You could take a trip somewhere like this if you use this holiday hack (Picture: Getty)

For those who like to get their holiday booked off ahead of time, there’s an added bonus to reward you for being organised.

Thanks to the way bank holidays have fallen in this year’s calendar, you can get 18 days off work in a row for just nine days of holiday.

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It would be rude not to, really.

To take advantage of this, book holiday time from April 18-21 and 24-28 – then the rest of the time off will just tag on automatically.


How does this work?

Good Friday falls on April 14 and Easter Monday on April 17.

May Bank Holiday falls on May 1.



So provided you get an automatic day off on those days, your last day at work will be April 13 and you will return on May 2.

Breaking it down, the 18 days will consist of three bank holidays, six weekend days and nine in the working week.

As if that wasn’t enough Christmas is another chance to get in a holiday bonus.

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Christmas Day is on a Monday, Boxing Day is Tuesday and New Year’s Day is the following Monday.

So this means if you can block out December 27 to 29, you can get ten days off in a row – December 23 to January 1.

You’re welcome.

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