CMJ: Vacation
- Eric Chappe's review: "the Go-Go's have demonstrated they've got what it takes to stick around for a long while."
- http://www.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=8646

AMG All Music Guide: Vacation
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "the album had an appealing, radio-ready sound, but it was at the expense of the giddy sense of fun.." 3 stars.
- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Ao267gjurj6ix

Rolling Stone: Vacation
- Ken Tucker's review: "Vacation takes the same themes that made this group's debut album a Top Ten smash - dating, dancing and dishing the dirt - and turns these evanescent pleasures into passionate, even important, music." 4 stars.
- http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=67910&cf=342