Originally Posted by
MSP7ERB
I've never understood the value in purchasing vacation days. It takes a lot of money away from the paycheck just to add a few days to a vacation. I'll take the money now and just bid some days off around my existing vacation. What am I overlooking?
Some people don't have the seniority to guarantee those extra days off around their vacation. Some people like to have some extra days tagged on to use as IVDs throughout the year without cutting into their base 7 day award. Some people have a vacation week that splits bid periods so maybe they want to turn a 3/4 split into 2 longer VAC blocks of 5/6/7 days each.