🇦🇺 For Australian school families
School holidays
your family will
actually remember.
Every school holiday window comes with free days already inside it , public holidays, weekends, long weekends. Those are yours at no cost. The planner shows you how to cover the remaining days using annual leave and care, so you can plan a proper family trip around what's already free. We find the deals. You make the memories.
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The planning problem
Every school holiday day needs covering.
Here's what's already free, and what isn't.
Free (pub hols + weekends)
Annual leave for a trip
Holiday care to arrange
🐣 Easter · 3 Apr–27 Apr
25-day holiday opportunity
10 days free
pub hols + weekends
10 already free
5 days annual leave → trip
10 days care
⛷️ July · 13–24 Jul
12-day holiday opportunity
2 days free
weekends
2 already free
5 days annual leave → trip
5 days care
🌸 September · 26 Sep–9 Oct
15-day holiday opportunity
4 days free
weekends
4 already free
5 days annual leave → trip
6 days care
☀️ Summer · 18 Dec–27 Jan
40+ day holiday opportunity
5+ days free
pub hols + weekends
5+ already free
3 days annual leave → trip
32+ days care to plan
Free planning tool
Plan your whole year
in 10 minutes.
The Leave Planner shows every day of every school holiday window. For each day, assign it as annual leave, holiday care, or a public holiday free day. See your full coverage picture, and the cost, before you've booked anything.
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Both parents' leave tracked separately with progress bars✓
School care days calculated automatically✓
5-day buffer for pupil-free and staff development days✓
Summer window runs through to late January 2027✓
Saves to your browser, picks up where you left off🪟 Your 2026 Windows
NSW
🐣 Easter Window
Good Friday 3 Apr → Anzac Sub 27 Apr
0–3
days annual leave
⛷️ July Window
13 – 24 July 2026
2
days annual leave
🌸 September Window
26 Sep – 9 Oct 2026
3
days annual leave
☀️ Summer Window
18 Dec 2026 – 27 Jan 2027
3
days annual leave
2026 school holiday windows
Four chances to get
away this year.
Every school holiday window is a holiday opportunity. Public holidays and weekends inside each window are already free, no leave needed. The planner shows you the full picture so you can plan the best possible trip.
Up to 25 days
3 Apr – 27 Apr 2026
🐣 Easter Window
25days in window
10free (pub hols + wknds)
5annual leave days
QLD Coast · Grampians · Jervis Bay · Bali shoulder season
Peak dry season
13 – 24 Jul 2026
⛷️ July Window
12days in window
2free (weekends)
2annual leave days
Snowy Mountains ski · Bali dry season · Fiji · NZ ski fields
Ningaloo season
26 Sep – 9 Oct 2026
🌸 September Window
15days in window
4free (weekends)
3annual leave days
Ningaloo reef · NZ spring · Flinders Ranges · Europe shoulder
The big one
18 Dec 2026 – 27 Jan 2027
☀️ Summer Window
40+days in window
5+free (pub hols + wknds)
3annual leave days
Kimberley road trip · Thailand · Whitsundays · Tasmania drive
What you get every Tuesday
One great deal.
No noise.
We don't fill your inbox. If there's nothing worth booking this week, we say so. When there is, you'll know before it sells out.
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Deals matched to your state's school holiday dates✓
International and Australian, resorts, camping, road trips✓
Weather score and leave days required on every deal✓
We only send deals we'd book ourselvesHoliday Windows · July 2026
⛷️ July · NSW
4 nights Whitsunday Island, family of 4
$2,890
total for family of 4
vs $4,100+ school holiday peak
vs $4,100+ school holiday peak
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2 leave days needed · 16 days off · Peak dry season
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Sample deal, live deals every Tuesday for subscribers
How it works
Simple. Honest.
Actually useful.
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We find the deals
Every Tuesday we scan flights, resorts, campsites and packages timed to your state's school holidays. Only genuinely good deals make the cut.
02
Cover every day
The free planner shows every school holiday day. Assign each one as annual leave, holiday care, or a free day. See your total leave cost and care bill before you commit to anything.
03
Alert me when it drops
Tell us which windows matter. We'll alert you the moment a deal matches, before it sells out. July Bali books out by February.
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Book and go
Click through to book directly. No markups, no hidden fees. We earn a small affiliate commission. that's how we stay free for families.
Why families trust us
Built around how
Australian parents actually plan.
School holiday dates built in
Every deal tagged to your state's actual window, including public holidays that make it free.
Leave days on every deal
See exactly how many leave days each deal requires before you click. No surprises.
Australian options included
Ningaloo in September costs a fraction of Bali. Camping and road trips alongside international.
No bad-weather deals
We don't send Fiji in cyclone season. Every deal has a weather quality score for that window.
Two-parent leave planning
Both parents allocate leave separately. See school care days needed across the whole year.
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