Because work is no fun and you’d rather be somewhere like on a beach, or on your couch, we’re lucky we get quite a lot of holiday entitlements over here in this country.
In some places (Israel), workers are only entitled to 10 days off a year and, in others (America), employers don’t actually have to give their employees any time off at all!
In the UK, an average of 28 days, including public holidays, are given. Although many employers choose to give 25 days without public holidays. Which is nice.
Because we’re greedy though, we’ve worked out how to turn those 25 days into even MORE days – 55 to be exact. Here’s the exact days to take off to give yourself nearly two months of doing sweet FA.
In March, take off the eight days in italics below...
SATURDAY/ SUNDAY
March 21st
March 22nd
March 23rd
March 24th
BANK HOLIDAY/ SATURDAY / SUNDAY / BANK HOLIDAY
March 29th
March 30th
March 31st
April 1st
SATURDAY / SUNDAY
Total run: 16 days
In early May, take off the four days in italics below
SATURDAY / SUNDAY / BANK HOLIDAY
May 3rd
May 4th
May 5th
May 6th
SATURDAY / SUNDAY
Total run: 9 days
In late May/June take off the four days in italics below
SATURDAY / SUNDAY / BANK HOLIDAY
May 31st
June 1st
June 2nd
June 3rd
SATURDAY / SUNDAY
Total run: 9 days
In late August / September, take off the four days in italics below
SATURDAY / SUNDAY / BANK HOLIDAY
August 30th
August 31st
September 1st
September 2nd
SATURDAY / SUNDAY
Total run: 9 days
In December, take off the five days in italics below
22nd December
23rd December
SATURDAY / SUNDAY / BANK HOLIDAY / BANK HOLIDAY
28th December
29th December
30th December
SATURDAY / SUNDAY / BANK HOLIDAY
Total run: 12 days
Total holiday time: 55 days (!)
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.