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Long weekends 2027: the best days to take off
Say how many days of leave you have. The planner finds the working days that join public holidays to weekends, and the breaks they give you.
17 countries, German states included. Free, no signup.
Your year
The PTO or annual leave you want to spend around public holidays.
Public holidays counted: 15
Untick a holiday you work. Regional holidays start unticked: tick the ones that apply to you.
Opens the Kalnext demo with these holidays and days of leave. No account needed.
Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar add each day of leave as an all-day event.
2027 at a glance: United States
- Public holiday
- Day of leave
- Day off in a break
- Weekend
Where to take your leave
9 days off in a row
Sat, Jan 16 – Sun, Jan 24
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Take off Tue, Jan 19 – Fri, Jan 22
4 days off in a row
Thu, Nov 11 – Sun, Nov 14
Veterans Day (federal)
Take off Fri, Nov 12
4 days off in a row
Thu, Nov 25 – Sun, Nov 28
Thanksgiving
Take off Fri, Nov 26
10 days off in a row
Fri, Dec 24, 2027 – Sun, Jan 2, 2028
Christmas Day (observed), New Year's Day (observed)
Take off Mon, Dec 27 – Thu, Dec 30
Every long weekend and bridge of 2027: United States
Each public holiday on a working day, the days off it gives on its own, and the leave that makes it longer.
New Year's Day
Friday, January 1
3-day weekend, no leave needed
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, January 18
3-day weekend, no leave needed
4 days of leave → 9 days off
Sat, Jan 16 – Sun, Jan 24
Take off Tue, Jan 19 – Fri, Jan 22
Presidents Day
Monday, February 15
3-day weekend, no leave needed
4 days of leave → 9 days off
Sat, Feb 13 – Sun, Feb 21
Take off Tue, Feb 16 – Fri, Feb 19
Memorial Day
Monday, May 31
3-day weekend, no leave needed
4 days of leave → 9 days off
Sat, May 29 – Sun, Jun 6
Take off Tue, Jun 1 – Fri, Jun 4
Juneteenth (observed)
Friday, June 18
3-day weekend, no leave needed
4 days of leave → 9 days off
Sat, Jun 12 – Sun, Jun 20
Take off Mon, Jun 14 – Thu, Jun 17
Independence Day (observed)
Monday, July 5
3-day weekend, no leave needed
4 days of leave → 9 days off
Sat, Jul 3 – Sun, Jul 11
Take off Tue, Jul 6 – Fri, Jul 9
Labor Day
Monday, September 6
3-day weekend, no leave needed
4 days of leave → 9 days off
Sat, Sep 4 – Sun, Sep 12
Take off Tue, Sep 7 – Fri, Sep 10
Columbus Day (federal)
Monday, October 11
3-day weekend, no leave needed
4 days of leave → 9 days off
Sat, Oct 9 – Sun, Oct 17
Take off Tue, Oct 12 – Fri, Oct 15
Veterans Day (federal)
Thursday, November 11
One day off on its own
1 day of leave → 4 days off
Thu, Nov 11 – Sun, Nov 14
Take off Fri, Nov 12
4 days of leave → 9 days off
Sat, Nov 6 – Sun, Nov 14
Take off Mon, Nov 8 – Wed, Nov 10, Fri, Nov 12
Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 25
One day off on its own
1 day of leave → 4 days off
Thu, Nov 25 – Sun, Nov 28
Take off Fri, Nov 26
4 days of leave → 9 days off
Sat, Nov 20 – Sun, Nov 28
Take off Mon, Nov 22 – Wed, Nov 24, Fri, Nov 26
Christmas Day (observed)
Friday, December 24
3-day weekend, no leave needed
4 days of leave → 10 days off
Fri, Dec 24, 2027 – Sun, Jan 2, 2028
Take off Mon, Dec 27 – Thu, Dec 30
New Year's Day (observed)
Friday, December 31
3-day weekend, no leave needed
How the planner counts
- Weekends are Saturday and Sunday. A holiday on a weekend gives no extra day, unless the law sets a substitute or observed day.
- In the list, a bridge takes four days of leave at most: a whole week off is a holiday of its own. The plan can use up to three weeks of leave around a holiday.
- Leave is only placed in the chosen year. A break can still run into January, around New Year.
- When two plans give as many days off, the planner keeps the one with fewer days of leave.
Kalnext
Your leave, next to the rest of your year
A list of dates is a start. Kalnext shows the whole year of your Google Calendar or Outlook on one screen, so you see your leave next to deadlines, launches and your team's time off before you ask for it.
- Twelve months of your real events on one screen
- Google Calendar, Outlook, or both
- Your team's time off in the same view
- Drag an event across the year, synced both ways
Questions
- What is a bridge day?
- A working day between a public holiday and a weekend. Take it off and the two join into one break: a holiday on a Thursday plus the Friday off gives four days off for one day of leave.
- How does the planner pick my days?
- It looks at every stretch of days off around the public holidays of the year, and keeps the combination that gives the most days off for the leave you entered, with breaks of up to three weeks of leave. A day next to an ordinary weekend is left out: that one is your call.
- Which holidays are counted?
- The public holidays of the whole country, with the substitute or observed days set by law in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Japan. In Germany, pick your state to add its own holidays. In Spain, Maundy Thursday counts everywhere but Catalonia and the Valencian Community. Any other day off, a local holiday or a company closure, can be added by hand.
- How do I put these days in my calendar?
- Download the .ics file: Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar add each day of leave as an all-day event. You can also open the plan in the Kalnext demo, to see it on a year view next to a sample team calendar.
- Does this book my leave?
- No. The planner shows where leave goes furthest, your employer still approves it. Notice periods, carry-over and company closure days depend on your contract and your country.
Plan the whole year, not just the long weekends
Kalnext puts your calendars on a year view, so you plan your time off, your projects and your team's absences together.