Originally Posted by
DogWhisperer
Vacation bid question....Going to Philmount with my son this summer and would like to get two weeks in a row to cover the time...how do you fill it out for that....put week # and the 2 for the number of weeks requested? Then, do you follow it up with a CYA of just the one week # later...? Or, is it best to try and get the next week on a follow on secondary week bid? I'm sure that there is a gouge on the DALPA site but I am too lazy to go and look.
Yes, put in the week # and then 2 for the number of weeks. Try the two week thing first, then one week, over the days you'll need. By the second round, all the summer weeks will be gone, BUT...there is a new feature called Vacation Slide, so if you don't get the exact days you need, you can push your week ahead or back several days, when the bidding for that month begins. If the days you need are near the beginning of one month, or end of another, you might be able to get a week in each month, pushed up against each other.
Like all bidding, the more senior you are in category, the better chance you have of getting what you want.
Good luck!