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How to turn your 20 days of annual leave into 55 days of holidays in Victoria
Victorians, here’s how to hack your annual leave for 55 days of holidays in 2020.
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 55 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.
December/January:
Wednesday 1 January (Public holiday: New Year's Day)
Thursday 2 January
Friday 3 January
Saturday 4 January
Sunday 5 January
- Holiday length: 5 days
- Annual leave used: 2 days
- Holiday suggestion: Use those days to unwind and drive the Great Ocean Road.
Saturday 25 January
Sunday 26 January
Monday 27 January (Public holiday: Australia Day)
- Holiday length: 3 days
- Annual leave used: 0 days
- Holiday suggestion: Drive up to Canberra for a weekend of celebrations in the capital
March:
Saturday 7 March
Sunday 8 March
Monday 9 March (Public holiday: Labour Day)
- Holiday length: 3 days
- Annual leave used: 0 days
- Holiday suggestion: Go on a mystery holiday from Melbourne to New Zealand
April:
Saturday 4 April
Sunday 5 April
Monday 6 April
Tuesday 7 April
Wednesday 8 April
Thursday 9 April
Friday 10 April (Public holiday: Good Friday)
Saturday 11 April
Sunday 12 April
Monday 13 April (Public holiday: Easter Monday)
- Holiday length: 10 days
- Annual leave used: 4 days
- Holiday suggestion: Get to The States early before the summer rush and bliss out in sunny California on a G Adventures tour.
June:
Saturday 6 June
Sunday 7 June
Monday 8 June (Public holiday: Queen's Birthday)
Tuesday 9 June
Wednesday 10 June
Thurday 11 June
- Holiday length: 6 day
- Annual leave used: 3 days
- Holiday suggestion: Escape the winter and head north to Palm Cove
October:
Friday 2 September (Public holiday: AFL Grand Final Friday - specific date TBC)
Saturday 3 October
Sunday 4 October
- 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 31 October
Sunday 1 November
Monday 2 November
Tuesday 3 November (Public holiday: Melbourne Cup Day)
Wednesday 4 November
Thursday 5 November
Friday 6 November
Saturday 7 November
Sunday 8 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 19 December
Sunday 20 December
Monday 21 December
Tuesday 22 December
Wednesday 23 December
Thursday 24 December
Friday 27 December (Public holiday: Christmas Day)
Saturday 26 December
Sunday 27 December
Monday 28 December (Public holiday: Boxing Day)
Tuesday 29 December
Wednesday 30 December
Thursday 31 December
- Holiday length: 16 days (including New Year's public holiday on 1 January and the weekend of 2-3 January 2020)
- Annual leave used: 7 days
- Holiday suggestion: Pick one of these New Year's Eve destinations and raise a glass to 2021
Totals:
- Total holiday days: 55 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.
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Hi,
on your article it states that 18th of March is a saturday, when it lands on the Friday.
Hi Raz,
Thanks for the spot. That has been fixed now.
Stephanie
Can you update for 2017? And add South Australia?
Hello Paul,
Thank you for your question.
Basically, the content will be updated for 2017 and will be published in January this year. The 2017 versions will like to come out in December, early January at the latest.
I hope this information has helped.
Cheers,
Harold