
I don't know about you but annual leave and holidays in 2021 just didn't holiday enough. Between vaccinations and the RAG list of countries to travel, there was too much uncertanity which meant a lot of people, like me, really had to make the most of UK holidays. Start of Autumn officially marks the end of summer in the UK (for me anyways) it is the perfect time to start thinking about annual leave for 2022.
I am about to upgrade your annual leave game with clever planning - combining weekends, annual leave and bank holidays, you can maximise your time off and get 52 days off using just 22 annual leave days.
Oh! Did I mention...we also get an extra bank holiday in 2022 to mark the Queen's 70 years on the throne! The bonus bank holiday falls on Friday June 3.
Take 4 days leave to enjoy 9 consecutive days off
Saturday 1 January: New Year's Day
Sunday 2 January: Weekend
Monday 3 January: Bank Holiday
Tuesday 4 January: Annual Leave
Wednesday 5 January: Annual Leave
Thursday 6 January: Annual Leave
Friday 7 January: Annual Leave
Saturday 8 January: Weekend
Sunday 9 January: Weekend
4 days leave to enjoy 10 consecutive days off
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
Another 4 days leave bags you 9 consecutive days off
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
3 days leave gives you 9 consecutive days off
Saturday 28 May: Weekend
Sunday 29 May: Weekend
Monday 30 May: Annual leave
Tuesday 31 May: Annual leave
Wednesday 1 June: Annual leave
Thursday 2 June: Bank holiday
Friday 3 June: Bank holiday
Saturday 4 June: Weekend
Sunday 5 June: Weekend
4 days gives you 9 consecutive days off (festival season!)
Saturday 27 August: Weekend
Sunday 28 August: Weekend
Monday 29 August: Bank holiday
Tuesday 30 August: Annual leave
Wednesday 31 August: Annual leave
Thursday 1 September: Annual leave
Friday 2 September: Annual leave
Saturday 3 September: Weekend
Sunday 4 September: Weekend
Lastly, take 3 days annual leave for a 10 day break over the festive period.

Saturday 24 December: Weekend
Sunday 25 December: Christmas Day (weekend)
Monday 26 December: Bank holiday (Boxing Day)
Tuesday 27 December: Bank holiday
Wednesday 28 December: Annual leave
Thursday 29 December: Annual leave
Friday 30 December: Annual leave
Saturday 31 December: Weekend
Sunday 1 January: Weekend
Monday 2 January: Bank holiday
.... and if you really want a longer break, and your annual leave runs from January to December, you can take an additional 4 days leave (in 2023) to extend your break to 16 days off.
Tuesday 3 January: Annual leave
Wednesday 4 January: Annual leave
Thurday 5 January: Annual leave
Friday 6 January: Annual leave
Saturday 7 January: Weekend
Sunday 8 January: Weekend
It goes without saying that not everyone in the whole company can be off at the same time, so you better get booking!
Don't forget to like, share comment - it means a lot. Happy holidays.
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