Instead of going to a resort on your vacation and hanging around a hotel, they can do something like the Appalachia program.

That ministry is the most humbling experience I've ever had.

Things like that, eating in community, are a very big part of the Franciscan order. It's just tremendously rewarding, trying to embody the works of St. Francis in modern society, giving to those in need.

A vacation is a sunburn at premium prices

[Let's say you're negotiating with a prospective employer.] What's most important to you? ... A signing bonus? Vacation? Job title? Figure that out and you'll know what you can yield on.

Really. Is there anything nice to be said about other people's vacations?