NEWS 14-04-2023: Actually, the application for next year’s lot travels from SIK’s Vacation Fund has traditionally started on May 1, the workers’ international day. The application is then usually closed on 1 August. It won’t be like that this year.
The application period for these traveks starts this year on 15 June and runs until 1 September.
Please also note that not everyone who is employed under the SIK agreement can apply for lot travels – from next year, some specific professional groups will be entitled to holiday-free travel every two years. You can read about who it applies to further down in this article.
Lot trips – application online only
There are a few reasons for the change in the application period.
Firstly, the application can only be made online per SIK’s website from this year. Since the online application form was launched in 2021, you have alternatively been able to still submit your application on the paper form. As people are now getting used to the online application, which has also proven to be much easier to administer than the paper form, the Vacation Fund’s board has decided to phase out the paper form.
It then requires more time for preparation, as the website’s application form has to be adjusted and adapted – and people have to be informed about it.
But it is also connected to the fact that SIK’s Vacation Fund is about to undergo a change, which means that from 2024 the fund’s funds will also be used for a new category of holiday travel.