Make the most of 2025 bank holidays and get 61 days off with only 24 days’ annual leave
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. If you’re only just back at work after the festive period and are already researching ‘get rich quick’ schemes so you can forever be on holiday, this tip is for you.
It’s never too early to get a head start on booking your annual leave for the year, and it’s even sweeter if you know you’re making the most of it. By being clever with your holiday allowance – and plotting leave around weekends – you can get long stretches off, without using it all up by summer.
Metro has crunched the numbers to help you get a whopping 61 days off this year. Easter: Friday, April 18 to Tuesday, May 6. Good Friday falls on April 18 next year, with the Easter Monday bank holiday on the following Monday 21. Then, the early May bank holiday is just two weeks later. So, you can enjoy an extra long Easter break of 18 days by only booking nine days off.
May: Saturday, May 3 to Sunday, May 11 or Saturday, May 24 to Sunday, June 1. Thanks to the two bank holidays in May, there are two ways for you to enjoy nine days off in a row while only using four days of annual leave. August: Saturday, August 23 to Sunday, August 31.
Book four days off in August to gain nine days off for a summer holiday thanks to the bank holiday on August 25. December: Saturday, December 20 to Monday, January 5, 2025. To end the year and enjoy the festive period with family and friends, book seven days off to gain a total of 16 days off.
