As the festive season approaches, so do multiple holidays. With two long weekends, August is turning out to be every travel enthusiast’s dream. People are eager to pack their bags and venture out on mini-vacations to get a much-needed break from the hustle and bustle of their hectic lives.
If planned carefully, one can get up to five days of vacation time during this period. ADVERTISEMENT Here is a breakdown of August 2024 long weekends. 15 August (Thursday) is a national holiday for followed by a partial holiday on 16 August (Friday) for Parsi New Year.
This is followed by Saturday and Sunday, and then Raksha Bandhan holiday on 19 August (Monday). 24 and 25 August are Saturday and Sunday respectively, followed by a holiday for Janmashtami on 26 August (Monday). One can take a leave on 23 August (Friday) or 27 August (Tuesday) for an extended vacation experience.
“The twin celebrations of Independence Day stretching until Raksha Bandhan and Janmashtami have sparked a surge in travel with Indians looking at making the most of these extended weekends by planning their getaways to both domestic and international destinations,” informs Santosh Kumar, Country Manager for India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia at Booking.com Here are domestic and international travel destinations that can help you make the most of these long weekends in August. “While Udaipur is the most popular domestic destination for the long weekends, other leisure hotspots within drivable distances f.