3m workers get 18-day break by using just 9 days’ holiday

SOME three million Britons will use the two upcoming bank holidays to boost their time off work.

Almost 6 per cent of the UK population plans to take annual leave between the Easter and May Day bank holidays, or travel with someone who has, according to travel agents’ association Abta and a YouGov survey.

Employees who usually work Monday to Friday and take nine days leave between April 19 and May 6 will enjoy 18 days off, Abta said. It also said Britons will use the Easter period to book holidays for the summer and that the extension of Brexit until October 31 will prevent politics from complicating travel plans in the meantime.

Mark Tanzer, of Abta, said that with Easter being so late this year and predicted to be much warmer than in 2018, holidaymakers are more likely choose destinations closer to home.