Booking a holiday takes time; you want to get a good price, make sure theres a decent range of activities, and make sure you can lounge around the pool.
So obviously youre going to have a browse or two while youre at work.
Dont worry, youre not alone as a new study revealed over 58% of Brits do the same.
Employees spend 29 minutes a week planning holidays, wasting over three working days every year, according to research by comparison website Finder.com.
Millennials especially are likely to be swayed by travel bloggers and influencers, with almost three quarters (74%) admitting theyre likely to plan the whole thing at work.
That doesnt compare to our Australian counterparts who clearly dont give a toss and spend 57 minutes a week looking for getaways.
While it might be saving you from cutting into your own time, it is costing your industry big bucks.
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On a national scale, it costs UK businesses £180 million in wages per week or £9.3 billion annually, with 125 million working days lost on holiday planning.
And theres a difference between how much men and women search too.
Male employees are more likely to be distracted by their holiday whims as 63% regularly check out potential trips compared to 52% of women.
Men also spend 33 minutes a week looking for good deals while women spend 26. Well, at least theyre not watching porn in the office.
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Londoners are the most ballsy when it comes to sneaky surfing as they lose 39 minutes of work time every week (thats probably because of the number of easily accessible airports in the city).
The West Midlands follow London, spending 34 minutes while East Anglians lose the smallest amount of time at just 21 minutes per week.
Scottish workers are too busy enjoying their work to be making social plans on the job as 46% admitted to never browsing in the office.
Anyway, time for our weekly Skyscanner search.
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