Also, lots of travel is based around life events. I can’t control the fact that funerals and weddings can happen at any time of year.
Funerals are bereavement leave from school so you don’t need to worry.
I feel like 90% of midwesterners would be agreeing with me…
Other people's family and friends will have multiple destination weddings, etc.
Still suspect it's not a major component, kids can only have so many grandparents after all.
Some of the “meh, missing two weeks a year for vacations isn’t a big deal” attitudes in this thread are very surprising to me, also as a midwesterner.