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"While the annual tradition of a major two-week vacation may\nstill appeal to some, work-life experts are observing an increase\nin the number of people who use their time off in shorter\nincrements, such as long weekends or mid-week breaks.\nBreaking vacation time into minivacations is beneficial for both\nemployers and employees, according to Susan W. Miller, career\ncounselor and owner of California Career Services in Los\nAngeles.\n\"Taking several short vacations gives employees something to\nlook forward to throughout the year and can be more renewing than\none long vacation,\" she explains. \"From an employer's point of\nview, particularly in a small business, several shorter vacations\nwork better because an employee's absence from an office can be\ndisruptive.\"\nAnother popular option is to break annual leave into one\nslightly longer vacation and a few shorter getaways, says Jerri L.\nYates, Ph.D., an organization development specialist and career\ncoach.\nEven dipping into your vacation-time reservoir to take a single\nday off can be beneficial. \"For some individuals, an eight-hour\nmental health day alone at home can work more wonders for their\nrenewal than an entire week away with the family,\" Yates says. \"For\nmost folks, however, a week or more is best for truly removing\noneself from workplace stress.\"\n\nGet Away the Right Way\n The best way to make the most of vacation time is to\nleave workplace responsibilities and worries behind. Try these\nsuggestions to make the transition easier:\n\n  \"Let everyone at work know about your vacation at least two\n  weeks in advance,\" Yates advises. \"That way, you aren't inundated\n  on the day before you leave with pesky 'you have to do this for\n  me before you go' requests.\"\n  Even though mobile phones and laptops make it easier than ever\n  to check in with the workplace, avoid the temptation, Miller\n  says. Contact with the office makes focusing on the tasks at\n  hand&#8213;relaxing and having fun&#8213;difficult. For the same\n  reason, tell only a few colleagues where you can be reached, and\n  explain that you should only be contacted in an emergency.\n  Take time before you leave to prepare for your first day back\n  in the office, so you won't be overwhelmed with all that you\n  missed. And once you're back, schedule a meeting with your staff\n  by midmorning in order to find out what items need your immediate\n  attention.\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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