I take two weeks PAID in the summer and one week PAID during xmas, but during xmas, with xmas day, and new years day, I usually end up only taking 4 days. So far, all the families I've taken in have christmas off anyways. And I have four paid sick days. But now that I'm reading all these answers, I'm wondering if I don't take enough haha however, mine are paid for. There's something in my manual about 4% vacation...I got it from someone else I know that puts that in their manual. I couldn't explain it though lol it seems to make everyone happy. I give 2 months notice for my two weeks during the summer so the parents can work their vacation around mine. It ends up being pretty good for me. I think there is one month the whole year where there isn't a STAT (I take all those - PAID) so each month, I get a three day weekend, and then at xmas I get a week at xmas and 2 weeks at summer. About the same as i would get at a normal job, but with this job, I'm at home to begin with, so I am on a semi-permenant vacation lol as long as the parents and kids dont stress me the F out, then I don't really feel like I'm working