Do you take leave a few more days during festive season to avoid traffic jams?
By asxenon
@asxenon (1440)
Malaysia
September 13, 2010 12:30pm CST
Recently i just went back to my hometown which was 450km from where i am staying as we are having the Hari Raya holiday. My wife was not taking extra leave therefore we have to travel back during the peak hours.... our journey that would be just 5 hours in normal days took 9 hours in total... (3pm to 12am)
It was really tiring. Do you take additional leave during festive seasons like this in your country? I do think an additional leave of 1 or 2 days would be a lot better, at lease we would save almost half of the time traveling and would be also safer for all. What do you think?
3 responses
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
13 Sep 10
Yes, I do if and when possible. Some times, with the heavy workloads at the office, it is not possible, especially when many people start taking long holidays. But, I do not usually drive out of town during the holiday periods, with the roads and highways having heavy traffics.
@LaurenInLA (2270)
• United States
13 Sep 10
I usually try not to travel on holidays. If we want to go away to celebrate, we usually go away the weekend before or the weekend after the holiday specifically to avoid holiday traffic. We had to go away to take care of business on a holiday weekend a few years ago and the normal two hour trip took us almost 5 hours and that's when we said never again.
@asxenon (1440)
• Malaysia
13 Sep 10
Yup. I do agree that it is good to avoid travel during holiday season. We too plan not to go back during next year's holiday and instead stay here and go shopping :p
Then we would get the best out of both world... easier parking in shopping complex and also avoid the holiday traffic :D
@tkonlinevn (6427)
• Vietnam
14 Sep 10
If your works are not hurry, you should do it. I usually do that too. Traffic is very horrible here on holiday. So, I usually leave 1-2 days after the festival to avoid it.
