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Mind you, not just a vacation, but a luxury vacation.

At some point in our lives, we all deserve a break from the stress brought by work or by people and yes, stress brought by nothing to do.  Taking a vacation is so easy to do and say.  You have the weekends to go on a quick escape but then, there’s the adjective quick, it’s like you have  one worry-free night. Why is this so?

Let’s say you’re the regular working citizen and your rest days are on weekends. On Friday night, you think of the place to go and rest. So, stress is all over the place from that point.  You only got to almost fully relax on  a Saturday night. On the eve of Sunday, you will again stress yourself of the thought that you have to go back to work again the next day.

A luxury vacation can immensely take you away from this vacation dilemma.  I have been able to luckily go on a luxury vacation once.  It was during the time that the show I was working on got good ratings and the big bosses decided (finally) to give us a long, most-deserved vacation and a healthy sum of bonus. So, I used up all my savings and joined an auction for a vacation hotspot in Hawaii.  It lasted 5 days and  4 nights and I was able to get a body scrub and a bikini wax, and met the friendliest scuba diving instructor on Maui but then wasn’t able to get his number.  ( I’m never good on long distance romances). 

As a hard-working citizen myself who diligently pays my taxes (even though I’m cynical if it being put into the best use),  I have sort of diagnosed myself of the glaring physical and psychological signs that I need to go on  a luxury vacation.

1.    You have the budget.

Ok, this is the most obvious reason to book at a luxury vacation hotspot.  But it is reality. Sometimes, in order to get the best, you have to spend  more than the usual.  And luxury vacation getaways do have expensive price tags.

2.    You look like you haven’t slept for a month. 

Hours and days still qualify for the tolerable level. But if you look in the mirror on a Saturday morning and you look like 20 years older and you’ve bitten your fingernails before making a report, then you have been sleepless for a month and a luxury vacation is the way to beat physical deteriorations.

3.    You have been offered to go on  a luxury vacation.

Now if someone has actually tagged you to a luxury vacation and you said no. You need professional help.  It’s like fate is slapping you in the face and telling you to go away and be merry even if it will be the first and last time that you’ll be able to go to a luxury vacation.

4.    You have blessed with a paid time off.

Just like in my case, if you have been awarded with a few days of blissful break from work, then it’s time. Operative word here is paid leave.  It makes you feel that you have something to go back to even if you completely indulge in that vacation.  You won’t have to limit your happiness.

5.    Your work is your world but you experience heartburns when you wake up in the morning.

If you’re seeing anybody ( I meant literally and socially) and you feel like just sleeping the day out even if you slept as early as 8 the previous night, pr you experience heartburns, then a luxury vacation is damage control.

Work and money will be worthless if we feel miserable when we go home. Sure, going on a luxury vacation is costly, but the joy and happiness you will be able to feel while on one is priceless.