January 2nd is a New Year’s Day substitute day. It falls on a Monday, which means you’ll have a 3-day weekend. How’s that for starting the year right?

Take advantage of the first Bank holiday of the year to get some well-deserved rest and start planning those epic, new adventures for the year to come. Whether it’s doing an in-depth tour of Italy, hiking in Yellowstone or going on an exotic beach holiday, January’s a great time to start planning your long-awaited travel dreams and take advantage of countless flight deals (cheaper flight tickets anyone?). (Note: If you’re from Scotland, you’ll also have January 3rd off).

See below for an example of your bank holidays, and ‘weekend extenders’.