In the US, Treasury Secretary Donald Regan was playing golf with President Ronald Reagan, while vacationing European central bankers were hard to reach in an era before mobile telephones. A predictable funding problem was left unresolved until the moment when creditors would be least likely to present a united front, and most likely to give in to pressure to undertake crisis-management measures.
在最近的案例中，假期逻辑也被用于最大化违约或违约威胁的讨价还价能力。墨西哥在1982年8月的举动让其他国家的官员们大吃一惊。当时是，时任美国财政部长唐纳德·里根正在与总统罗纳德·里根打高尔夫球，休假中的欧洲央行行长们也难觅踪迹，因为当时还没有移动电话。直到债权人最不可能形成统一战线、最有可能屈从于采取危机管理措施压力的时刻，这个可预见的融资问题才得到了解决。