Overview
- Travel platforms reported sharp last‑minute demand after the move, with Despegar citing a 97% rise in searches versus the prior three weeks, including +141% for domestic and +55% for international trips.
- Top picks for short getaways included Buenos Aires City, Mar del Plata, Bariloche and Iguazú, with Rio de Janeiro leading regional choices across Booking and other agencies.
- Public services shifted to holiday operations: banks and most government offices closed, subways, trains and buses on Sunday/holiday timetables, and ANSES handling urgent trámites via Mi ANSES and virtual attention.
- Because the date is a national holiday, employees required to work must receive double pay under the Labor Contract Law, while Sunday, Oct. 12, is a normal Sunday without holiday status.
- Local patronal holidays extend the break to Monday, Oct. 13, in parts of Buenos Aires province (San Manuel–Lobería, Paraje Villa Roch–Tordillo, Garré–Guaminí, Urquiza–Pergamino, Gahan–Salto), and planning now turns to the four‑day November block (Nov. 21 non‑laborable and Nov. 24 moved Sovereignty Day).