Long Weekend Holidays in 2018

“Long weekends” are a great time for vacation, travel, get-together to spent quality time with family and friends..

When is the next long weekend? This is one of the most common question we hear around the office, schools and social gatherings.

Regardless of how much you enjoy your job or how limited your leaves are, we all need a healthy work-life balance to be happy and successful with our family and friends. For those who are working full-time for an employer, you have a limited number of paid vacation days given each year. However you also have a set number of annual holidays when the company or office is closed. You can combine your leaves with national holidays and what you get an extremely long weekend for your dream holidays.

Plan you vacation in advance for these long weekends of 2018

Here you will find the upcoming long weekends in India. Use this site to identify your upcoming long weekends and begin planning now!

Note: It is better to book in advance for long weekends to get better deals and offers.

Long Weekends and Public Holidays in 2017 – 2018

December 2017
1 Dec	Friday	Eid-E-Milad	3 Day long weekend
25 Dec	Monday	Christmas	3 Day Long Weekend
1 Jan 2018	Monday	New Year	3 Day Long Weekend
Long Weekends Holidays in 2018
January 2018
1 Jan	Monday	New Year	3 Day Long Weekend (if you have 1st of Jan as holiday at your workplace)
22 Jan	Monday	Basant Panchami	In Haryana, Odisha, Punjab, Tripura and West Bengal only
26 Jan	Friday	Republic Day	3 day long weekend
February 2018
13 Feb	Tuesday	Maha Shivratri	4 Day long weekend while taking leave on Monday or take 14 Feb holiday to make it a romantic getaway for Valentines day
March 2018
2 March	Friday	Holi	Three day weekend, enjoy holi in some tourist place with weekend ahead. Best time to plan outing for Holi.
29 March	Thursday	Mahaveer Jayanti
30 March	Friday	Good Friday	Long weekend can be extended to four day weekend with Mahaveer Jayanti holiday.
April 2018
30 Apr	Monday	Buddha Poornima	3 day long weekend, enjoy the best of hill stations before it gets crowded due to summer holidays.
May 2018
There are no long weekends in May month.
June 2018
15 June	Friday	Idul Fitar	Holiday in many Indian states.
July 2018
There are no long weekends in July month.
August 2018
Surprisingly, there are no long weekends in the month of August, as both Independence Day and Idul Zuha are on Wednesday.
September 2018
3 Sep	Monday	Janamashtami	Restricted holiday but can be clubbed to make long weekend.
13 Sep	Thursday	Ganesh Chaturthi	On taking leave on 14 September (Friday), this can be a 4 day long weekend.
October 2018
2 Oct	Tuesday	Gandhi Jayanti	4 day long weekend if you take Monday as a leave.
19 Oct	Friday	Durga Puja / Dusshera / Vijay Dashmi	3 day long weekend
November 2018
There are no long weekends in November month.
December 2018
25 Dec	Tuesday	Christmas Day	4 day long weekend if you take leave on 24 Dec (Monday).

*Note: Dates of some lunar based festivals can be change, without prior notice. Kindly check with official calendars for your holiday dates before booking for your long weekend tour vacation.

Some of the most popular long weekend destinations in India are: Kerala, Andamans and Nicobar Islands, Kashmir, Leh and Ladakh, Kumaon Tour (Nainital, Almora, Ranikhet, Binsar, Kausani, Corbett), Garhwal Tour (Mussoorie, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Tehri), Auli, Manali, Shimla, Dalhousie, Dharamshala with Macleodganj, The Golden Triangle Tour (Delhi, Jaipur, Agra), Darjeeling with Sikkim, South India Temple Tours, Orissa Tour (Puri, Konark, Bhubaneshwar), Goa, Discover Madhya Pradesh (Khajuraho, Bandhavgarh, Bhimbetka, Chhindwara, Chitrakoot, Kanha, Ujjain), Rajasthan (Jaipur, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Ajmer, Mount Abu, Pushkar, Ranthambore)

Some of the most popular long weekend international destinations from India are: Dubai (Dubai Shopping Festival 2015), Singapore, Australia, Macau, Italy, Spain, France, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, London

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