Getting the most out of your annual leave in 2023
Having time off work is important for everyone and squeezing the most out of it that you possibly can. Here we look at a few ways to schedule time off around the 2023 Bank Holidays and enable you to get more time off without eating into your annual leave allowance for the year too much.
We start off with....
April
There’s the opportunity here to schedule a long 10-day break by strategically booking just a few days of annual leave. This is because Easter falls on April 7 (Good Friday) and April 10 (Easter Monday) in 2023 and will create the ideal length of time to eat your bodyweight in Easter Eggs.
Days to book off:
Monday 3rd April
Tuesday 4th April
Wednesday 5th April
Thursday 6th April
May – June
At the start of summer, by taking advantage of the three May bank holidays, there’s an opportunity to enjoy ten consecutive days off at the beginning and nine consecutive days off towards the end, by booking just four days of annual leave. The first sees your holiday kick off from Saturday 29 April until Monday 8 May, with the second beginning on Saturday 27 May and finishing Sunday 4 June.
Days to book off:
Tuesday 2nd May
Wednesday 3rd May
Thursday 4th May
Friday 5th May
Tuesday 30th May
Wednesday 31st May
Thursday 1st June
Friday 2nd June
August – September
Later on in the summer, you can take advantage of the August bank holiday and bag yourself another nine days of annual leave, from Saturday 26 August to Sunday 3 September, by booking just four days off and allow yourself some extra time to squeeze a few BBQ's in before the summer comes to a close.
Days to book off:
Tuesday 29th August
Wednesday 30th August
Thursday 31th August
Friday 1st September
December
Lastly, at the end of the year, you can make the most of the festive period by enjoying a 10-day break by requesting just three days of annual leave. This will give you some time to get through all those chocolates you inevitably get for Christmas every year. You’ll be away from 23 December to 2 January and be ready to tackle the New Year after a nice, chilled post Christmas break.
Days to book off:
Wednesday 27th December
Thursday 28th December
Friday 29th December
Check out our youtube shorts video below - How to get 47 days of holiday for only 19 days annual leave!
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sorted byReally useful post. thnak you.
Those who work bank holidays will have to book the bank holidays off also to get any of these lengthy periods mentioned
So in my case, I get 39 days holiday, lose 7 for Christmas/New Year, and have to choose when I want the rest.
I appreciate someone doing the working out for me.
I should post a tik tok video! (edited)
anyone who doesn't work weekends can take a friday or monday off to make a longer weekend. if someone hasn't realised that by now they are beyond help
anyone who doesn't get those days off automatically would need to book those days off plus the other days, and there's no mention or disclaimer about this in the first post, it's just based on a presumption of people getting those days off, and also a further presumption of people working a 5 day week. it literally doesn't help anyone get any more holidays than they are due
Now my colleagues have found out so we have to rotate.
if she tried a trick like this, got rejected because she wanted holidays others had taken, then she would need to put another request on the second day of the year after being told she'd been rejected... by that point she'd have lost any chance at getting school holidays at all for that year. (edited)
Unless ofc you have kids then it's just stressful regardless, might aswell work extra and hide. (edited)