Holiday 2020 how to get the most time off work

It depends what days you get off as standard, Easter is usually good, 16 days off for 8 days holiday

Christmas time can be good too, I’ve travelled to Australia a few times over that period and sometimes get around 23 days for taking 12 holidays
 
JBuk said:
It depends what days you get off as standard, Easter is usually good, 16 days off for 8 days holiday

Christmas time can be good too, I’ve travelled to Australia a few times over that period and sometimes get around 23 days for taking 12 holidays
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Easter weekend is the first national holiday period following the first day of the year on New Year's Day.
Good Friday falls on Friday, April 10 and Easter Monday is on Monday, April 13 in 2020.
Utilise these two-days off surrounding the weekend so that you can treat yourself to a 10-day holiday.
Days to book off: April 14, 15, 16 and 17 - four days taken.
 
Tbh though going away during the Easter hols is usually expensive so it’s only worth taking days off for a home break unless you don’t mind spending a wad of cash
 
Just wanting to make the most of my time off work possible, not so fussed about going away. Got lots of projects at home to do but just nice to spend time with the Wife. I get 25 days holiday. So far I've work the following out

April 4 days
December 7 days
Total used 11
Days gained 26
Total left to use 14

Easter weekend is the first national holiday period following the first day of the year on New Year's Day.
Good Friday falls on Friday, April 10 and Easter Monday is on Monday, April 13 in 2020.
Utilise these two-days off surrounding the weekend so that you can treat yourself to a 10-day holiday.
Days to book off: April 14, 15, 16 and 17 - four days taken.
Christmas
To get 16 days off - two weeks and three weekends - in a row at the end of next year, you only need to use seven days of your holiday allowance.Considering Christmas falls on a Friday next year and Boxing Day will be recognised the following Monday, simply take four days off during the week before Christmas and three days off the following week. As New Year’s Day falls on a Friday, it means you won’t be back at work until January 4, 2021.

Just stuck now for what to use the 14 for.
 
agnes said:
Ahhh, the joys of working in SF, it sure is nice having unlimited holiday :D
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Realistically though most companies offering "unlimited holidays" are doing so because they know they'll save on holidays on average and (most importantly) won't need to roll any entitlement over either... very useful for start ups where people might otherwise be accumulating days in lieu for working on a Saturday just before a go live

I've not heard of anyone taking say 40+ days total holiday in a year on top of bank holidays in one of those set ups but I've heard of various cases of people accumulating that sort of holiday via rolled over untaken days and/or days in lieu (from Saturdays/Bank Holidays the previous year etc..) in a regular holiday scheme.

I don't doubt there may be exceptions and your set up might be very sweet but I'd certainly be logging everything regardless and making sure to not get screwed in such a system.
 
dowie said:
Realistically though most companies offering "unlimited holidays" are doing so because they know they'll save on holidays on average and (most importantly) won't need to roll any entitlement over either... very useful for start ups where people might otherwise be accumulating days in lieu for working on a Saturday just before a go live

I've not heard of anyone taking say 40+ days total holiday in a year on top of bank holidays in one of those set ups but I've heard of various cases of people accumulating that sort of holiday via rolled over untaken days and/or days in lieu (from Saturdays/Bank Holidays the previous year etc..) in a regular holiday scheme.

I don't doubt there may be exceptions and your set up might be very sweet but I'd certainly be logging everything regardless and making sure to not get screwed in such a system.
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You hit the nail on the head perfectly, it works out the same, it's all down to managers discretion ultimately. It's certainly easier not having to worry about hitting a 'cap' per say, but it makes you think more of how you go about booking time off. Last year I took a fairly large amount off due to a past due 2.5 weeks honeymoon for the wife and I in Hawaii. Then a week over in Poland for a wedding on my wives side then a week seeing my family in England. Along side a bunch of other random days here and there. It was a high count, but I don't take any time off over Christmas as it's not my thing at all so I volunteered to cover that period which my manager kept in mind for when I took time off.

So ultimately it gives more leniency in events and time taking, but ultimately it all boils down to about the same usage. As for both systems, they have their pro's and cons. I've yet to run into a situation where I've been declined anything but I know of cases when people are told no simply because of a crunch or a time of year (end of quarter sort of thing) even if they've taken no time off.
 
agnes said:
So ultimately it gives more leniency in events and time taking, but ultimately it all boils down to about the same usage. As for both systems, they have their pro's and cons. I've yet to run into a situation where I've been declined anything but I know of cases when people are told no simply because of a crunch or a time of year (end of quarter sort of thing) even if they've taken no time off.
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I guess one advantage is they can't really penalise you when you hand in your notice - at least in the UK. Generally if you've taken more than your pro-rata allowance at the point you're leaving the company then your pay is adjusted... so like (extreme scenario) if you take the whole of January off then quit well, you're not getting a very big payment for Feb. On the other hand in this set up there isn't a limit by which they can give some pro-rata amount... deffo worth loading up on max holidays early in the year if you're planing on leaving the company that year! :)
 
dowie said:
I guess one advantage is they can't really penalise you when you hand in your notice - at least in the UK. Generally if you've taken more than your pro-rata allowance at the point you're leaving the company then your pay is adjusted... so like (extreme scenario) if you take the whole of January off then quit well, you're not getting a very big payment for Feb. On the other hand in this set up there isn't a limit by which they can give some pro-rata amount... deffo worth loading up on max holidays early in the year if you're planing on leaving the company that year! :)
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Also true, which I got stung on when I left a company in the UK before I moved over. Which is unfair and broken in my opinion. But yea, one less thing to worry about.

Plus, let's be honest, it does look much better on the job spec when they say 'unlimited holiday' haha. So I imagine it attracts a lot of the younger applicants.
 
A lot of people will be aiming for those same dates for the same reason. So book it off early I suggest.
 
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