Vacation days increase, unused

American workers, despite getting more vacation time from their employers, are taking less of it, according to a new poll from an online travel site.

The average U.S. worker will receive 14 vacation days this year -- two more than in 2005, according to the sixth annual Vacation Deprivation survey commissioned by Expedia.com and conducted by Harris Interactive. The same survey found that, on average, Americans will leave four vacation days unused this year, up from an average of three unused days in 2005.

But the deprivation is not across the board. The survey found that only one-third of U.S. workers do not use all their vacation days, which means two things: two-thirds of U.S. workers are using all their vacation days; and the increase in unused days is being borne by a minority of workers.

More than 2,300 U.S. workers, as well as more than 7,000 workers from other industrialized countries, were surveyed. Here are the average vacation days in each surveyed country: France, 39; Germany, 27; Great Britain, 24; Canada, 19; Australia, 17; and the United States, 14.