How to get 27 days away from work for 10 days of holiday time in 2022

It’s always been possible to shuffle your holidays to align with bank holidays so you can get longer blocks out of the workplace, such as taking the Friday off before a Bank Holiday Monday, but 2022 gives a bit more than usual.

Assuming you’re a classic Mon-Fri worker, then there are three times in 2022 when the bank holidays align neatly to give you nearly two weeks out of the workplace each time by just booking a few days between the bank holidays. Assuming the boss approves your holiday request that is.

For example, by booking the four days off after Easter, you get four days of weekends and two bank holidays, making a total of 10 days out of the workplace.

This year, because of the long Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend, you get a similar punch, where you only need to book three days off work, to be out of the workplace for nine days all told.

And although not unique to this year, many people overlook the opportunity to have a very long Christmas holiday by booking just three days out of the workplace.

• Bank Holidays
• Weekends
• Your holiday dates

April 2022

This happens most years, thanks to the Easter double bank holidays. Use up 4 days of your holiday, to get a 10-day block of holiday time.

May/June 2022

Thanks to the Queen’s Jubilee bank holidays, you can use 3-days of holiday time to get a 9-day block off work.

Christmas 2022

This is not unique to 2022 as it happens every year, but if you book the dates between Christmas and New Year, you always get 10-days off work for the use of 3-days of holiday time.

Depending on your home situation though, I personally find working to be more pleasant as work is usually very quiet over the Christmas period, so you can put your feet up and all your colleagues think you’re a wonderful person for giving up your Christmas so they can have time off work.

Little do they know!