How to get a 16-day holiday by booking just eight days off
Plan your getaways around this handy guide
The good thing about bank holidays is mainly this: you do not have to go to work on them (for the most part).
However, another good thing about them is that if you pick the right days to take off work, then you can exploit where they fall and end up getting huge long stretches of time off, while only taking a few days out of your annual leave. Very sneaky, yes, but completely legal and they can’t sack you, which is something you can scream through an empty loo roll as you leave the office before you jet off.
Thankfully, Health and Fitness Travel have taken a look at the coming year and nipped together a handy little guide to getting the most out of your holiday, and we’ve stuck it below, for ya. Enjoy!
2018
Days taken off: 4
Days off in a row: 11
Days to book off: 24th, 27th, 28th & 31st December
Bank holidays: 25th, 26th December & 1st January
2019
April
Days taken off: 8
Days off in a row: 16
Days to book off: 15th – 18th April & 23rd – 26th April
Bank holidays: 19th & 22nd April
May
Days taken off: 4
Days off in a row: 9
Days to book off: 7th – 10th May
Bank holidays: 6th May
Days taken off: 4
Days off in a row: 9
Days to book off: 28th – 31st May
Bank holidays: 27th May
August
Days taken off: 4
Days off in a row: 9
Days to book off: 27th – 30th August
Bank holidays: 26th August
December
Days taken off: 5
Days off in a row: 12
Days to book off: 23rd, 24th, 27th, 30th & 31st December
Bank holidays: 25th, 26th December & 1st January
Good that, in’t it? All sorted for next year now - you’re the one in the office that won’t stop smugging about hacking the bank holiday, well done you. Keep going on about it, about how you’ve beaten the system, are winning at life, have conquered the man. Do it until nobody likes you! Doesn’t matter when you’re on a beach! Who needs ‘em!
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