How To Get 62 Days Off Using Only 26 Days Annual Leave In 2022
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We get a bonus Bank Holiday next year thanks to the Queen
Pirates, want to maximise your annual leave in 2022?
We've done the leg work for you so that if you book off the right days (before your colleagues do) you can enjoy 62 days off work using only 26 days annual leave.
Of course not everyone gets so many days off, so even if you can only book some of these, you'll still be winning.
Get your calendars out and let's goooo.
Details
You can maximise your time away from the office by combining Bank Holidays with weekends.
January: Take four days off to get nine
Monday the 3rd is a bank holiday. If you take off the four days afterwards (4-7 January), you'll get nine days off in a row using only four days annual leave (1-9 January off)
February: None
March: None
April: Take eight days off to get 16
If you take off the four days before Good Friday Bank Holiday (11-14 April) and the four days after Easter Monday Bank Holiday (19-22 April) you can have 16 days off in a row using only eight days annual leave (9-24 April off)
May: Take four days off to get nine
Monday the 2nd is a bank holiday. If you take off the four days afterwards (3-6 May), you'll get nine days off in a row using only four days annual leave (30 April-8 May)
June: Take three days off to get nine
June next year is special - thanks to the Queen, there is a bonus bank holiday to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The powers that be also moved the late Spring Bank Holiday to create a 4-day weekend
So, Thursday-Friday 2-3 June are bank holidays. Book off the three days before (30-31 May and 1 June) and you'll have nine days off in a row using only three days annual leave (28 May-5 June)
July: None
August: Take four days off to get nine
Monday the 29th is a bank holiday. If you take off the four days afterwards (30 August-2 September), you'll get nine days off in a row using only four days annual leave (27 August-4 September)
September: None
October: None
November: None
December: Take three days off to get 10
The festive period certainly provides the most bang for your buck
Christmas Day is Sunday 25th December and Boxing Day is Monday 26th December, however, as Christmas Day is on a weekend, 26th-27th December are the bank holidays. New Year's Day Bank Holiday is Monday 2nd January (yes, we dipped into 2023 but it won't affect your 2022 days off)
If you book off the three days in between (28-30 December), you can get a whopping 10 days off in a row (24 December-2 January)
So there we go pirates, 62 days off using only 26 days annual leave.
Published by
Mad_Dog_Daniel
Thursday, 15 July 2021
18:30:47
Thanks for working this out, some great breaks there so will show my family and friends.
Unfortunately my son doesn’t get bank holidays it’s just an annual allowance so he won’t benefit from this.
The Government department I worked in put all major holidays on a rota. You put your wish list in - especially Christmas and hoped for the best, not everyone got the time off 
I've just forwarded this to some of my family as very useful for planning next years holidays, thanks for sharing.
I have just sent this to my boss, not sure what the out come will be…
A. She ignores it
B. She agrees to it
C. I get fired!
I have an office job Most of this works for me. As my kids are grown up I usually book the august bank holiday off for 2 weeks and use less holidays. Same for Christmas.
I’m lucky though with my job. This is a good post where you can use it
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