Advice re: best time to use Annual Leave

[Kirsty2910]

my annual leave year is April to April. In April if I have some left from that entitlement I can carry it to June.
So from my April 24-april 25 leave I’ve booked
Time off in march, April May, August and I’ve some left ( if you google maximise leave from work that’s basically what I’ve done but can’t book Dec yet).
In addition, for my April 23-24 leave I’ve 37 hours left which I can obviously carry to June. Baring in mind the above -when would you book that week in? I’m obviously not going to lose it, I’ll use if but want to make sure I use it in a way that spaces my leave in the best way.

appreciate your thoughts

Do you have school age DC? Travel plans? I think it would depend on that really

Surely the first 37 hours of annual leave in the next holiday year use those hours? You then have your normal allowance for the rest of the year. How many hours are you using in April / May?

Do you get any set times off, e.g..do you have to work over Xmas if you don't book it off? Personally, j would got for start if Jan or late Dec to extend xmas/nY, but I get in between off without using additional allowance.

Doing this means tthat you don't have a very long street until the next holiday year begins with no holiday.

Or is this not what you're asking? Because you mention not losing it, which you won't if April and May's leave total 37 hours.

I would cancel the April and May leave, and use carry over time for those.

Then I'd put some holiday in around October and February (2025) or you are going a long time without a break.

The 37 hours will transfer over to this years entitlement on 01/04 prior to this, any leave booked from 0/4 onward will come out of next years entitlement and the 37 hours remain untouched

Thanks but I have 2 weeks in April and also may do the carry over round t cover it. If I cancel those now, I won’t be able to rebook using the carry over til 0/04 onward. This risks someone else booking days in so then I won’t be approved, and also not being enough notice for the leave

All depends on holiday plans. I book days based on holidays, personal commitments etc so this year I have 2 days off for a city break, 7 days for a holiday to visit family, 10 days for a summer holiday and family commitments, 5 days for another trip and 3 days for Christmas - but this includes 2 days in lieu I predict I will earn! (By hook or by crook)

If you’ve already booked around the bank holidays then there’s not much more you can do

Me too. I book all my holidays during term time because I can, but if the OP has kids at school then that’s completely different.