How to turn your 20 days of annual leave into 57 days of holidays in Victoria
Victorians, here’s how to hack your annual leave for 57 days of holidays in 2021.
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20 days of annual leave is the legal minimum for full-time employees in Australia, so this hack is doable for any full-time employee. Just book your days off early, before your colleagues discover this super simple idea too.
With some savvy trip planning around weekends and public holidays and a little bit of clever maths, you can actually get 57 days of holiday time from your standard 20 days of annual leave. Here's how to do it.
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: Use those days to unwind and drive the Great Ocean Road
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: Drive up to Canberra for a long weekend of celebrations in the capital
March:
Saturday 6 March
Sunday 7 March
Monday 8 March (Public holiday: Labour Day)
- Holiday length: 3 days
- Annual leave used: 0 days
- Holiday suggestion: Go on a mystery holiday from Melbourne and see where you wind up
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: Stretch out under the Pacific sunshine with a trip to some of our closest Pacific islands. Will it be Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu or the Cook Islands?
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 day
- Annual leave used: 4 days
- Holiday suggestion: Escape the winter and head north to Queensland
September:
Friday 24 September (Public holiday: AFL Grand Final Friday – specific date TBC)
Saturday 25 September
Sunday 26 September
- Holiday length: 3 days
- Annual leave used: 0 days
- Holiday suggestion: Spend your Friday off at your mate's house or the local pub
November:
Saturday 29 October
Sunday 30 October
Monday 1 November
Tuesday 2 November (Public holiday: Melbourne Cup Day)
Wednesday 3 November
Thursday 4 November
Friday 5 November
Saturday 6 November
Sunday 7 November
- Holiday length: 9 days
- Annual leave used: 4 days
- Holiday suggestion: Fly up to Japan and experience the country in late autumn
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 (including New Year's public holiday on 1 January and the weekend of 1–2 January 2021)
- Annual leave used: 3 days
- Holiday suggestion: Pick one of these New Year's Eve destinations and raise a glass to 2021
Totals:
- Total holiday days: 57 days
- Annual leave used: 20 days
That's a lot of time off to plan.
Keep an eye on our Boxing Day flight sales to get these holidays booked.