Value with work holidays!

Esqulax

Most of us who are on salary get an allocated amount of paid holiday per year, so it's nice to get good value out of them.

Due to the royal wedding in the coming year its possible to get 11 consecutive days off for an investment of 3 holiday days!

Here's how it works:

22nd April: Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
23rd-24th: Sat/Sun
25th: Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
26th-28th: Book these Off
29th - Royal Wedding (Bank Holiday)
30th-1st: Sat/Sun
2nd: MayDay (Bank Holiday)

A nice long getaway? more hours at a second job? Lots of things can be done in this time!

Now's the time to book it though before everyone cottons on!

BOGOF_Queen

Thanks for that - have already booked from the 29th April (the wedding) and go back Monday May 9th so taking 4 days holiday from work (2nd May being a Bank Holiday) and get 10 days off - my sis is coming back from Oz on the 29th for a month so have lots to catch up on.

kochi1

I booked the 3 days as soon as they announced it - got a mate coming over from the US that week. Looking forward to it.

lucylucky

As Sat/Sun are normal working days for a lot of people they would need to invest in more holidays.

nearlyrich

I booked it before the announcement as 29th is a big birthday for a friend of mine and Easter/Mayday was already good value now I get to keep a day of my leave for another time...

Esqulax

lucylucky wrote: »

As Sat/Sun are normal working days for a lot of people they would need to invest in more holidays.

this is true, i was kindof working on a 9-5 mon-fri salary assumption. Obviously it does depend on your job and industry

lucylucky

Esqulax wrote: »

this is true, i was kindof working on a 9-5 mon-fri salary assumption. Obviously it does depend on your job and industry

Sadly yes. I have in the past had a Friday and Monday bank holiday off but had to work the intervening Sat/Sun

hcb42

I always have this week off as it is birthday, and always goes into a long weekend for may day...this year, before wedding was announced, i relinquished it for my colleague!

LillythePink

It hasn't been decided if we are having the day as a bank holiday yet - they would be stupid (our States) if they went against what the UK has decided as we wouldn't be able to do any banking etc.

The bummer for me - I have deadlines on the 30th so with the 29th being a possible day off, I now have less days

The upside for us is, we get an extra day off on 9th May to celebrate our liberation from the Germans