It's been a long time since I last blogged. Here to share the 2016 calendar year PUBLIC HOLIDAYS!
When should you plan for a holiday?
Ideally if you want to spend lesser on airfare, choose a low peak season, meaning avoiding high traffic travel season like school holidays and public holidays (especially public holidays that come along with long weekends). However, not everyone can do that if they have to travel with kids or work Mondays to Fridays.
So I hope the below guide will help you in planning your holiday this year. Here we go!
| New Year’s Day | 1 Jan 2016 | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese New Year | 8 Feb 2016 9 Feb 2016 | Monday Tuesday |
| Good Friday | 25 Mar 2016 | Friday |
| Labour Day | 1 May 2016* | Sunday |
| Vesak Day | 21 May 2016 | Saturday |
| Hari Raya Puasa | 6 July 2016 | Wednesday |
| National Day | 9 Aug 2016 | Tuesday |
| Hari Raya Haji | 12 Sep 2016 | Monday |
| Deepavali | 29 Oct 2016 | Saturday |
| Christmas Day | 25 Dec 2016* | Sunday |
**above taken from MOM website.
So you have longer weekends to travel during Chinese New Year, Good Friday, Labour Day, Hari Raya Haji and Christmas Day.
Personally I would not recommend to travel during Chinese New Year as it would be freaky crowded everywhere when the Chinese comes out of their country and go to everywhere in the world. From my own experience, I went on a cruise few years back during the Chinese New Year period. I remembered it was not like the first or second day of Chinese New Year but the entire cruise was filled with 95% Mainland Chinese. I am not trying to offend the Chinese here, but some could be quite rowdy. I almost fell a few times as they were pushing everyone to get their way through.
You can pretty much consider the following dates:
- 25th March (Fri) to 27th March (Sun)
- 30th April (Sat) to 2nd May (Mon)
- 10th Sep (Sat) to 12th Sep (Mon)
- 24th Dec (Sat) to 26th Dec (Mon)
Well, of course, the above dates are dates that if you only work Mondays to Fridays and you do not have to take any annual leave from work. If you want to go on a 4-day/3-night trip, go on and extend a day, you can go on Thursday to Sunday or Friday to Monday.
Have a happy holiday!!
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