Originally Posted By: xbanker
For the extra-cautious, turn off natural gas at the meter (unless of course, hot water heater/furnace will remain on.)

They always say that you need to call the gas company to turn the gas back on. Is that what you do when coming back from vacation? If everyone going on vacation for Christmas needed someone to come out and turn their gas back on, that would be a huge headache for the gas company.