Victorians, here’s how to hack your annual leave for 56 days of holiday in 2017.
Twenty days is the legal minimum for full-time employees in Australia, so this hack is possible for any full-time employee. Just book the days off early, before your colleagues discover this super-simple idea too.
With some savvy trip-planning around weekends and a little bit of clever annual leave maths, you can actually get 56 days of holiday time from your standard 20 days of annual leave. We’re going to show you how.
But first, here’s what you could do with all that time off:
- Two days to recuperate in the Mornington Peninsula post New Year’s Eve
- A 4-day city break to Tokyo
- Three days to hop over to Tasmania
- 23 days to backpack around South America
- A 3-day trip to TNQ in the chilly winter months
- A long weekend in the Yarra Valley at the end of September
- Nine days surfing in Bali
- A 9-day Christmas break to visit family and friends
Take off the following days in italics as annual leave:
January
Sunday 1st
Monday 2nd (Public Holiday)
Total run: 2 days
Thursday 26th (Public Holidays - Australia Day)
Friday 27th
Saturday 28th
Sunday 29th
Total run: 4 days
March
Saturday 11th
Sunday 12th
Monday 13th (Public Holiday - Labour Day)
Total run: 3 days
April
Saturday 8th
Sunday 9th
Monday 10th
Tuesday 11th
Wednesday 12th
Thursday 13th
Friday 14th (Public Holiday - Good Friday)
Saturday 15th
Sunday 16th
Monday 17th (Public Holiday - Easter Monday)
Tuesday 18th
Wednesday 19th
Thursday 20th
Friday 21st
Saturday 22nd
Sunday 23rd
Monday 24th
Tuesday 25th (Public Holiday - ANZAC Day)
Wednesday 26th
Thursday 27th
Friday 28th
Saturday 29th
Sunday 30th
Total run: 23 days
June
Saturday 10th
Sunday 11th
Monday 12th (Public Holiday - Queens Birthday)
Total run: 3 days
September & October
Friday 29th (Public Holiday - Friday before AFL Grand Final)
Saturday 30th
Sunday 1st
Total run: 3 days
November
Saturday 4th
Sunday 5th
Monday 6th
Tuesday 7th (Public Holiday - Melbourne Cup)
Wednesday 8th
Thursday 9th
Friday 10th
Saturday 11th
Sunday 12th
Total run: 9 days
December
Saturday 23rd
Sunday 24th
Monday 25th (Public Holiday - Christmas Day)
Tuesday 26th (Public Holiday - Boxing Day)
Wednesday 27th
Thursday 28th
Friday 29th
Saturday 30th
Sunday 31st
Total run: 9 days
That's a lot of time off to plan.
Keep an eye on our Boxing Day flight sales to get those 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