With a little girl in tow, we need to make sure that we are prepared for every possible vacation that we can go to. We need to make sure that we will have enough time to travel and enjoy the places that we will go to. While surfing the net, I saw Melisse's posts on 2009 Holiday Schedules. I am amazed with the number of holidays that we can enjoy for this year. Vacation planning is definitely better than looking for horse supplements for now.

Here is the list of the Holidays. You might want to check it out and plan your get-aways before hand.

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First on the holiday list is a three-day weekend before the Easter break.

The observance of Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) on April 9 (Thursday) was moved to the nearest Monday which is April 6.

This will be followed by the Easter holidays from April 9 (Maundy Thursday) until April 12 (Easter Sunday).

The other regular holidays are:

• Labor Day-May 1(Friday);
• Independence Day- June 12 (Friday);
• National Heroes Day- August 31 (Monday);
• Bonifacio Day - November 30 (Monday);
• Christmas Day- December 25 (Friday); and,
• Rizal Day- December 30 (Wednesday).

Arroyo declared the following as Special Non-Working Days:

• Ninoy Aquino Day - August 21 (Friday);
• All Saints Day - November 1 (Sunday) and All Soul’s Day - November 2 (Monday);
• Christmas Eve - December 24 (Thursday); and,
• New Year’s Eve - December 31 (Thursday).

The president has long been implementing holiday economics to boost domestic tourism and allow Filipinos to have more time with their families.

Holiday economics entails the transfer of some holidays to a Monday or a Friday so that Filipinos may enjoy longer weekends.