Overview
- TargetJobs’ 2026 guide shows a typical five‑day‑week employee with around 28 days’ annual leave could engineer up to 63 days off by timing requests around weekends and bank holidays.
- An alternative schedule maps 23 days of leave to 53 days off, offering a lighter‑leave option that still captures the biggest holiday clusters.
- Easter plan: book March 30–April 2 and April 7–10 to use eight leave days for 16 consecutive days off, taking advantage of Good Friday on April 3 and Easter Monday on April 6.
- May opportunities: take four days around May 4 and four around May 25 to create two nine‑day breaks (18 days off from eight leave days), with late summer adding nine days off by booking September 1–4 after the August 31 bank holiday.
- Festive stretch: with Boxing Day observed on Monday, December 28 and New Year’s Day on Friday, January 1, seven leave days can yield 16 days off, noting the dates apply to Monday–Friday workers who get bank holidays and require early, employer‑approved requests.