If you work a 9–5 in the UK, annual leave can feel very limited. Between work, life, and everything else, it’s easy to assume that meaningful travel is only possible if you take long chunks of time off - or even quit your job entirely. But after years of fitting travel around full‑time work, I’ve learned that how you use your annual leave matters far more than how much you have. This post breaks down: the best times to book annual leave around UK bank holidays how to turn a

I’m Ivy 👋 I started Weekends with Ivy as a passion project in the hope of reaching others who share the same love for travel that I’ve chased throughout my life. After entering my thirties (I won’t say how far 😉), I couldn’t help but feel a sense of regret that I didn’t travel even more in my twenties. I did the classic trips - backpacking, working summers in Spain, and of course the rite of passage that is a solo trip to Southeast Asia - but it never felt like enough. I a