Match regional holidays to real-time availability with Time Off

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When you're managing a global team, knowing regional holidays can make or break your schedule. Resource planning gets a lot smoother when you know who’s around — and who’s not. That’s why Time Off in Teamwork.com helps you create, manage, and track regional public holidays for your workforce in a simple and centralized way.

It’s not just about marking dates on a calendar. It’s about giving your team — and yourself — the clarity to plan accurately, stay organized, and reduce last-minute rescheduling chaos. Let’s dive into how Time Off helps you stay in sync, no matter where your team is.

What is Time Off?

Time Off lets you create public holidays based on specific countries or regions and assign relevant people or teams to them. These dates are then automatically factored into team availability to help you understand who’s off and when. Once applied, individual availability calculations are automatically updated across all of Teamwork.com.

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You can remove a holiday from the list by simply un-checking the check box. Whether a holiday is not typically recognized, or you want the holiday count to be even across countries, you have the flexibility to pick and choose.

Just head to Settings → Time Off and start matching your people with the time they need.

Why use Time Off?

No more surprise short weeks or long weekends! Here are some reasons to get those dates on the map.

  • See true team availability - Understand availability across geographies and ensure realistic workloads if a public holiday is coming.

  • Plan work with confidence - Know when team members are out before you allocate work for someone who’s not around.

  • Stay organized - Get a centralized view of Time Off that is editable, automatically updated, and grouped by geography, all within Teamwork.com.

  • Save time - Time Off only needs to be set up once and automatically the public holiday dates are connected to the relevant team members.

  • Stay accurate - Reduce manual work and accidental errors. No more manually setting unavailable time for each user for every public holiday.

Seeing Time Off across Teamwork.com

Don’t let holidays outside of your own region throw you off again. If you’re managing a remote or globally distributed team—like many are in 2025—Time Off is a must-have. Luckily once Time Off is set, it becomes part of how Teamwork.com calculates an individual's availability—automatically!

You’ll be able to spot Time Off in the Workload Planner, Resource Scheduler, Overview, and user-level Reports. Just keep your eyes peeled for an umbrella icon (⛱️) as this marks a public holiday. On hover you can see the holiday and the team impacted, then on expansion you can see what team members will be out.

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When your team spans countries and continents, regional holidays matter. With Teamwork.com’s Time Off feature, you’ll always have a real-time, holiday-aware view of your team’s availability. Stop guessing and start planning with the help of localized precision.

Ready to give your global planning a local touch? Time Off is available to users on Scale subscription. Drop a quick note to sales@teamwork.com and we’ll reach out!

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