Maximize your days off in 2027
Find the best days to take PTO in 2027. Choose your leave allowance and holiday calendar, and this free PTO optimizer finds the most days off you can fit into your breaks.
Your 2027 leave plan
Make every day count
Monday–Friday workweek. Updates as you change your choices.
Adjust holidays (12 selected)
Check the weekdays you already get off without using leave. Uncheck any you work, and add company or provincial holidays. January 2028 dates only extend a break that starts in 2027.
Starts with federal holidays observed on a Monday–Friday schedule, including 31 December 2027 for New Year’s Day 2028. Private employers and states may use different calendars. Uncheck any holidays you work.
US Office of Personnel Management · Schedule checked 2026-10-28. Bundled dates; check for later changes.
Your maximum across planned breaks
57days off
Using 17 of your 17 leave days.
- Breaks
- 14
- Longest break
- 5 days
- Leave left
- 0 days
Counts each date once in breaks of at least 4 days that use leave. Includes weekends and your selected holidays within those breaks. Year-end breaks may extend into January 2028, using only 2027 leave.
Here’s what to book
Suggested dates to request from your employer.
Break 1
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4 days off · 1 leave day
Book leave: 4 Jan 2027
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5 days off · 3 leave days
Book leave: 6 Jan 2027 · 7 Jan 2027 · 8 Jan 2027
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4 days off · 1 leave day
Book leave: 15 Jan 2027
Book leaveWeekendWeekendHolidayBreak 4
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4 days off · 2 leave days
Book leave: 21 Jan 2027 · 22 Jan 2027
Book leaveBook leaveWeekendWeekendBreak 5
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4 days off · 1 leave day
Book leave: 12 Feb 2027
Book leaveWeekendWeekendHolidayBreak 6
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4 days off · 1 leave day
Book leave: 28 May 2027
Book leaveWeekendWeekendHolidayBreak 7
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4 days off · 1 leave day
Book leave: 17 Jun 2027
Book leaveHolidayWeekendWeekendBreak 8
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4 days off · 1 leave day
Book leave: 2 Jul 2027
Book leaveWeekendWeekendHolidayBreak 9
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4 days off · 1 leave day
Book leave: 3 Sept 2027
Book leaveWeekendWeekendHolidayBreak 10
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4 days off · 1 leave day
Book leave: 8 Oct 2027
Book leaveWeekendWeekendHolidayBreak 11
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4 days off · 1 leave day
Book leave: 12 Nov 2027
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4 days off · 1 leave day
Book leave: 26 Nov 2027
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4 days off · 1 leave day
Book leave: 23 Dec 2027
Book leaveHolidayWeekendWeekendBreak 14
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4 days off · 1 leave day
Book leave: 30 Dec 2027
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For Google, Apple and Outlook. Exports the days to request, marked tentative.
Start with the holidays you actually get off
The US calendar starts with observed federal holidays. Private employers may not give you all of them, so open ‘Adjust holidays’ and uncheck any you work. Add company shutdown days or state holidays that your employer observes. The tool then recalculates your plan.
Why 31 December matters in 2027
New Year’s Day 2028 falls on a Saturday. For most federal employees working Monday to Friday, it is observed on Friday 31 December 2027. This planner includes that date, as well as Christmas Day observed on Friday 24 December. Keep them checked only if your employer gives you those days off.
Keep planning: print a calendar, count down to a holiday.
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