(ABC News) — Forget that week-long cruise, drive through the national parks or journey to London. These days Americans are taking shorter trips — mostly extended weekends — and leaving a large chunk of their paid vacation days unused. Americans already have fewer paid vacation days than their European counterparts, but now comes news that only 57 percent of people here are taking all of their vacation time. “People are fearful for their jobs. They want to stay there and work but they also need the money,” said John Wright, a senior vice president at the research firm Ipsos. “They don’t want to miss out on anything at work because they don’t want to fall behind or lose their job or something like that.” Ipsos teamed up with Reuters to look at where workers were more likely to use all of their vacation days. Read more.

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Americans Afraid to Take Full Vacations