#TreatYoSelf: Start Making Plans For The 12 Long Weekends In Malaysia Next Year (2017)

Seriously, who doesn’t love long weekends, right? The longer, the better.

Have you used up most of this year’s annual leave already? Don’t worry, because 2017 is less than 4 months away. Here’s the awesome part: next year’s official calendar together with the list of holidays is out. Y’all know what this means right? It’s time to start planning for a year of awesome vacation weekends!

Next year is already looking quite promising because we’ll be having a total of 14 national public holidays and several long weekends that are spread pretty evenly throughout 2017, with the exception of a few “dry months” in March, April, July, and November.

The 9 official long weekends are as follows:

1. New Year’s Day: 31st Dec 2016 – 2nd Jan 2017 (Saturday to Monday)
2. Chinese New Year: 28th Jan 2017 – 30th Jan 2017 (Saturday to Monday)
3. Thaipusam: 10th Feb 2017 – 12th Feb 2017 (Friday to Sunday)
4. Labour Day: 29th Apr 2017 – 1st May 2017 (Saturday to Monday)
5. Nuzul Al-Quran: 10th Jun 2017 – 12th Jun 2017 (Saturday to Monday)
6. Hari Raya Puasa: 24th Jun 2017 – 26th Jun 2017 (Saturday to Monday)*
7. National Day & Hari Raya Haji: 31st Aug 2017 – 3rd Sep 2017 (Thursday to Sunday)*
8. Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday (Maulidur Rasul): 1st Dec 2017 – 3rd Dec 2017 (Friday to Sunday)
9. Christmas: 23rd Dec 2017 – 25th Dec 2017 (Saturday to Monday)

However, there are 3 public holidays which falls on the mid-week:

1. Vesak Day – 10th May (Wednesday)
2. Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah) – 21st September (Thursday)
3. Deepavali – 19th October (Thursday)*

Thanks to the cheatsheet from TripZilla, you can best utilise those precious 2017 leaves and increase your long weekends from 9 weeks to 12 weeks. All you need to do is apply 4 days of vacation leave for an additional 3 long weekends. Yay!

These are the following days to apply for leave to increase your long weekends (see the blue highlights above):

• 2 Day Leave on 11th May (Thursday) and 12th May (Friday): May 10 – 14 (Wednesday to Sunday)
• 1 Day Leave on 22nd Sep (Friday): Sep 21 – Sep 24 (Thursday to Sunday)
• 1 Day Leave on 20th Oct (Friday): Oct 19 – Oct 22 (Thursday to Sunday)*

Side note: There’s a typo error in the chart for 22nd and 23rd September.

With that said, here are the 12 long weekends you can look forward to in 2017:

1. 31st Dec 2016 – 2nd Jan 2017
2. 28th Jan 2017 – 30th Jan 2017
3. 10th Feb 2017 – 12th Feb 2017
4. 29th Apr 2017 – 1st May 2017
5. 10th May 2017 – 14th May 2017
6. 10th Jun 2017 – 12th Jun 2017
7. 24th Jun 2017 – 26th Jun 2017 *
8. 31st Aug 2017 – 3rd Sep 2017 *
9. 21st Sep 2017 – 24th Sep 2017
10. 19th Oct 2017  – 22nd Oct 2017*
11. 1st Dec 2017 – 3rd Dec 2017
12. 23rd Dec 2017 – 25th Dec 2017

To recap, the 14 national public holidays are:

1. Chinese New Year – 28th January (Saturday)
2. Chinese New Year 2nd Day – 29th January (Sunday)
3. Labour Day – 1st May (Monday)
4. Vesak Day – 10th May (Wednesday)
5. Yang Dipertuan Agong’s Birthday – 3rd June (Saturday)
6. Hari Raya Puasa – 25th June  (Sunday)*
7. Hari Raya Puasa 2nd Day – 26th June (Monday)*
8. National Day – 31st August (Thursday)
9. Hari Raya Haji – 1st September (Friday)*
10. Malaysia Day – 16th September (Saturday)
11. Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah) – 21st September (Thursday)
12. Deepavali – 19th October (Thursday)*
13. Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday (Maulidur Rasul) – 1st December (Friday)
14. Christmas – 25th December (Monday)

*Dates shown are only preliminary and could be subject to change.

Stay hyped wanderlusters and start planning your holiday trips. You can thank us later 😉

Source: TripZilla.