How to turn 20 days of annual leave into 51 days of holiday time in NSW
NSW, here's how to get 51 days of holiday time in 2021, from only 20 days of annual leave.
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Do you wish you could have more than one holiday a year? Are you keen for an extended trip to New Zealand, 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 51 days of 2021, 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 full-time workers working Monday-Friday (non-rostered).
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:
Friday 1 January (Public holiday: New Year's Day)
Saturday 2 January
Sunday 3 January
- Holiday length: 3 days
- Annual leave used: 0 days
- Holiday suggestion: Take a trip up to the Hunter Valley for a cheeky break before you have to return to the 9–5
Saturday 23 January
Sunday 24 January
Monday 25 January
Tuesday 26 January (Public holiday: Australia Day)
- Holiday length: 4 days
- Annual leave used: 1 day
- Holiday suggestion: Take to the seas on a long weekend Australia Day cruise. This cruise arrives back at 7am on Wednesday 27 January so you can hop off and walk straight into work.
March and April:
Saturday 27 March
Sunday 28 March
Monday 29 March
Tuesday 30 March
Wednesday 31 March
Thursday 1 April
Friday 2 April (Public holiday: Good Friday)
Saturday 3 April
Sunday 4 April
Monday 5 April (Public holiday: Easter Monday)
Tuesday 6 April
Wednesday 7 April
Thursday 8 April
Friday 9 April
Saturday 10 April
Sunday 11 April
- Holiday length: 16 days
- Annual leave used: 8 days
- Holiday suggestion: Try your luck at catching the cherry blossoms in Japan (and have a few days to spare to explore for yourself). This is pending border openings with Japan.
June:
Saturday 12 June
Sunday 13 June
Monday 14 June (Public holiday: Queen’s Birthday)
Tuesday 15 June
Wednesday 16 June
Thursday 17 June
Friday 18 June
Saturday 19 June
Sunday 20 June
- Holiday length: 9 days
- Annual leave used: 4 days
- Holiday suggestion: Stay warm with a trip to Western Australia where the wilds of the Kimberley and the beaches of the Coral Coast await.
October:
Saturday 2 October
Sunday 3 October
Monday 4 October (Public holiday: Labour Day)
Tuesday 5 October
Wednesday 6 October
Thursday 7 October
Friday 8 October
Saturday 9 October
Sunday 10 October
- Holiday length: 9 days
- Annual leave used: 4 days
- Holiday suggestion: Hop over to our neighbours to explore either the North Island or South Island of New Zealand
December:
Saturday 25 December
Sunday 26 December
Monday 27 December (Public holiday: Christmas Day)
Tuesday 28 December (Public holiday: Boxing Day)
Wednesday 29 December
Thursday 30 December
Friday 31 December
Saturday 1 January
Sunday 2 January
Monday 3 January (Public holiday: New Year's Day)
- Holiday length: 10 days. This includes Friday 1 January (New Year's Day public holiday) and 1–2 January (weekend).
- Annual leave used: 3 days
- Holiday suggestion: Spend your New Year's Eve somewhere new
Totals:
- Total holiday days: 51 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.