The simple trick to double your days off work in 2025: Explained by annual leave experts Leave Dates

It's not magic, nor does it defy space and time. It's simply using bank holidays and weekends to get more consecutive days off using fewer annual leave days.

When does England and Wales have bank holidays in 2025?

How to get 58 days off using just 28 days of leave:

To plan annual leave around the 8 bank holidays in 2025, book leave on these dates:

Phil Norton is the founder of online annual leave planner leavedates.com, which processes hundreds of thousands of leave requests every year for SMEs across the UK.

"Those who are savvy about leave stacking tend to submit their leave requests up to six months in advance," says Phil.

"Our data shows very high competition for days off around bank holidays." 

About Leave Dates
Leavedates.com is an HR tool designed to manage leave and absence for SMEs in the UK and globally. Launched in 2019, the software is available on desktop, mobile and tablet, offering a flexible leave management solution for modern businesses.

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