Part of the story is that, for most of us, the annual holiday is pure escapism.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
So when some of the staff at her fledgling firm wanted bigger salaries she could not afford, she offered them an extra week of annual holiday instead.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There was a farmer's field next to our house and, every summer, the pit ponies would come up for their annual holiday.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)