Comments on: On vacation? Odds are, you’re checking email over and over and over and over … http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/on-vacation-odds-are-youre-checking-email-over-and-over-and-over-and-over/ The last honest travel site Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hapgood http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/on-vacation-odds-are-youre-checking-email-over-and-over-and-over-and-over/comment-page-1/#comment-13898 Hapgood Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:06:08 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=16572#comment-13898 I take solo vacations. I don't check my work e-mail, but checking my personal e-mail each night is very helpful in avoiding the inevitable loneliness that is one of the few drawbacks to solo travel (which is otherwise by far the best way to take a vacation). To call that "digital slavery" or "interrupting a vacation" is a sweeping generalization that isn't always correct or appropriate. However, I receive enough e-mail from work colleagues who are (supposedly) on vacation to know that there are indeed many "digital slaves." I take solo vacations. I don’t check my work e-mail, but checking my personal e-mail each night is very helpful in avoiding the inevitable loneliness that is one of the few drawbacks to solo travel (which is otherwise by far the best way to take a vacation).

To call that “digital slavery” or “interrupting a vacation” is a sweeping generalization that isn’t always correct or appropriate. However, I receive enough e-mail from work colleagues who are (supposedly) on vacation to know that there are indeed many “digital slaves.”

]]> By: jlawrence01 http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/on-vacation-odds-are-youre-checking-email-over-and-over-and-over-and-over/comment-page-1/#comment-13856 jlawrence01 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:44:03 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=16572#comment-13856 >>All of which makes me wonder if we’re raising a generation of digital slaves. Don’t laugh. Remember, these are people who are interrupting their vacations to check messages.<< Is it REALLY vacation if you are obliged to check your e-mails several times a day? Not in my book. I cannot believe the number of e-mails that I get from colleagues on vacation. >>All of which makes me wonder if we’re raising a generation of digital slaves. Don’t laugh. Remember, these are people who are interrupting their vacations to check messages.<<

Is it REALLY vacation if you are obliged to check your e-mails several times a day? Not in my book.

I cannot believe the number of e-mails that I get from colleagues on vacation.

]]> By: kevin http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/on-vacation-odds-are-youre-checking-email-over-and-over-and-over-and-over/comment-page-1/#comment-13819 kevin Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:40:30 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=16572#comment-13819 Exactly what is "pathetic" about staying in touch via emails, while on vacation? Would it be considered more pathetic, or less pathetic, than to call home, or write a postcard? I'm a fan of the technology myself. When I'm in the mood, I prefer to send a contemporaneous note, with or without a picture or two, from where ever I am at the time, over trying to find a postcard, a stamp, and a place to mail it, and then wonder if I will beat it home. Exactly what is “pathetic” about staying in touch via emails, while on vacation? Would it be considered more pathetic, or less pathetic, than to call home, or write a postcard? I’m a fan of the technology myself. When I’m in the mood, I prefer to send a contemporaneous note, with or without a picture or two, from where ever I am at the time, over trying to find a postcard, a stamp, and a place to mail it, and then wonder if I will beat it home.

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