{"id":33315,"date":"2023-11-12T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T08:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/?p=33315"},"modified":"2024-11-27T10:15:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:15:43","slug":"holiday-hacks-travel-tips-ways-to-make-your-holiday-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/holiday-hacks-travel-tips-ways-to-make-your-holiday-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday hacks &amp; Travel tips: Ways to make your holiday better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">I think you&#8217;ll agree with me when I say that going on a holiday can be a real struggle, but it doesn&#8217;t have to be! Try these clever holiday hacks &amp; travel tips to simplify everything about your holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\" id=\"heading\" ><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Holiday hacks<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">After a rather harsh and disorderly year, the need for a proper break is crucially needed to shield ourselves from work burnout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">And since there was not much travelling, the odds are that we need a holiday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">For the majority of us, working from home is the new norm. However, it doesn&#8217;t improve work-life balance for most of us, resulting in feeling stressed and frustrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">That&#8217;s why we have come up with some of the best holiday hacks that reveal how you can strategically plan and stretch your annual leave by using upcoming long weekends and bank holidays to maximise holidays in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\" id=\"heading\" ><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How to hack and maximise your holidays in 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Here&#8217;s how you can bag a whopping 54 days of holiday in 2025 by taking just 22 days of annual leave while taking advantage of the Bank Holiday weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:22px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li><strong>January Holidays<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">January is already behind us, but let&#8217;s do a small recap on how you can get an idea on how to hack your 2025 holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\" color :black; border: 5px double black; border-radius: 5px; padding: 5px;\">\n<p> <strong> Book off: <\/strong> 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th of January<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Get off: <\/strong> 1st, 2nd, 8th &amp; 9th being the weekend and the 3rd Monday a bank holiday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Total days off:  <\/strong> 10<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:22px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li><strong>April Holidays<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">The next break is in April \u2013 If you book your break at the beginning of the holy week with the weekends on either side of those, you can get a total of ten days off of work for Easter Holidays!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\" color :black; border: 5px double black; border-radius: 5px; padding: 5px;\">\n<p> <strong> Book off: <\/strong> 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd of April<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Get off: <\/strong> 16th, 17th, 23rd &amp; 24th being the weekend, the 15th being Good Friday &amp; the 18th being Easter Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Total days off:  <\/strong> 10<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:22px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li><strong>May Holidays<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Next comes summer, and who doesn&#8217;t love a good summer break? Well, then this summer, you&#8217;re in for a treat! There are some excellent opportunities to take the time you need to relax and recover with some more planning in May and June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\" color :black; border: 5px double black; border-radius: 5px; padding: 5px;\">\n<p> <strong> Book off: <\/strong> 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th of May<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Get off: <\/strong> 30th April, 1st May (May Day), 7th &amp; 8th of May being the weekends.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Total days off:  <\/strong> 8<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:22px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li><strong>June Holidays<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">There is more! There are even more holidays at the end of May and as a bonus, the Queen&#8217;s Platinum Jubilee celebration holiday has been pushed back to the 2nd of June, giving you 9 days off if you take leave on the 30th, 31st of May and the 1st of June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\" color :black; border: 5px double black; border-radius: 5px; padding: 5px;\">\n<p> <strong> Book off: <\/strong> 30th, 31st of May &amp; 1st of June<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Get off: <\/strong> 28th, 29th of May, 4th, 5th of June being the weekend, 2nd &amp; 3rd June.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Total days off:  <\/strong> 9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">That&#8217;s a total of 37 days of leave, and the best part is that we are still in June!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:22px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li><strong>August Holidays<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Now we move on to August, where you can take a total of nine days away from the desk. With a bank holiday is on Monday the 29th, you only have to book off from the 30th, 31st of August, the 1st and 2nd of September.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\" color :black; border: 5px double black; border-radius: 5px; padding: 5px;\">\n<p> <strong> Book off: <\/strong> 30th, 31st of August &amp; 1st, 2nd September<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Get off: <\/strong> 27th, 28th of August &amp; 3rd, 4th of September being the weekend, 29th August being a bank holiday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Total days off:  <\/strong> 9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:22px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li><strong>December Holidays<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Arguably the best of the holiday hacks falls during the most wonderful time of the year. And that&#8217;s my favourite time of the year, Christmas time!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Pro Tip<\/strong>: The best advice I can give on booking time off in December is to apply for leave as early as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">You can book off the 28th, 29th and 30th of December and still have 8 days off in total. That includes Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year&#8217;s Eve, New Year&#8217;s Day and all the days in between. Now isn&#8217;t that something to look forward to?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\" color :black; border: 5px double black; border-radius: 5px; padding: 5px;\">\n<p> <strong> Book off: <\/strong> 28th, 29th &amp; 30th of December<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Get off: <\/strong> 24th December Christmas Eve, 25th December Christmas day, 26th December Boxing Day, 27th December Bank holiday, 31st December New Years Eve &amp; 1st January New Year\u2019s Day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Total days off:  <\/strong> 9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">There&#8217;s a total of 55 days of holidays with only 22 days of annual leave! Isn&#8217;t it amazing that you can do wonders with a bit of planning?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">However, these holiday hacks will only work if you&#8217;re not on contract to work on Bank Holidays or weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">So, get booking time off early, and consider these strategic ways to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/tailor-made-holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#3055cd\">make your holiday<\/span><\/strong><\/a> better in 2022 with these holiday hacks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\" id=\"heading\" ><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Travel hacks &amp; Travel tips 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\"><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#000000\">Now that you&#8217;ve got the holiday hacks sorted out, let&#8217;s look at some of the best<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/top-travel-hacks-and-travel-tips-2022-are-you-ready-to-travel\/\">Travel hacks &amp; Travel tips for 2025<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">These low-hassle travel tips and hacks are sure to make travel look effortless, plus save you time, energy and money at the same time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Pack light, pack right.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Separate your clothing packing cubes to make unpacking easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Keep your luggage fresh with a dryer sheet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Hide your valuables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Pack a sarong instead of a beach towel. Carry a universal travel adapter plug with USB slots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Make copies of important documents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Avoid data roaming charges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Try to get the back seats on a plane for quicker service and easy access to the toilets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Shop around for currency and get the best exchange rates with specialist cards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Inform your bank about your upcoming travels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Carry multiple bank cards, so if you lose one, you have spares.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Don&#8217;t keep your money stashed in one place; keep it separately for easy access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Make use of free walking tours to get to know your travel destination better.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Carry your own water bottle. If it is a warm destination, don&#8217;t forget to freeze the water bottle from your hotel room.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Take a light snack when going on tours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<li>Wake up early if you want to avoid crowds at famous tourist spots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:17px\">So, there you have it; if you plan to make the best out of your holiday in 2022, make sure to consider these fantastic holiday hacks that will help make your break a great one! That&#8217;s not all! If you have a holiday destination in mind, take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#3055cd\">our website<\/span><\/strong><\/a> or simply give a <strong><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#3055cd\">call<\/span><\/strong>, and we&#8217;ll make sure you have the best holiday you could ever imagine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think you&#8217;ll agree with me when I say that going on a holiday can be a real struggle, but it doesn&#8217;t have to be! Try these clever holiday hacks &amp; travel tips to simplify everything about your holiday. 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