South Africa Long Weekend Calculator

Long weekends = holidays on a Monday or Friday + mid-week holidays you can afford to bridge A holiday on a Monday or Friday creates a three-day weekend for free. A mid-week holiday needs one or two leave days to bridge to the weekend, so the number you can convert is limited by your leave balance divided by the bridging cost.

Booking leave around the public holiday calendar is the cheapest way to buy consecutive days off, and the opportunities differ every year.

This calculator takes 4 inputs: Public holidays falling on a Monday or Friday, Public holidays falling Tuesday to Thursday, Annual leave days available, Leave days needed to bridge a mid-week holiday. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.