{"id":84040,"date":"2023-10-08T13:59:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T13:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/?p=84040"},"modified":"2023-10-08T13:59:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T13:59:17","slug":"the-2024-holiday-hack-how-to-get-46-days-off-by-booking-only-23-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/travel\/the-2024-holiday-hack-how-to-get-46-days-off-by-booking-only-23-days\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2024 holiday hack: How to get 46 days off by booking only 23 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The ultimate 2024 holiday hack: How to get 50 days off work by booking only 27 days of annual leave<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Full list of the best dates to book off in order to maximise your annual leave\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How to turn just 27 days off into 50 throughout the year\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not matter how many days of annual leave you have at work, it never feels like enough&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, there&#8217;s a clever trick that lets you double the amount of annual leave you can take &#8211; turning 27 days into whopping 50.<\/p>\n<p>The secret to making it work is to plan around bank holidays in order to maximise your time off, a trick especially useful for parents during those tricky school holidays.<\/p>\n<p>There will be eight public bank holidays next year and the average worker who does a five-day week gets at least 28 days\u2019 paid annual leave a year.<\/p>\n<p>By booking days off on either side of bank holidays, you&#8217;ll get a longer stretch of time off, giving you more chance to plan a much-needed getaway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/10\/76197133-12593937-image-a-1_1696497250742.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a clever hack that will allow you to double the amount of annual leave you take and turn just 21 days into 49<\/p>\n<h2>Bank holiday dates 2024<\/h2>\n<p>Monday, January 1: New Year&#8217;s Day<\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 29: Good Friday<\/p>\n<p>Monday, April 1: Easter Monday<\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 6: Early May bank holiday<\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 27: Spring bank holiday<\/p>\n<p>Monday, August 26: Summer bank holiday<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, December 25: Christmas Day<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, December 26: Boxing Day<\/p>\n<h2>Which Easter dates should I book off?<\/h2>\n<p>First, you will need to book off four days of holiday around Easter, to get two weeks off in a row.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Good Friday will be on March 29th and Easter Monday will be on April 1st.<\/p>\n<p>You should book off Monday March 25th, Tuesday 26th, Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th.<\/p>\n<p>Also book off April 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th &#8211; this will give you a whopping two weeks off for Easter, while only using eight days of leave.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to use eight days at once, you could just book off the four March dates and you would still get ten days off.<\/p>\n<p>You would leave work on Friday 22nd March and wouldn&#8217;t return to the office until Tuesday April 2nd.<\/p>\n<h2>Which May dates should I book off?\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>To make the most of May&#8217;s bank holidays, you should book off May 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th.<\/p>\n<p>This will give you nine days off including weekends, leaving work on Friday 3rd and not coming back until Monday 13th.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you could book off May 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st following the bank holiday on May 27th.<\/p>\n<p>This will also give you nine consecutive days off.<\/p>\n<h2>Which August dates should I book off?\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>You can enjoy a week off in summer, which is enough time to jet off on holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Simply book off the days following the summer bank holiday which are August 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th.<\/p>\n<p>If you want even more time off, you can book the previous week off as well to get two weeks of relaxation time.<\/p>\n<h2>Which Christmas dates should I book off?\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>To maximise your time off in the festive period, you should use any remaining balance you have to book off December 23rd, 24th, 27th, 30th and 31st.<\/p>\n<p>You should also try to book January 2nd and 3rd 2025 if you can.<\/p>\n<p>This allows you sixteen days break to kick back and enjoy Christmas with your family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You will leave the office on Friday December 20th and won&#8217;t be back to work until January 6th 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>Full list of the best dates to book off\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>March 25th, March 26th, March 27th, March 28th<\/li>\n<li>April 2nd, April 3rd, April 4th, April 5th<\/li>\n<li>May 7th, May 8th, May 9th, May 10th <span>OR<\/span> May 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st<\/li>\n<li>August 27th, August 28th, August 29th, August 30th<\/li>\n<li>December 23rd, December 24th, December 27th, December 30th, December 31st<\/li>\n<li>January 2nd, January 3rd\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you choose just one round of the May dates, this totals 23 dates to book and in return you get a massive 46 days off work.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to book both rounds of May dates, that will use up 27 days of leave and get you 50 days off.<\/p>\n<p>Most Brits get at least 28 days annual leave per year so\u00a0you should even have some left over.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/article-12593937\/The-ultimate-2024-holiday-hack-50-days-work-booking-27-days-annual-leave.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ultimate 2024 holiday hack: How to get 50 days off work by booking only 27 days of annual leave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[653],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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