A proper holiday request system
Employees can request annual leave in a few clicks. Managers get the dates, notes, allowance impact and potential clashes before making a decision.
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Holiday management software for UK teams
Holiday management software your whole team can actually use.
Manage annual leave, sickness, approvals, holiday allowances and team availability in one simple system — £20/month for the whole company.
No card required
Unlimited employees
Core leave & absence features included
£20/month · one flat price · no per-user pricing
£20/month
one flat company price
Unlimited
employees & managers
14 days free
no card required
Secure billing
payments by Stripe
Less admin. More clarity.
Staff holiday requests should not be scattered across spreadsheets, emails and messages.
When annual leave is tracked manually, balances need updating, requests are easy to miss and managers can struggle to see who is already away. Awayly brings holiday and absence management into one clear system.
One employee leave calendar
See approved holiday, sickness and other absences in one team calendar, so everyone has a clearer picture of who is available and what is coming up.
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Keep available, booked, taken and pending leave together. Set individual allowances and working patterns rather than maintaining formulas in a staff holiday spreadsheet.
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Awayly vs spreadsheets
Replace the staff holiday spreadsheet with one source of truth.
A spreadsheet can record dates, but it does not give your employees a proper request process, notify managers, show approval history or keep everyone working from the same live view. Awayly is built to handle the whole process.
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Spreadsheet / messages
Awayly
Requests can arrive anywhere
One request workflow
Balances updated manually
Allowances tracked in one place
Clashes spotted by checking dates
Potential clash warnings
No clear approval history
Approval and decision history
Separate sickness records
Holiday and absence together
Admin grows with the team
Still one flat £20/month
See Awayly in action
Holiday management that is simple for employees and clear for managers.
From annual leave requests and approvals to sickness, appointments and custom absence types, Awayly keeps the information your team needs in one place.
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Approve annual leave with the right context.
Managers can review the employee, requested dates, holiday allowance impact and possible clashes before approving or declining. Decision notes keep the outcome clear.
- Potential holiday clash warnings
- Approval and decline notes
- Cancellation requests handled too
- Clear request history
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See employee holidays and absences on one team calendar.
Give managers and employees a cleaner view of approved time off. Annual leave, sickness, appointments, training and other absence types can all be visible without maintaining separate calendars.
- Desktop team calendar
- Mobile-friendly absence view
- Department filtering
- Different absence types clearly shown
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Configure holiday and absence rules around your company.
Choose your holiday year, default allowance, bank holiday settings and working patterns. Create the absence types your company actually needs and decide how each one behaves.
- Custom time-off types
- Choose what deducts holiday allowance
- Control what employees can request
- Allow half-day bookings where appropriate
More than an annual leave tracker
Manage holiday and other employee absences in the same system.
Annual leave is only one part of team availability. Awayly can also help you record and manage other time away from work without forcing every absence to reduce an employee's holiday allowance.
Give annual leave a proper request and approval process.
Employees can submit holiday requests, see their own allowance and track the status of requests. Managers can review requests with better context and keep approved leave visible to the team.
- Annual leave requests
- Holiday allowance tracking
- Working patterns
- Half-day bookings
Record sickness, appointments and custom time-off types.
Company admins control which absence types are active, whether employees can request them, whether approval is required and whether they should affect holiday allowance.
- Sickness and appointments
- Training and unpaid leave
- Custom absence types
- Manager-added absences
Built for the whole team
Everyone sees what they need — without making leave management complicated.
Employees
Request annual leave, check balances, see request history and understand when time off has been approved.
Managers
Review requests, see potential clashes, manage team availability and record absences when needed.
Owners & admins
Configure holiday years, allowances, bank holidays, time-off types, working patterns, permissions and users.
A good fit for
Small and growing UK businesses that want less leave admin.
Awayly is designed for teams that have outgrown spreadsheets, shared calendars or informal holiday requests and want a simple employee holiday planner without enterprise software complexity.
Everything you need
One straightforward employee leave management system.
Keep annual leave, absences, approvals, people and company rules together instead of piecing the process together across multiple tools.
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Annual leave
Requests, balances and history
Sickness & absence
Record non-holiday time off
Working patterns
Manage different working weeks
Email notifications
Keep the right people updated
Activity log
See important account changes
Installable app
Use Awayly from your home screen
Get started quickly
From spreadsheet to Awayly in four simple steps.
You do not need a long implementation project. Create your workspace, configure the basics and start inviting your team.
Create your company
Start the 14-day trial with your company name, owner details and no payment card.
Set your leave rules
Choose allowances, holiday year settings, working patterns and time-off types.
Add your team
Invite employees and managers and give each person the right role and allowance.
Manage requests
Employees request leave and managers handle approvals from one shared system.
Pricing without the maths
Not £4 per employee. Not £8 per employee. £20 for the company.
Awayly uses one simple monthly company price. Add employees and managers without watching your software bill increase every time your team grows.
✓ No per-user pricing
✓ No setup fee
✓ Core leave & absence features included
✓ Monthly subscription
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14 days free
£
20
/month
One price for the whole company
- Unlimited employees
- Unlimited managers
- Unlimited requests
- Holiday & absence management
- Team calendar & approvals
- Email notifications
- All current Awayly features
Built & supported in the UK
About Awayly
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Awayly is developed and operated by Michael Wood | Web & Automation.
Awayly has a clear operator behind it. Product development, customer support and the Awayly experience are handled by Michael Wood | Web & Automation, a UK web development and automation business.
Holiday management software FAQs
Straight answers before you start.
The essentials about Awayly, pricing, holiday tracking and absence management.
What is Awayly?
Awayly is holiday and absence management software for UK teams. It gives employees a simple way to request annual leave and gives managers one place to approve requests, track allowances, record absences and see who is away.
How much does Awayly cost?
Awayly costs £20 per month for the whole company. There is no per-user charge or setup fee. Core holiday and absence features are included, with optional add-ons available separately.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Awayly includes a 14-day free trial and no card is required to create your workspace.
Can Awayly track sickness and appointments as well as annual leave?
Yes. Company admins can configure different time-off types, including sickness, appointments and custom absence types, and decide whether each type uses holiday allowance or requires approval.
Can Awayly handle part-time employees and different working patterns?
Yes. Awayly supports individual working patterns and holiday allowances so leave can be managed around the way your team actually works.
Can managers see holiday clashes before approving leave?
Awayly can highlight potential clashes so managers have more context before approving or declining a request.
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Find the right way to manage employee time off.
Holiday management software
Manage annual leave requests, approvals and allowances.
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Leave management software
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Employee holiday tracker
Track staff holiday balances, requests and time away.
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Time off, sorted.
Give your team a better way to manage holiday and absence.
Start Awayly free for 14 days. No card required. If it works for your team, it is one flat £20/month afterwards.
Unlimited employees
Core leave & absence features included
Secure Stripe billing