Do your parents pay for vacation days? I don't charge for days I am closed and would never ask a family to pay for days I am not working (stats are paid though). My contract doesn't specify how many days off I will take every year but I usually only take 10 days a year. Never really enough but I never seem to be able to save up enough money to take unpaid days. I say all the power to you if you can take 5 weeks a year! Oh how I wish I could.