Vacations Quotations

We take five, one-week vacations a year, and those dates are set in stone.

Sometimes it just means flying from Bogota to New York via Amsterdam to have a day with your kids. When we spend time with them, I think we do our utmost best to be really with them - on vacations or during weekends or even at breakfast in the morning.

Over the past 50 years we got versions of X-ray specs and space vacations, and even death rays. But the X-ray specs don't fit on your face - they're big things that screen your luggage for guns. Space vacations are real, but they cost $20 million. We have death rays, but you have to be a triple Ph.D. to play with them.

I don't really take vacations because when I'm working, it's usually in a far-flung, exotic place somewhere. But I have a farm in Australia I like to go back to when I'm at home and not working.

Since he will soon be chief executive, he should take all of the vacations he can prior to that because there will be precious little time then.

My introduction to the Madonna Inn came as a young boy when we would take summer vacations to a nearby town. My dad would take us into their gift shop bathroom, which was a huge waterfall that functioned as the men's urinal. So as a kid, this was the most amazing thing I had ever seen.

My environment is important to me. I'd rather give up other things in my life - I might not take vacations or spend a lot of money on clothes - so that I can live in a home I feel really good about.

People will take last-minute vacations if they see a deal.

I would go on summer vacations visiting family all over the world.

I enjoy collaborating with creative people and trying to get the best image possible to convey a feeling or story. Plus, I get flown all over the world to exotic places. How can you lose interest in that? It's a great lifestyle. I can take vacations whenever I want, and no two shoots are ever the same.

I think that the traditional family vacation has shifted from the two-week vacation with a plane trip at the beginning and at the end to a lot of shorter vacations throughout the year.

Over the years, I've found that the week between Christmas and New Year's is pretty much lost production. Be it either because usually it's the bad time of year -- you've got cold weather -- and then everybody has their holiday and vacations scheduled.

Robust demand for cruise vacations continued into our seasonally strong summer period. Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North American brands, more than compensated for increases in fuel costs, resulting in higher profits and another record third quarter,

We purchased this and other artwork during our cruise vacations over the years either from Princess Cruises or their parent company Carnival Corporation. I don't even know anymore if any of the artwork they sold us is original or they are worth anything. As far as I'm concerned they might all be worthless fake pieces of colored paper. I won't be surpised if these cruise ship art auctions with cheap glasses of champagne turn out to be a big multi million dollar scam.

With the extraordinary support of our guests, we sold out all six 2005 cruises in record time. This strong demand gives us the opportunity to continue to create even more new and exciting vacations for 2007 and beyond.

We don't know how much is lost by people having a bad perception: losses in retirees, business relocations, vacations and people passing through who decide they don't want to come back here.

We're trying to find a way to reach newer folks that haven't cruised before that want to take multiple vacations during the year. This gives them the option of taking a four- and five-day (cruise). Four-day is over the weekend, so you only lose a couple days of work. Five-day gives us the opportunity to go a little bit deeper into new ports of call.

The Grand Princess is going to have the first wedding chapel at sea where the captain can actually marry you and you can have your reception on board. The choices on board these ships are second-to-none, and I would challenge any resort vacation to deliver the type of vacations that these new grand-class ships are going to deliver.

We have about 50 out, but it's been one thing after another getting them to practice whether it's been vacations or no rides. Other than that, it's been pretty good.

Whatever your taste, US Airways Vacations will continue to offer customers a complete travel experience, including airfare, hotels, car rentals, entertainment and adventures -- to suit every vacation style.

We tell the kids (that) family is the most important (thing). So, some are on vacations and doing family things.

We sincerely apologize to those guests whose vacations have been impacted by these voyage cancellations, ... This inconvenience ... will provide desperately needed housing for thousands of individuals affected by this tragedy.

Cruising is one of the safest vacations available, with an outstanding record that demonstrates the industry's commitment to safety and security.

Cruising is and has been one of the most safe vacations that you can engage in and will remain so.

Prom and spring break is coming up. Spring break is next week and prom for us is in like one or two more months and we know there's gonna be after parties, there's gonna be vacations where they're going and drinking. We just don't want something bad to happen like one of them get hurt or die because they made a wrong choice.

People planned to drive less and expected to change their driving habits. They figure out ways to make vacations happen.

Spas associated with golf resorts enable families to take vacations all can enjoy. What's happening is that more and more wives are beginning to take up the game while on holiday, while the husbands are availing themselves of the spa facilities.

Aquariums are popular because they fill what people are looking for in a vacation. There has been a trend toward family-oriented vacations and traditional type of vacations. People also want their vacations to have an educational component that is disguised as fun. When you are doing a big downtown revitalization project, it makes sense to have a flagship attraction that you can build around.

There's a lot of things going on. You can have a dozen different kinds of vacations in Puerto Rico.

For four days there were warnings that the hurricane was going to make a direct hit, and the king of vacations at his ranch only said, 'You must flee,' ... He did not say how.

Everyone is gearing up, checking their finances and insurance. Fall coincides with that back-to-school mentality. The summer vacations are over now and it's time to square up and roll up your sleeves.

Summer is always a slow job-cut time. Management is away, and vacations are going on,

Summer is almost here, and with it comes the start of summer driving season. All across the nation consumption of fuel increases in all forms. Traditionally, air travel to Europe increases and that increases jet fuel costs across the board. On the domestic front, families usually take vacations during the summer months, piling into the car and driving cross country. And outdoor recreation adds to the demand.

Once Disneyland and Universal Studios became two-day attractions, we began competing with retail, the beach and other activities on the third day. People aren't taking longer vacations or spending more money, so that made it real rough for us.

In the '20s they were telling us we'd all have our own private plane and take vacations to the moon.

In short, they sold dream vacations that turned out to be nightmares. Hundreds of unwary consumers got caught in the odious trip trap.

If I can't turn around and see home, I've gone too far. My wife (Connie) has been on lots of vacations -- Alaska, Hawaii; but she's gone on her own. I don't like to leave Pulaski County very much.

The true 'Lilly girl' is someone who vacations four times a year. By having resort, we give her a chance to spruce up and brighten up her wardrobe.

The destinations and features are great for those interested in taking quality vacations for a long time to come.

The link between stress and vacation levels is interesting. Do the results mean that executives who take longer vacations feel less stressed? Or is it that the less stressed they feel, the more vacation they are able to take? Either way, the differences in holiday patterns around the world are huge, with Thailand's business leaders taking an extremely low number of vacation days compared to many others.

I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.

It (Unemployment Insurance) provides prepaid vacations for a segment of our country which has made it a way of life