100 Vacation Quotes That Prove Everyone Deserves A Few Days Off

It's time to relax (and unplug!)

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Since quarantine started, all that is on our minds is getting through the workday and making sure we aren’t missing out on anything. It’s about time we need a break (like a real break — not just binge-watching Netflix all day).

We all deserve a little vacation at the moment because staying inside is really getting old.

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So whether you're taking a few days of paid time off of work and heading to the beach or spending the long weekend hiking a mountain, here's a collection of the best vacation quotes that prove everyone deserves a little time off for rest and relaxation.

Funny Quotes About Vacation

The point of going on vacation is to enjoy yourself, and that means laughing once in a while. So here are some funny quotes about vacation that are sure to put a smile on your face.

1. “There should be sympathy cards for having to go back to work after vacation.”

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2. “Reality called, so I hung up.”

3. “I wish travel therapy was covered by my health insurance.”

4. “Isn’t it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?” — Zig Ziglar

5. “It’s bad manners to let a vacation wait!”

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6. “Airports: the only place where drinking 8 AM is socially acceptable.”

7. “I love my job only when I’m on vacation.”

8. “My goal is to hit the gym every day I’m on vacation. Usually, I just end up sleeping and drinking beer.” — Gary Allan

9. “Running to the gate is my cardio.”

10. “A plane ticket is the answer. Who cares what the question is.”

11. “Going on a trip. Need about 5 outfits. I’ve packed 35 just to be safe.”

12. “TIP: You won’t get the holiday blues if you just keep booking holidays.”

13. “Can we just skip to the part in my life where I travel the world?”

14. “If anyone is Christmas shopping for me, I wear a size 7-day Caribbean cruise.”

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15. “You can’t make everyone happy. You are not a plane ticket.”

16. “Vacation calories don’t count.”

17. “I’ve got 99 problems. But I am on vacation and I am ignoring them all!”

18. “Yeah, working is great…but have you tried traveling.”

19. “I followed my heart and it led me to the airport.”

20. “No matter what fabulous place I visit, I don’t feel like I’m on vacation unless I’m dehydrated and covered with sunscreen.” — Chelsea Cain

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“I Need A Vacation” Quotes

Sometimes we are working so hard that we need a reminder to take a break — life isn’t always about just working hard. Here are some good reasons why a vacation is what you need to feel better and work harder. Maybe some you can use some of these "I need a vacation!" quotes on your boss to convince them to give you a little time off?

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21. “After a while, just staying alive becomes a full-time job. No wonder we need a vacation.” — Michael Zadoorian

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22. “Taking a vacation can actually increase the likelihood of getting a raise or a promotion.” — Shawn Achor

23. “I need a vacation, not a stupid weekend.”

24. “I just need a large coffee, a plane ticket, and a bag full of cash.”

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25. “I need vitamin SEA.”

26. “I need a vacation so long, I forget all my passwords!”

27. “I feel like most of my problems could be solved with a trip to … anywhere.”

28. “I googled my symptoms. Turns out I just needed to go on a vacay.”

29. “I need a six-month vacation, twice a year.”

30. “Life’s short. Eat dessert first, work less, and vacation MORE!!” — Lea Mishell

31. “Neglecting vacation is neglecting success because every success needs accumulated positive energy!” — Mehmet Murat ildan

32. “Vacations mean a change of pace, a gentleness with ourselves, a time of rest and renewal, and a time to stretch ourselves and encounter new people, new lands, new ways, and new options.” — Anne Wilson Schaef

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33. “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.” — Michael Palin

34. “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal” — Paulo Coelho

35. “Vacations are necessities, not luxuries.” — Linda Bloom

36. “An upcoming vacation gives us something to eagerly anticipate.” — Jaime Kurtz

37. “A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking.” — Earl Wilson

38. “No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.” — Elbert Hubbard

39. “Some of your best ideas come when you’re on vacation.” — Gautam Singhania

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40. “Think about it; how do you feel when you are planning a vacation? You feel excited and happy. Your stress level is diminished, and this also affects your work in a positive way.” — John Morgan

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Vacation Quotes From Celebrities

Celebrities and famous icons definitely know a thing or two about the importance of taking a vacation, so here are some famous vacation quotes from celebs to inspire you to take time off.

41. “Once a year, go somewhere you’ve never been before.” — The Dalai Lama

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42. “I can’t control the wind but I can adjust the sail.” — Ricky Skaggs

43. “Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

44. “People don’t take trips. . . trips take people.” — John Steinbeck

45. “When you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom.” — Jack Antonoff

46. “One of the biggest challenges about going on vacation is planning the trip.” — Paul Brodie

47. “My favorite place to vacation is anyplace by the ocean.” — Nina Arianda

48. “A vacation helps to relieve stress and boredom, gives us a change of scenery, provides us with adventure, and helps to bring us closer to the people in our lives.” — E. S. Woods

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49. “All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

50. “As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was about to happen.” — A. A. Milne

51. “Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul.” — Jamie Lyn Beatty Thi

52. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” — Chief Seattle

53. “Adventure is worthwhile.” — Aesop

54. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference.” — Robert Frost

55. “A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking.” — Earl Wilson

56. “Vacations mean a change of pace, a gentleness with ourselves, a time of rest and renewal, and a time to stretch ourselves and encounter new people, new lands, new ways, and new options.” — Anne Wilson Schaef

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57. “After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.” — Kenneth Grahame

58. “When all else fails, take a vacation.” — Betty Williams

59. “In matters of healing the body or the mind, vacation is a true genius!” — Mehmet Murat Ildan

60. “I'd rather have a rock in my pocket than a label on my shoe.” — Ross Caligiuri

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Inspirational Vacation Quotes

Sometimes we need a push in the right direction, even when it comes to taking time off for that much-needed vacation. Here are some inspirational quotes about vacation to motivate you to go somewhere new — it just might be your new favorite spot on the map.

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61. “Vacations mean a change of pace, a gentleness with ourselves, a time of rest and renewal, and a time to stretch ourselves and encounter new people, new lands, new ways, and new options.” — Anne Wilson Schaef

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62. “Vacation must be more than a word if it is meant to provide a total change of scenery and mindset. While it is recognized that the ideal vacation varies from person to person, or family to family, a vacation should always provide the absence of stress and regeneration of the spirit.” — Byron Pulsifer

63. “A proper vacation does three things. It takes you away from the stresses and demands of your daily life; it gives your body time to heal and rejuvenate; and, it invigorates your mind by returning you to your natural rhythm.” — Sage Wilcox

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64. “Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.” — Maya Angelou

65. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust

66. “People don’t take trips; trips take people.” — John Steinbeck

67. “The gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” — Sir Richard Burton

68. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” — Anita Desai

69. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” — Rachel Wolchin

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70. “Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” — Caroline Myss

71. “If you have lost your clarity and purpose, a vacation is a great way to find it again.” — David Fuller

72. “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

73. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” — Henry Miller

74. “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” — Jack Kerouac

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75. “I love places that make you realize how tiny you and your problems are.”

76. “It isn’t how much time you spend somewhere that makes it memorable: it’s how you spend the time.” — David Brenner

77. “Travel not to find yourself but to remember who you’ve been all along.”

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78. “Time flies. It’s up to you to be the navigator.” — Robert Orben

79. “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats

80. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust

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Wanderlust Quotes About Traveling For Vacation

The difference between vacation and traveling is the amount of work you put in, but both give the same wonderful wanderlust feeling! Take a look at some of the best wanderlust quotes about traveling for vacation to inspire you to take in the world around you.

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81. “Traveling unveils new dimensions of this world not known to the naked eye.” — Wayne Chirisa

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82. “The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist!” — Russell Baker

83. “I travel a lot, I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” — Caskie Stinnett

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84. “A wise man travels to discover himself.” — James Russell Lowell

85. “To travel is to live.” — Hans Christian Anderson

86. “Traveling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” — Ibn Battuta

87. “Only the traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home and enables me to enjoy it better.” — Henry David Thoreau

88. “I would like to spend my whole life traveling, if I could borrow another life to spend at home.” — William Hazlitt

89. “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” — Hilaire Belloc

90. “A travel adventure has no substitute. It is the ultimate experience, your one big opportunity for flair.” — Rosalind Massow

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91. “Investment in travel is an investment in yourself.” — Matthew Karsten

92. “I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven’t seen, how much I’m not going to see, and how much I still need to see.” — Carew Papritz

93. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” — Gustave Flaubert

94. “Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.” — Peter Hoeg

95. “When a man is a traveler, the world is his house and the sky is his roof, where he hangs his hat is his home, and all the people are his family.” — Drew Bundini Brown

96. “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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97. “Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves.” — Euripides

98. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” — Aldous Huxley

99. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” — Seneca

100. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

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Isabell Tenorio is a writer who covers astrology, pop culture, love and relationship topics.