[chunkymilk]

The only "rule" around vacation is the longer the vacation the more notice you _should_ give. I've had colleagues take 5-6 weeks off, but they let the team know 4-5 months in advance so it wasn't a big deal and we could work around it.

[BlackFly]

Local law for me is I believe twice the time off advance notice. 5-6 weeks would require 10-12 weeks of notice. In principle employer can refuse for important business requirements, you can suggest two alternative times and if they refuse all three you can just dictate when you will be taking holidays.

Asserting your rights can have social consequences, of course, but if you need to assert your rights... the real benefit of the law is setting the norms of how people behave.

[ender341341]

Yeah, I've had several teammates take a month-ish of to travel, most of it comes down to just giving a good heads up that it's coming.

I set up a shared team calendar and asked people to mark when they're off so others can be aware and try to minimise overlap (not that it's banned, just be aware and if you're like "well were going either this week or this" and someone else is already off one of those weeks strongly consider it a point in favor of the other).