I love to travel. A lot. Rather than taking days off here and there for doctors appointments and sleeping in like most people do, I save up my PTO so that I can take 1-2 weeks at a time for travel. I am planning on going on a trip with my family next month but I am wanting to take another trip about 2 months later. I took a 2 week international trip last October as well. I live in the U.S. where working adults just don't do this sort of thing often and I am a bit sheepish about being open about it because I have this idea they will see it as a liability and judge me as taking unnecessary time off. But I have the PTO and I have the money and in my eyes this is only logical. I don't believe in foregoing what gives me pleasure for the sake of being “professional” or not making stupid Americans jealous. I wish these assholes would just let me put in my PTO and not ask any questions since they clearly won't like the answer.