So, what do we need to do to achieve this?

Let’s break it down.

How to maximise your Easter break in 2022

Next year sees Good Friday fall on 15 April, and Easter Monday on 18 April. If your employer closes on weekends and bank holidays, this means that you can land yourself 10 days off work – using just four days of your allotted annual leave allowance.

How? By booking off 19, 20, 21 and 22 April, of course.

Check it out:

Friday 15 April: Bank holiday
Saturday 16 April: Weekend
Sunday 17 April: Weekend
Monday 18 April: Bank holiday
Tuesday 19 April: Annual leave
Wednesday 20 April: Annual leave
Thursday 21 April: Annual leave
Friday 22 April: Annual leave
Saturday 23 April: Weekend
Sunday 24 April: Weekend

Lovely stuff, right?

Now, let’s maximise the May bank holiday…

Next year’s Early May bank holiday falls on 2 May, which means savvy holidaymakers can transform four days of annual leave into a delicious nine. How, you ask? By doing the following…

Saturday 30 April: Weekend
Sunday 1 May: Weekend
Monday 2 May: Bank Holiday
Tuesday 3 May: Annual leave
Wednesday 4 May: Annual leave
Thursday 5 May: Annual leave
Friday 6 May: Annual leave
Saturday 7 May: Weekend
Sunday 8 May: Weekend

Got it? Go, go, go!

How to make the most of the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday

A four-day bank holiday weekend will mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee next summer to celebrate the monarch’s 70 years on the throne. So, yes, booking in three days of annual leave means you can max that out to a sweet week off work.

Annual leave 2022: how to get 45 days off work next year (using just 18 days of annual leave)