The Best Dates to Take Off if You Want to Maximize Your Vacation Time in 2025

This same topic goes viral every January:  Someone posted a video that lists all the best dates to take off in 2025 if you want to maximize your vacation days.  They’re usually around major holidays, so you get a nice four-day weekend.

Here’s the video.  The full list of dates follows

For 2025, here is one way to take time off if you want to make the most of major federal holidays:

• President’s Day (Monday, Feb. 17)
  Take Feb. 14 off, so one vacation day becomes four days off in a row (Feb. 14-17).
  
• Memorial Day (Monday, May 26)
  Take May 23 off, so one vacation day becomes four days off (May 23-26).
  
• Juneteenth (Thursday, June 19)
  Take June 20 off, so one vacation day becomes four days off (June 19-22).
  
• Independence Day (Friday, July 4)
  Take July 3, so one vacation day becomes four days off (July 3-6).
  
• Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 1)
  Take Aug. 29 off, so one vacation day becomes four days off (Aug. 29-Sept. 1).
  
• Indigenous People’s Day (Monday, Oct. 13)
  Take Oct. 10 off, so one vacation day becomes four days off (Oct. 10-13).
  
• Veterans Day (Tuesday, Nov. 11)
  Take Nov. 10 off, so one vacation day becomes four days off (Nov. 8-11)
  
• Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, Nov. 27)
  Take Nov. 28 off, so one vacation day becomes four days off (Nov. 27-30).
  
• Christmas Day (Thursday, Dec. 25)
  Take Dec. 22-24 and the 26th off, so four vacation days becomes nine days off (Dec. 20-28).