{"id":28833,"date":"2024-12-05T13:51:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T13:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/?p=28833"},"modified":"2024-12-05T14:29:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:29:02","slug":"annual-leave-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/12\/annual-leave-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make the Most Out of your Annual Leave 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a brand new year and that can only mean one thing&#8230; holidays! But did you know you can turn 25 days off into 41 with this annual leave 2025 hack?<\/p>\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/How-To-Make-The-Most-Out-Of-Your-Annual-Leave-2025.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/How-To-Make-The-Most-Out-Of-Your-Annual-Leave-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/How-To-Make-The-Most-Out-Of-Your-Annual-Leave-2025.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/How-To-Make-The-Most-Out-Of-Your-Annual-Leave-2025-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/How-To-Make-The-Most-Out-Of-Your-Annual-Leave-2025-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With simple planning and enough notice, you could actually turn 25 days of annual leave into 41 holidays in 2025. And we all love getting more for less, right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this blog, we&#8217;ll take you along the months of the year in a fun, colourful way to make your diary planning more enjoyable . Meaning you can holiday-up and get your annual leave requests in before someone beats you to it. Probably Jean in accounts&#8230; we see you Jean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, before we get into this we should probably mention that this annual leave hacking is only going to work if you have bank holidays included in your annual leave. Unfortunately, if you have to work on bank holidays then you may have to find another way to more than double your leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, let&#8217;s take a look at the <strong>list of bank holidays in 202<\/strong>5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_56_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-69e04beec8d03\" ><span class=\"\"><span style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" 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href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/12\/annual-leave-2025\/#Bank_Holiday_Bonanza\" title=\"Bank Holiday Bonanza\">Bank Holiday Bonanza<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/12\/annual-leave-2025\/#How_To_Spend_Your_Holidays\" title=\"How To Spend Your Holidays\">How To Spend Your Holidays<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bank_Holiday_Bonanza\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #fd6b2b;\">Bank Holiday Bonanza<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>What are the dates to know about in 2025 if you work Monday &#8211; Friday?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">January<\/strong>: New Year&#8217;s Day<\/li>\n<li><strong>April<\/strong>: Good Friday, Easter Monday<\/li>\n<li><strong>May<\/strong>: May Day Bank Holiday, Spring Bank Holiday<\/li>\n<li><strong>August<\/strong>: Summer Bank Holiday<\/li>\n<li><strong>December<\/strong>: Boxing Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/H.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/H-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/H-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/H-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/H-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/H-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/H.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Book-22nd-24th-3-days-annual-leave-for-9-days-off-20th-28th.-The-best-places-to-visit-Maldives-Dubai-Sri-Lanka.-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Book-22nd-24th-3-days-annual-leave-for-9-days-off-20th-28th.-The-best-places-to-visit-Maldives-Dubai-Sri-Lanka.-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Book-22nd-24th-3-days-annual-leave-for-9-days-off-20th-28th.-The-best-places-to-visit-Maldives-Dubai-Sri-Lanka.-1.png 800w, https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Book-22nd-24th-3-days-annual-leave-for-9-days-off-20th-28th.-The-best-places-to-visit-Maldives-Dubai-Sri-Lanka.-1-300x150.png 300w, 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Plus, our super-low deposits,<span style=\"color: #03a9f4;\"> <a style=\"color: #03a9f4;\" href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/pay-monthly-holidays?blg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flexible payment plans<\/a> <\/span>and<span style=\"color: #03a9f4;\"> <a style=\"color: #03a9f4;\" href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/price-match?blg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">price-match guarantee<\/a> <\/span>mean you&#8217;ll never break the bank.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click the button below<\/strong> to check out our latest sunny escape offers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/subscriber-exclusives?blg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Show-Me-More-Button.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Show-Me-More-Button.png 600w, https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Show-Me-More-Button-300x70.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a brand new year and that can only mean one thing&#8230; holidays! 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