Requests get buried
A message about next summer’s holiday can disappear into an inbox long before the new year arrives.
Future holiday booking
Already planning next year? Keep future leave separate and simple.
Let employees request holiday in future holiday years, while keeping this year’s allowance clear. Awayly gives UK teams an organised way to plan ahead.
No card required
Unlimited employees
£20/month per company
AwaylyHow it works · example
Holiday year selection
Current holiday year2026Current allowance
→Plan ahead2027Separate allowance
✓ Future requests use the chosen year's balance.
Future annual leaveSeparate yearly allowancesEmployee requestsAdmin controlsHoliday approvals
Plan ahead without confusion
Next year’s holidays should not get mixed up with this year’s allowance.
When staff want to book a family holiday or special occasion well in advance, waiting until the new holiday year starts is frustrating. Managing those requests manually can also make holiday balances harder to follow.
Awayly lets owners and admins decide whether staff can book ahead, and how far. Requests are calculated in the holiday year they belong to, so a future booking does not reduce the current year’s holiday balance.
The problem with early requests
Forward planning without a proper system creates extra work.
Employees often know their plans early. Your holiday records should be able to keep up.
Balances get confused
A spreadsheet can make it unclear whether a booking belongs to this year or next year.
Managers lack visibility
Without one place for future requests, it is harder to spot potential clashes and plan cover in advance.
How future holiday bookings work
Enable the feature once, then let your team plan.
Owners and admins stay in control of when employees can request future leave.
Choose your booking window
In Settings → Company & holiday year, enable future-year employee bookings and choose one, two or three holiday years ahead.
Employees select the correct year
On Request Time Off, employees choose the future holiday year for the dates they want. Requests that span two holiday years are made separately.
Review and approve
Managers use Awayly’s normal approval process with future requests assigned to the appropriate holiday year, leaving the current year’s balance unaffected.
A clearer holiday-year record
Make forward planning easier for everyone.
Awayly connects future requests to employee allowances and the existing leave approval workflow, helping teams stay organised as one holiday year becomes the next.
- Option to allow employees to book one, two or three years ahead
- Current-year allowance is not reduced by future bookings
- Owners and admins can still record future leave when employee self-booking is switched off
- Requests remain part of the normal manager approval process
- Useful for planning Christmas, school holidays and next summer
Good to know
You decide how far ahead people can request leave.
Future holiday booking is an admin-controlled option — not an open-ended booking window. You can leave employee future-year booking off or select up to three holiday years ahead.
Settings → Company & holiday year
More useful details
Built for real-world holiday planning.
A separate year’s allowance
Future bookings use the entitlement for the holiday year selected rather than taking days out of the current year.
Different holiday-year start dates
Your company holiday year is configurable; you do not have to work January to December.
An organised request history
Keep future requests within Awayly instead of relying on messages to remember them later.
Simple, predictable pricing
£20/month for your whole company.
Unlimited employees and managers, with core leave and absence features included. Try Awayly free for 14 days with no payment card required.
£20/month
Start free trial →Future annual leave FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Can employees book holidays for 2027 now?
Yes, if your company settings allow booking into that holiday year. The year available depends on your company holiday-year start date and the configured booking window.
Does booking a future holiday reduce this year’s allowance?
No. Awayly calculates a future-year booking against the allowance of the holiday year it belongs to.
Can I limit how far ahead staff can book?
Yes. Owners and admins can permit employee bookings one, two or three holiday years ahead, or turn future-year employee booking off.
What happens if leave crosses two holiday years?
Awayly asks for separate requests for the portions in each holiday year so entitlement is allocated correctly.
Can an admin add future leave when staff cannot book ahead?
Yes. Owners and admins can add future leave manually even when future-year employee bookings are disabled.
Time off, sorted.
Make next year’s holiday planning easier today.
Give staff a simple booking process and keep each holiday year organised. Start free for 14 days — no card required.