I think it's also false for the U.S., but the "major vacation" is for most people not a skiing junket to the Alps, or even a week at Disney World, but a few day

I think it's also false for the U.S., but the "major vacation" is for most people not a skiing junket to the Alps, or even a week at Disney World, but a few days at a nearby KOA, or long weekend at the hunting camp, or at a regional amusement park. There's still a middle class in this country, and it still takes vacations. It just doesn't leave its home state very often.