NSW, here's how to get 49 days of holiday time in 2019, from only 20 days of annual leave.
Do you wish you could have more than one holiday a year? Are you keen for an extended trip to Asia, but also want a couple of city breaks as well? With a bit of holiday-hacking know-how and clever annual leave planning, you can be on holidays for a whopping 49 days of 2019, with no unpaid leave.
20 days is the legal minimum amount of annual leave for full-time employees in Australia, so this hack is doable for any full-time workers. Just book your days off early, before your colleagues discover this idea too!
When to plan your holidays:
Book in annual leave for the days in italics. The other days are either weekends or public holidays.
January:
Tuesday 1 January (Public holiday: New Year's Day)
Wednesday 2 January
Thursday 3 January
Friday 4 January
Saturday 5 January
Sunday 6 January
- Holiday length: 6 days
- Annual leave used: 3 days
- Holiday suggestion: Start the year with a bang on a New Year's Eve cruise
Saturday 26 January
Sunday 27 January
Monday 28 January (Public holiday: Australia Day)
- Holiday length: 3 days
- Annual leave used: 0 days
- Holiday suggestion: Stay local and visit some of Sydney's nearby hotspots like the Blue Mountains or Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
April:
Saturday 13 April
Sunday 14 April
Monday 15 April
Tuesday 16 April
Wednesday 17 April
Thursday 18 April
Friday 19 April (Public holiday: Good Friday)
Saturday 20 April
Sunday 21 April
Monday 22 April (Public holiday: Easter Monday)
Tuesday 23 April
Wednesday 24 April
Thursday 25 April (Public holiday: ANZAC Day)
Friday 26 April
Saturday 27 April
Sunday 28 April
- Holiday length: 16 days
- Annual leave used: 7 days
- Holiday suggestion: Go on a pilgrimage to Gallipoli and travel across Turkey
Want to be inspired? See where you could go over these public holiday breaks
June:
Friday 7 June
Saturday 8 June
Sunday 9 June
Monday 10 June (Public holiday: Queen’s Birthday)
- Holiday length: 4 days
- Annual leave used: 1 day
- Holiday suggestion: Stay warm over the winter break with a trip to the Gold Coast
October:
Saturday 5 October
Sunday 6 October
Monday 7 October (Public holiday: Labour Day)
Tuesday 8 October
Wednesday 9 October
Thursday 10 October
Friday 11 October
Saturday 12 October
Sunday 13 October
- Holiday length: 9 days
- Annual leave used: 4 days
- Holiday suggestion: Explore one of Australia's favourite holiday destinations: Bali
December:
Saturday 21 December
Sunday 22 December
Monday 23 December
Tuesday 24 December
Wednesday 25 December (Public holiday: Christmas Day)
Thursday 26 December (Public holiday: Boxing Day)
Friday 27 December
Saturday 28 December
Sunday 29 December
Monday 30 December
Tuesday 31 December
- Holiday length: 11 days
- Annual leave used: 5 days
- Holiday suggestion: Spend your New Year's Eve somewhere new
Totals:
- Total holiday days: 49 days
- Annual leave used: 20 days
That's a lot of travelling. Keep an eye on our Boxing Day flight sales to get these holidays booked.
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