I have friends who work for the government. They seem to have enough money to travel around the world. It was a tour of western Europe this year, Peru last year and Mexico the year before. That doesn't include the small Argentine holidays or the weekend they spent in New York previously.
I don't really discuss politics with them for obvious reasons, so I have no Idea how easy it was for them to get the money.
I should add none of them have a family to support etc. Still they seem to be on holiday a lot more than my Uk friends.