I'm talking about taking a week _off_ off. For example leaving one job and having a gap before another one, or getting sacked and having a few weeks without wo

I'm talking about taking a week _off_ off. For example leaving one job and having a gap before another one, or getting sacked and having a few weeks without work, or moving town before you have something lined up, etc. Basically, being able to function without income for a nonzero period. I wouldn't want to use my holiday weeks looking for work more than a few times in my life even if I have quite a generous allowance (well, generous by 'normal people' standards, I find the idea of working >80% of the year quite odd)