All employees are given three weeks 'vacation'. [=they will be paid for 15 days that they do not work per year]
His parents have a beautiful 'vacation home' [=a house that someone lives in during vacations] by the lake.
She spent most of her 'long vacations' [=summer vacations] at her parents' house.
(..) tells me to go and arrest Lady Litton immediately, without a charge. I call him back, I find he's not in his office. Even stranger, I find he's gone away on vacation. Cato, things are very fishy in Denmark. Switzerland. Yes, there too. No more. No more. (..)1975 The Return of the Pink Panther
(..) What? Who? Oh. Yes, yes, okay, I'll accept it. Allô, Clouseau. No, he's not here. He's on vacation. He won't be back for a week. But I just spoke with him, and he instructed me to arrest Lady Litton immediately. What? Yes. That's very easy for you to say. (..)1975 The Return of the Pink Panther