How To Get More Leave in 2019

How To Get More Leave in 2019 How To Get More Leave in 2019Posted January 9, 2019, by Emily GarbuttThe rush of theChristmasand NewYearholidaysareover. Now, a whole year of work lies ahead of us. Ummhooo-ray? Even the most job-satisfiedpositive-thinking-powerhouses among us will find it hard to not feel a little bit like youre sitting on a slowly deflating bouncy castle. I dont think any of us will be surprised when we read in the news thatmany people get the blues in January. But dont wallow because there is a light at the end of the tunnel You can departure planning your annual leave now, and were going to share the secretofhow tomaximiseyour days off while using minimal precious annualleave days. If you start planning right away, then in no time you will have your spring back in your step, along with something fun and exciting to look forward to.Public holidays, public holidays, public holidaysThe absolute number one way to get more holiday for less annual leave is to make use of o ur public holidays. For example, if there is a public holiday on a Monday you can use one or two days of annual leave either at the end of the week before the holiday, or after the public holiday and hey-presto, you have afour or five-daybreak. Prepare to daydream as you check out these 14 best places for a short break.Want to make the most of the Australian public holidays? Check out this list of all theAustralian public holiday dates for 2019and start planning.Australia DayAustralia dayis the first coming up fast, so if you move quickly you could book a day or two of annual leave and extend the time off you already get from a long weekend to afour or five-dayholiday using only one or two days of annual leave. Farewell January bluesLabour Day/ Canberra Day/ Adelaide CupDepending on where you live you may have another opportunity inMarchto squeeze in another short-break. wildwestfilm Australia has Labour Day on the 1stMonday in Marchwhile Victoria and Tasmania have Labour Day on the 2ndMonday in March. Either way, you can book in one or two days of your annual leave either before the weekend or on Tuesday and Wednesday to powerhouse athree-daybreak into a four/five-daybreak.Easter Holidays + Anzac Day(the holy grail of more leave for less)The Easter public holidays are the ultimate way of getting more annual leave for less... Doesnt matter where you live inAustralia,you will have the Friday and Monday either side of the Easter weekend as a holiday. This means regardless of what you do,you already have four days holiday to play with. Adding some annual leave to either side of this long weekend you can quickly make the holiday longer for less.Heres a quick breakdown of 2019 dates for those of you playing at homeFriday, April 19 - Good Friday Sunday, April 21 Easter Sunday Monday, April 22 - Easter Monday Thursday, April 25 - Anzac DayIf you are a lucky Tasmanian Devil you will also get the Tuesday (April 23rd) after Easter Monday as a holiday (hold that thought while I Google moving to Tasmania).So, with a little planning ahead here are some ways you can get more annual leave over the Easter holidays.... You could take annual leave the four days before Good Friday, and then use another three days after Easter Monday (so the Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday Thursday is Anzac Day). Now you have used seven days of your annual leave (six if you live in Tasmania) but you have a whopping 16-day break. You can do some serious exploring in that time Settle for a slightly shorter break and head off Good Friday, 19th and come back to work Monday 29th, giving you 10 days off for the price of just three annual leave days.Mayto AugustIf you live inQueenslandor theNorthern Territoryyou have yourLabour dayon the first Monday in May. If you didnt get the opportunity to skip off in January, then take your chance in MayIn the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) you have an opportunity to get more holiday for less at the end of May whenReconciliation Daycomes around.In June, those of you who live it up in Western Australian can look smug as you take a couple of days off and extend a long weekend into afour or five-dayholiday forWestern Australia day. HuzzahMeanwhile, unless you live in Queensland or Western Australia (bad luck guys you have to wait until later in the year) you can take advantage of theQueens Birthday public holidayto wangle afour- or five-dayholiday instead of just athree-dayweekend. This holiday falls on the secondMondayin June.The nextopportunityto use your annual leave to extend a public holiday isPicnic Day. This holiday is only for those of us living in the Northern Territory and falls on the 1stMonday in August.If you live in Brisbane you also have the fortune of an extra public holiday in August the rest of us dont get (sniff). This year,Ekka Peoples Daywill take place on Wednesday 14th. If you book the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (four days annual leave) you can take advantage of anine-daybreak and toten still have tons of annual leave left. ScoreSeptember to NovemberAt the end of September, anyone living in Victoria can enjoy a public holiday(Grand Final Eve)on Friday, September 27th. You could take an extra day off either side of the weekend, such as Thursday and Monday and then you have a five-day break to enjoy.Western Australia gets their own back on the rest of us when they get to celebrate theQueensBirthday on the lastMondayin September (or the 1stMonday in October). This year, the holiday will fallon the 30thofSeptember.Queensland celebrates the Queens birthday on the 1stMonday in October. Look whos laughing nowMeanwhile,in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, and Southern Australia can finally enjoy Labour Day on the 1stMonday of October. Wouldnt it be great if we could nomadic-ally move around the country taking advantage of the public holidays along theway...In November, any of you living in Victoria can take advantage of theMelbourne Cup Day holiday. This holid ay falls on a Tuesday, so if you take off Monday and Wednesday, or Friday and Monday you instantly get afive-daybreak for only two days of annual leave.Christmas and New YearFinally, the next big opportunity to take minimal annual leave holiday for maximum days off is Christmas and New Year. This year, Christmas day will fall on aWednesdaywhich means as long as you dont live in Southern Australia you will get the Wednesday and Thursday as a public holiday. Those of you in WA will only gettheWednesday as a public holiday. All you need to do is book your annual leave for the Monday, Tuesday, and Friday and hey-presto you will have from the 21st-29thDecember free-wheeling and fancy-free.In short, you can bag a whopping 9-day break using only 3-days of your annual leave. If you are willing to useanothertwo-days fromyourannual leave(30thand 31st). You can push your break all the way from the 21stthrough until the New Year. Landing yourself a holiday of 12 days using only five days of you r annual leaveOne thing left to doI hope by this point you feelbuoyed, and a little bit springy again. Even though its January and the year has only just begun. 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