45% of respondents reported bringing a laptop on vacation, and more than 75% reported bringing a cell phone. Only 10% reported bringing a PDA.

One-third of respondents reported checking email every day, another third at least every two or three days while on vacation, while the final third claim never to have checked it at all.

About a third of the respondents also checked their voice mail every two or three days while the rest didn't check it at all.

Just over half of the respondents used an online map program or other web resource(s) to help plan their trip, and the same percentage bought tickets or made reservations online. 10% reported using a Global Positioning System device while on vacation.

One person denied bringing any fancy technological gadgets along on vacation whatsoever and claimed not to have checked email or voice mail at all, saying "I only used a pay phone a handful of times, and I looked at a few web pages a couple times."

Another person explained, "Although I am a laptop user, the only IT item I ever take along is my cell phone—turned off and used for outgoing emergency calls only. You can't call it a vacation if you're checking in with the office every day!"

And finally, one respondent plaintively wondered "What vacation?"

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