid)

- 3 weeks off in the summer (15 days PTO)

- A long weekend in the autumn (1 day PTO) or a week if you didn't take a week off in the spring

-> 30 days PTO total

[p_j_w]

Conservatives famously advocate for similar policies here in the US.