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A holiday planner built around UK bank holidays and breaks
Published 5 October 2026 · HolidayWow editors · Written with AI, numbers checked against our data ·
This holiday planner starts from a bank holiday, a half term or a sentence describing the trip, and draws the days on a map with real climate numbers and real prices, ready to edit before anyone books a thing.
A holiday planner that starts from UK time off
With a typical 28 days of annual leave to spend across a year, the Bank Holiday planner turns a single day's leave either side of a bank holiday into a longer run of days away, before a single stop is chosen. The same planner reads half term, the Easter holidays, the summer holidays and the Christmas holidays, so a family trip can be timed to a school break from the first sentence.
You describe the holiday in one sentence or by voice and the planner reads the place, the month, the group, the pace and the budget from your words, then draws the trip as a route on a map rather than a block of text.
Every day a route, every stop a pin
Each day on the plan is a leg on the map, each stop a pin, and each leg between stops carries its own travel time, so the shape of a holiday is visible before you commit to it. Pace comes in three settings: relaxed keeps a day to one or two stops, balanced allows two to three, and packed fits in three to five, chosen for the whole holiday or changed for just one day.
A holiday does not need fixed dates to begin: build it against a month, and once real dates are settled, every day card picks up its weekday, the live weather and current prices without anything needing to be redrawn.
A worked holiday: a November week in Fuerteventura
A week in Fuerteventura in November comes back against day 22 °C, night 20 °C, a sea at 22 °C, 7 hours of sunshine and 2 rain days, with the door-to-door leg mapped out. A balanced pace suits the steady warmth, with the sea pin kept close for most afternoons.
A shorter UK holiday looks different again. The Isle of Wight in July shows day 18 °C, night 16 °C, a sea at 16 °C, 9 hours of sunshine and 10 rain days, a short trip that still earns its own day-by-day plan on the same map.
From a thought to a trip.
New trip
7 days in October, warm, by the sea, good food, with my girlfriend, from London, up to £1,500.
Checking flights from London, hotels by the sea and the October weather.
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When, who with, what matters and what's a no. No form, no ten filters. HolidayWow understands the dates, budget, departure point, pace and wishes from one sentence.
New trip
7 days in October, warm, by the sea, good food, with my girlfriend, from London, up to £1,500.
Checking flights from London, hotels by the sea and the October weather.
Trips that really fit you.
Every idea comes with a total price and a clear answer to why it fits you: weather, flight time, beaches, food, short distances.
Your trip ideas
Sicily
Food · small towns · sea
7 days for 2
Crete
Sea · tavernas · nature
7 days for 2
Mallorca
Sea · comfort · short distances
7 days for 2
Your trip is set, with flights, a hotel and a day plan.
Arrival, transfer, check-in, sunset, dinner. Just say “make it cheaper” or “no car hire” and the trip adapts.
Day 1
Arrival
- Arrival in Heraklion
Transfer · 35 min- Check-in by the sea
Sunset
Taverna at the harbour
On the road, HolidayWow keeps planning.
Rain on the way? Then the beach day becomes a day at the market and a museum. Flight status, weather and your day plan in one place.
Rain is forecast for tomorrow. I swapped the beach day for the market and a museum.
Day 3 · boat trip
Editing a holiday once the first plan is drawn
Move a stop to a different day, replace one place with another, or thin out a busy day, and the plan checker resets the order around whatever changed, so a holiday built in minutes still holds together after several edits. Madeira in April (day 18 °C, night 17 °C, a sea at 18 °C, 5 rain days) is the kind of holiday where a wetter morning can be swapped for an indoor stop without redoing the whole day.
MadeiraiPhoto: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA side-panel assistant knows what you have selected, a day, a stop, or a moment from the trip film, and can change the plan on request, through the same actions as the buttons.
- Set the holiday from a bank holiday, a school break or one sentence
- Review the plan drawn day by day on the map
- Choose relaxed, balanced or packed pace
- Add dates for live weather and live prices
- Book stays and tours inside the plan
MadeiraiPhoto: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Real prices, booked inside the holiday plan
Rather than a guessed figure, each stay, tour or transfer on the holiday plan shows what a partner, Booking.com, GetYourGuide, Viator, Trip.com or a flight partner, actually charges right now, or offers a button to check that live price. Booking happens inside the holiday plan through partner links in pounds, with a trip budget, price watch on the stays you are following, and cost splitting if the holiday is shared with others.
Costa Brava in September, with day 25 °C, night 18 °C, a sea at 21 °C and 8 rain days, is the kind of plan where live prices on the coastal stays settle the budget before anyone books.
Planning the holiday with everyone travelling
Send a single link and the whole group opens the same holiday plan, with view or edit roles set for each person, plus voting on stops and comments left on a day. The trip film turns the finished holiday into a short film on the map, with the flight arc, the bases and each day, ready to share once it is booked.
A packing list builds itself from the plan, the month and the climate at the destination, and a document vault keeps passports, tickets and confirmations with the holiday they belong to, so nothing needs hunting for on the morning you leave.
Real data behind every pick.
From your airport
Direct flights, flight times and transfers from 9 UK airports, worked out from your door to the hotel.
The total price, shown openly
Flights, hotel, transfers and experiences in one sum for everyone traveling, with the provider and when the price was checked. No teaser prices.
Timing it against the UK calendar
Families often plan around half term or the summer holidays, while couples and groups of friends lean on bank holiday weekends to stretch a short run of annual leave into a proper trip. The Bank Holiday planner carries the actual UK public holiday dates into the plan, so the days off and the holiday plan are built from the same calendar rather than two separate ones.
A retired couple or a pair of friends without school terms to work around can instead let the planner suggest the quieter shoulder months, using the same climate numbers that shape every other trip on the platform, rather than following the school calendar at all.
Starting your holiday plan
Open the planner, pick a bank holiday, a school break, or describe the trip in one sentence, and the first plan appears on the map in the same session, ready to edit, price and share from there.
A holiday planner built around UK bank holidays and breaks: frequently asked questions
How does this holiday planner use UK bank holidays?
The Bank Holiday planner turns a bank holiday and a single day or two of annual leave into a longer trip idea, and the same plan then draws the days, the stops and the prices around it.
Can the holiday planner work around school breaks?
Yes. Half term, the Easter holidays, the summer holidays and the Christmas holidays all feed into the planner, so a family holiday can be timed to the actual school calendar.
Is the holiday planner free to use?
The app is free to download and to plan with. Real prices for stays, tours and transport are shown by partners inside the plan when you are ready to book.
Does the holiday planner need fixed dates to start?
No. A holiday can be built on a month alone, and adding real dates later fills in the weekday, live weather and live prices for every day.
Can a holiday plan be shared with the rest of the group?
Yes. One link opens the same plan for everyone, with roles for viewing or editing, voting on stops, and comments on a day, so the whole group plans together.
How many days of annual leave does a typical UK trip use?
A typical 28 days of annual leave is the starting point the Bank Holiday planner works with, stretching single days of leave either side of a bank holiday into a longer trip.
Can the holiday planner suggest trips outside school terms?
Yes. For travellers without school terms to plan around, the planner can lean on the quieter shoulder months instead, using the same climate numbers that shape every trip on the platform.
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