How to more than double your annual leave and get 65 days off work in 2025
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Here’s how to be savvy with bank holidays in 2025 to maximise your time off next year. The new year, 2025, is finally arriving, and you may be starting to think about what holidays you are tempted to book next year, whether that’s two weeks sunning yourself on a sandy Spanish beach or booking a week off for a staycation just to take a break from work.
Yet before you hit the purchase button on those flights out of the UK, there are some particular dates to keep in mind that will actually allow you to get the most out of your annual leave. Instead of having 28 days of time off from work dotted around the year, there is a simple trick you can use to make you feel like your holiday allowance stretches even further.
By squashing bank holidays together, mixing in a weekend here and there with your allotted time off work, you will have a staggering 65 days to do whatever you please, with a few annual leave days still left over. Here is how you can more than double your annual leave to 65 days off next year.
Book off four days across 14–17 April and another set of four over 22–25 and you will find that number doubled, with 16 consecutive days off. Having these days off around the bank holidays – Good Friday (18 April) and Easter Monday (21 April) – and the three weekends in a row, gives you plenty of time to soak some sun while holiday hot spots are still a bit cooler. Starting on 12 April all the way to 27 April, you could set your sights on Valencia in Spain or the Greek island of Rhodes.
