100 Vacation Quotes That Prove Everyone Deserves A Few Days Off
It's time to relax (and unplug!)
YourTango 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.
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.”
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!”
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.”
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
“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?
21. “After a while, just staying alive becomes a full-time job. No wonder we need a vacation.” — Michael Zadoorian
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.”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.”
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
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.
81. “Traveling unveils new dimensions of this world not known to the naked eye.” — Wayne Chirisa
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
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
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
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
Isabell Tenorio is a writer who covers astrology, pop culture, love and relationship topics.