{"id":62331,"date":"2026-06-20T20:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=62331"},"modified":"2026-06-20T20:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:40:01","slug":"holidaymaxxing-in-2027-how-to-get-41-days-using-16-days-of-annual-leave-lifestyle-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=62331","title":{"rendered":"Holidaymaxxing in 2027: How to get 41 days using 16 days of annual leave, Lifestyle News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With the recent release of the public holiday dates for 2027, some of us might be making plans for future trips.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you have a limited number of leave days in a year, fret not. With some strategic planning, you can maximise them to get 41 days of holiday time with just 16 days of annual leave.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/lifestyle\/public-holidays-singapore-2027-manpower-ministry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">total of 11 public holidays next year<\/a>, with five opportunities that can be stretched to make the most of one&#8217;s annual leave.<\/p>\n<p>The first opportunity allows you to start the year right, thanks to Christmas Day 2026 and New Year&#8217;s Day 2027 both falling on a Friday. This means taking four days of leave from Dec 28 to Dec 31 this year would allow for a ten-day holiday from Dec 25 to Jan 3.<\/p>\n<p>An option for a nine-day trip would be to &#8220;bridge&#8221; the Hari Raya Haji (Monday, May 17) and Vesak Day (Thursday, May 20) public holidays by just taking three days of leave on May 18, 19 and 21.<\/p>\n<p>People in Singapore can also stretch their Chinese New Year break from a three-day long weekend (Feb 6 to 8) to a nine-day holiday if they take Feb 9 to 12 off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the first two days of CNY fall on Saturday and Sunday in 2027, only the Monday following is deemed a public holiday, based on regulations. However, some companies do practice offering additional compensatory leave to be used during the festive period.<\/p>\n<p>One can also choose to extend their Hari Raya Puasa (Wednesday, March 10) celebrations by taking leave on March 8 and 9 or March 11 and 12, for a five-day break either way. The option to take all four days for a nine-day holiday is also there.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Deepavali (Oct 28) falls on a Thursday in 2027. Taking a day off on Oct 29 will be a popular choice for a four-day getaway.<\/p>\n<p>It is also important to note that there are three public holidays which fall on Saturdays in 2027 \u2014 Chinese New Year (Feb 6), Labour Day (May 1) and Christmas (Dec 25).<\/p>\n<p>According to the Employment Act, should a public holiday fall on a Saturday that is not a working day for the employee, the employer is not required to give the employee a day off in lieu on the following Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/asiaonecom\/posts\/pfbid02ey2Tg6k4CxYtL8KC839S9PQjCNkLpPgWThNcVfEjVNJ4h4mFnBYrZrSBFcjqxhC3l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/asiaonecom\/posts\/pfbid02ey2Tg6k4CxYtL8KC839S9PQjCNkLpPgWThNcVfEjVNJ4h4mFnBYrZrSBFcjqxhC3l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[[nid:725791]]<\/p>\n<p>bhavya.rawat@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/lifestyle\/public-holidays-singapore-2027-annual-leave-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the recent release of the public holiday dates for 2027, some of us might be making plans for future trips. Even if you have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}