I've mentioned this a time or two on other posts here, but where I work, you can request a vacation 5 years ahead of time if you wish, but they won't approve it until about a week or two before it takes place. I hold a job with very high turnover, and if the place is short of help during the time you want off, you can be denied just like that, even if you already have plane tickets or hotel reservations or whatever.... I've never lost a vacation like this yet, but last year, a whole bunch of people quit all at once, and to pull off TSD, I had to switch my weekend off with someone else, work all night Thursday (my Friday shift) and then drive 800 + miles to Poteau. I got there around 8:30 that night (Fri) after not sleeping for about 36 hours!
