Sentences with phrase «count as a vacation»

While it doesn't technically count as a vacation, the opportunity to explore a foreign country means that every weekend you wake up on vacation.

Not exact matches

Just as you take vacations from work, your meticulous calorie counting needs a rest as well.

I used strawberry Voskos Greek yogurt and added sliced bananas as a topper along with slightly sweet real whipped cream (when on vacation we don't count calories — lol!).

Rangel, who will now embark on a 21st term, had counted on the loyalty of the Harlem community as he faces a public trial for allegedly failing to pay taxes on a vacation home in the Dominican Republic, keeping multiple rent - stabilized apartments and conducting improper fundraising, among other House ethics charges.

Jim Flynn argued the budget contained instances of double counting of taxes and did not include items such as vacation pay and the contracted union furlough, which was part of last year's budget controversy.

Among the key reasons cited by the Assembly and the ECA for adopting a June primary date are that, in their view: an August primary would result in reduced turnout because many voters vacation during that month; identifying and training sufficient poll workers would be very difficult during a prime vacation period; schools, which are often used as poll sites, are frequently closed and unstaffed during the summer; and that, given the myriad tasks that must be completed to prepare and transmit ballots, as well as the inevitable delays caused by administrative challenges, machine malfunctions and counting of paper ballots, setting a June date would ensure better compliance with UOCAVA's 45 - day ballot transmission requirement.

This counted as my most «fancy» outfit and I wore it (for dinner with friends in Yaletown which was as fancy as our vacation got) mostly because I wanted to get some use out of this blazer; I love it, but it was completely unnecessary on this trip.

While Rene keeps in regular contact with Therese and Michi counts down the days until his return with an advent calendar, Dennis struggles to get over his losses, even as he is shown generosity by Olga (Sally Hawkins), a Russian housekeeper for vacationing dentists.

Writing in the Sept. 15 issue of Education Week, school expert Alfie Kohn describes today's schools as institutions in which students «count off the hours remaining until dismissal, the days until the weekend, the weeks until vacation.»

As teachers around the country are counting down the days to summer breaks (and hopefully vacations!)

SALT LAKE CITY — Just as students and teachers count down the days until summer vacation, school district employees who clean schools, conduct maintenance and keep the grounds tidy are hard at work to meet a different deadline: the start of the academic year.

Vacation or leave time provided by your employer is counted as hours worked in determining whether you are a full - time employee.

In a paper titled «If Money Doesn't Make You Happy, You Probably Aren't Spending It Right,» researchers conclude that many small delights make us happier than a few large ones, noting that «it may be better to indulge in a variety of frequent, small pleasures — double lattes, uptown pedicures, and high thread - count socks — rather than pouring money into large purchases, such as sports cars, dream vacations, and front - row concert tickets.»

If you decide to buy a vacation home and you take out $ 250,000 to pay for it, that's counted as income for that year any you will be in the 33 % tax bracket.

Your spending on flights with Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3 partner airlines that are ticketed through a Delta channel (the ticket number will begin with «006») count toward MQDs as well as certain specialty tickets such as bulk, consolidator or other vacation packages.

The following do not count as qualifying purchases and are excluded from the offer: (i) Charter flights and private jet flights; (ii) any flight purchased as part of a vacation package or through a third party (including agents for travel suppliers); (iii) Sky Mall purchases and (iv) Boingo wireless internet purchases.

Statement credits are possible only for travel purchases made in the last 180 days — the purchase categories that count as «travel» are: commercial airline tickets, hotel rooms, car rentals, cruises, tour operators, vacation packages booked through airlines, travel agents, online travel sites, and commuter transportation including ferries, passenger railways, taxis, limousines and charter / tour bus lines.

Stays with Holiday Inn Resorts ® and Holiday Inn Club Vacations ® will be counted as Holiday Inn for Fast Track.

But not all vacation rentals count as travel.

Experience a next - level vacation experience as you wake up each morning to a magnificent view, between high thread count sheets atop a premium mattress, with the modern amenities of a world - class hotel.

As a small family owned property management company we feel blessed that we have so many returning guests who have come to trust and count on us over the years to assist in providing large vacation rental properties, large beach homes, and beach home rentals by owner, with their precious family time together.

The arbitrator concluded that according to their collective agreement, the nurses could not count their time as casual employees in determining vacation time once they became permanent employees.

Fortunately Volusia County hasn't had any fatalities from these attacks, but most people would agree that it still counts as a pretty dangerous vacation destination.

Now I'm going to have to go through my old vacation photos and see if I've got stuff that would count as a drive by from another country.