Hack Your Holidays: Introducing Leave Maximiser 🏖️
Turn your annual leave into extended vacations.
We all work hard, and we all deserve a break. But 20 days of annual leave doesn’t always feel like enough. What if you could double that? Or even triple it?
I’ve built a tool to help you do exactly that.
👉 Check it out here: https://leave-maximiser.architectwork.space/
The Secret? Strategic Booking 📅
Public holidays are free days off. The trick is to book your annual leave around these public holidays and weekends to create long, continuous blocks of time off while using as few leave days as possible.
For example, if a public holiday falls on a Tuesday, taking just the Monday off gives you a 4-day weekend for the “cost” of 1 annual leave day. That’s a 4x Return on Investment (ROI)!
Doing this math manually across a whole year is tedious. Leave Maximiser does it for you instantly.
Features
✨ Instant Maximization: Just select your country and year, and see the best blocks to book immediately.
🌍 Multi-Country Support: Whether you’re in Australia 🇦🇺, the UK 🇬🇧, USA 🇺🇸, Canada 🇨🇦, Germany 🇩🇪, Japan 🇯🇵, or more, we’ve got your local holidays covered.
📊 Efficiency Scores: We calculate an “Efficiency Score” for each leave block. See exactly how much bang for your buck you’re getting (e.g., “Take 4 days, get 9 days off”).
🗓️ Visual Calendar: A beautiful, interactive calendar view helps you visualize exactly when your holidays fall and how they connect with weekends.
Under the Hood 🛠️
For the tech-savvy, this project was built with a modern, performance-first stack:
- SolidJS for blazing fast reactivity
- Tailwind CSS v4 for clean, responsive styling
- TanStack Start & Router for seamless routing and state management
- Biome for keeping the code clean
Try It Now
Stop guessing and start planning your next big getaway.
Happy holiday hacking! 🌴