This week's kinda weird, but kinda interesting, news release, is from some kind of travel venture encouraging people to use their furlough days to take vacations. My first reaction: Are they nuts?
Read the link provided in the release here.
In case you've missed out on learning this new "F" word (and I'm jealous if you have) furlough is the term companies are using when they lay off employees for a short amount of time. Employees are on "furlough." And just like being laid off, workers don't get paid while on furlough.
This will be a history class vocab word for our kids and grand kids, I'm sure.
So why in the world would someone go out and spend money on a vacation when they aren't making any money?
But there are a few suggestions among this marketing pitch that I thought deserved some praise: the idea of house-swapping with someone wanting to do their own "furcation" (their word, not mine) and visiting a city close to home.
So what do you think? Is it smart to use time laid off from work to travel? Or is it time to wake up and realize travel is a luxury you just can't afford?
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