Requests arrive everywhere
Holiday requests may come through email, chat or verbally, leaving managers to remember what has already been agreed.
Holiday management software for UK teams
Manage staff holidays without spreadsheets, email chains or guesswork.
Awayly gives employees a simple way to request annual leave and gives managers one clear place to approve requests, track holiday allowances and see who is away.
No card required
Unlimited employees
£14/month flat price
Holiday overview
My holiday remaining
21 days
0 used · 7 pending of 28
Pending
2 requests
Upcoming
3 bookings
Annual leave tracker
Holiday request system
Leave approvals
Holiday allowances
Team holiday calendar
Working patterns
A clearer way to manage annual leave
Replace the staff holiday spreadsheet with one shared system.
Spreadsheets can work when a team is small, but holiday management quickly becomes more complicated when requests, balances, working patterns and approvals all need to stay in sync.
Awayly keeps those parts together. Employees can see their own holiday position and submit requests, while managers and admins can review leave, maintain allowances and keep team availability visible without manually updating several places.
Why businesses move on from spreadsheets
Holiday admin gets harder as the team grows.
Balances need manual updates
Every approved or cancelled booking can mean another spreadsheet change and another opportunity for errors.
Clashes take time to check
Managers often need to cross-check calendars or ask colleagues before deciding whether a request can be approved.
Employees keep asking
People need to know how much holiday they have left and whether a request has been approved.
For employees
See your holiday balance before you request time off.
Employees can view their own available, booked, taken and pending holiday, then submit a leave request from desktop or mobile without emailing a manager.
- See current holiday allowance
- Submit annual leave requests
- Add notes to a request
- Use half-days where enabled
- Track pending and approved leave
For managers
Approve holiday requests with the right context.
Managers can review pending annual leave requests in one place, including the dates, notes and potential clashes that may affect the decision.
- One pending approval queue
- Potential clash warnings
- Approve or decline requests
- Add decision notes
- Handle cancellation requests
For owners & admins
Configure holiday rules around your company.
Set the company holiday year, default allowance, working patterns and time-off settings so Awayly reflects how your business manages annual leave.
- Company default holiday allowance
- Individual allowance overrides
- Employee working patterns
- Holiday year settings
- Bank holiday and closure controls
Holiday allowance tracking
Keep available, booked, taken and pending holiday clear.
A holiday management system should make it easy for employees and managers to understand what is left. Awayly keeps the main allowance figures together instead of relying on manual totals.
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Allowance
28
Booked
7
Pending
0
Available
21
Team holiday calendar
See who is away before the next request arrives.
Approved time off is visible in the team calendar, helping managers and employees understand upcoming availability without maintaining a separate shared holiday calendar.
- Company-wide team calendar
- Department filtering
- Annual leave and other absence types
- Clear desktop and mobile views
Different people, different working weeks
Holiday management for full-time and part-time staff.
Store the days an employee normally works so the system can reflect their working pattern rather than assuming everyone follows the same Monday-to-Friday week.
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Spreadsheet vs Awayly
One holiday process instead of several manual steps.
Holiday task
Spreadsheet process
Awayly
Employee requests leave
Email, message or form
Request in Awayly
Check holiday balance
Find and calculate manually
Visible in employee account
Check team clashes
Cross-check another calendar
Potential clashes shown
Approve request
Reply and update spreadsheet
Approve in one place
Tell employee
Send another message
Status and email notification
Update availability
Update shared calendar
Team calendar stays visible
Who Awayly is for
Holiday management software for small and growing UK teams.
Small businesses
Move away from a spreadsheet before holiday admin becomes a bigger job than it needs to be.
Growing teams
Add employees and managers without changing the £14 monthly Awayly price.
Businesses wanting focus
Use dedicated holiday and absence management software without adopting a much larger HR platform.
Simple holiday software pricing
£14/month for the whole company.
Unlimited employees, unlimited managers and current Awayly features are included. Start with a 14-day free trial and no card required.
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Holiday management software FAQs
Questions about managing staff holidays with Awayly.
What is holiday management software?
Holiday management software gives employees a structured way to request annual leave and gives managers and admins one place to manage approvals, holiday allowances and team availability.
Can employees see their own holiday balance?
Yes. Awayly can show employees their own available, booked, taken and pending holiday so they can see where they stand before submitting a request.
Can managers see potential holiday clashes?
Yes. Awayly can show potential clashes with other approved or pending time off so managers have more context before approving or declining a request.
Can Awayly handle part-time employees?
Yes. Employee working patterns can be stored so holiday management reflects the days each person normally works.
Can different employees have different holiday allowances?
Yes. Awayly supports a company default holiday allowance with individual overrides where needed.
Does Awayly charge per employee?
No. Awayly costs £14 per month for the whole company with unlimited employees and managers.
Replace the spreadsheet
Give your team a clearer way to manage annual leave.
Start Awayly free for 14 days. No card required. £14/month for the whole company afterwards.