Turn one day of leave into a five-day trip
The travellers who seem to be away constantly are not taking more holiday than you. They are just placing their leave days more cleverly, right next to public holidays.
The trick: bridge, don't spend
A public holiday that lands on a Tuesday leaves an awkward gap on Monday. Take that one Monday off and you have turned a single day of leave into a four-day weekend (Saturday to Tuesday). A holiday on a Thursday? Take the Friday and you get Thursday to Sunday. The leave day is not spent on the trip, it is spent bridging two blocks of free time you already had.
Stack two holidays
The biggest wins come when two public holidays sit close together, with only a couple of working days between them. Take those days off and you can chain a week or more out of two or three leave days. Long national holiday periods are the best-kept secret in travel planning.
Match the window to where you can actually go
A five-day window is only useful if there is somewhere you can get into. That is where your passport comes in: a short trip works best to a visa-free or visa-on-arrival destination, so you are not waiting on an application. Check where your passport can take you first, then fit the destination to the window.
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