How You Can Maximise Your SEVEN Long Weekends In 2020 (Hooray!)
It's never too early to start planning!
Those who love going on quick and fuss-free getaways (without expending too much of their annual leave) should know this: It hasn’t been quite so easy the past two years, given that there were only four long weekends to play around with. Good news — next year will see a whopping seven long weekends. There will be 11 public holidays in 2020, four of which will fall on a Friday, while three will fall on a Sunday.
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We all know what this means — time to maximise your leave for easy peasy weekend escapes. Below’s how we think you should plan your leave to fully make use of what you have:
New Year's Day, 1 Jan 2020 (Weds)
Take leave on: 2-3 Jan (Thurs and Fri)
No. of days you'll have: 5 days
Chinese New Year, 25 - 26 Jan 2020 (Sat and Sun, Monday is a public holiday)
No. of days you'll have: 3 days
Good Friday, 10 April 2020 (Fri)
Take leave on: 13 April (Mon)
No. of days you'll have: 4 days
Labour Day, 1 May 2020 (Fri) & Vesak Day, 7 May (Thu)
Take leave on: 4, 5, 6, 8 May (Mon - Wed + Fri)
No. of days you'll have: 10 days
Hari Raya Puasa, 24 May 2020 (Sun, Monday is a public holiday)
No. of days you'll have: 3 days
Hari Raya Haji, 32 July 2020 (Fri)
No. of days you'll have: 3 days
National Day, 9 Aug 2020 (Sun, Monday is a public holiday)
Take leave on: 6 and 7 Aug (Thu - Fri)
No. of days you'll have: 5 days
Deepavali, 14 Nov 2020 (Sat)
Take leave on: 13 Nov (Fri)
No. of days you'll have: 3 days
Christmas, 25 Dec 2020 (Fri)
No. of days you'll have: 3 days
And now for the most important part — where oh where to go? Whether you are going for just a snappy three-day holiday or you decided to take a few days off to make it four or five, here’re some suggestions: