Planning Travel Around the 2020 School Holidays

When planning travel in 2020, taking into account the peak school holiday periods is a good idea. We’ve pulled together the New Zealand and Australian State and Integrated school holidays to help with your planning (for private schools please check with the school).

New Zealand 2020 School Holidays

The Ministry of Education lists the 2020 New Zealand school holidays as:

• Friday 10 April to Monday 27 April 
• Saturday 4 July to Sunday 19 July 
• Saturday 26 September to Sunday 11 October 

By Saturday 19 December, primary, intermediate and secondary schools will have finished their 2020 school year.

Australian 2020 school holidays

The Australian school holidays differ per state and territory. The Australian Government website lists the 2020 Australian school holidays as:

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania

• Friday 10 April to Sunday 26 April
• Saturday 4 July to Sunday 19 July
• Saturday 26 September to Sunday 11 October

Northern Territory

• Friday 10 April to Sunday 19 April
• Saturday 27 June to Monday 20 July
• Saturday 26 September to Sunday 11 October

Queensland

• Saturday 4 April to Sunday 19 April
• Saturday 27 June to Sunday 12 July
• Saturday 19 September to Monday 5 October

Victoria

• Saturday 28 March to Monday 13 April
• Saturday 27 June to Sunday 12 July
• Saturday 19 September to Sunday 4 October

Western Australia

• Friday 10 April to Monday 27 April
• Saturday 4 July to Sunday 19 July
• Saturday 26 September to Sunday 11 October

By Saturday 19 December, primary, intermediate and secondary schools will have finished their 2020 school year.

How Fine Travel can help organise your next holiday

At Fine Travel we work with major international and New Zealand travel wholesale partners to arrange our clients’ itineraries.  Examples of the requests we commonly receive are:

• We’re heading back to Bora Bora this year, can you please book our airfares and usual room directly with the resort.
• This year we are going away with my parents and the kids, can you recommend somewhere in Fiji that will fit us all in, has a nice pool (and a golf course for Dad).
• We’ve been hopeless and not planned anything and I can’t face another winter at home, any thoughts on where we can go?
• I read your blog about a cruise holiday, is there something shorter and close to home so we can try it out.  

Through our wholesale and specialist partners we can often access special offers and bonus inclusions. When it comes to popular destinations like Fiji, Rarotonga and Hawaii, you can organise this with a quick phone call or email to your Fine Travel Consultant instead of spending hours comparing different websites and travel agencies yourself.