Brazilian here. We get, by law, 30 days every year. We get 1+1/3 normal pay on those days. You can choose to "sell" 10 of those 30 days and work (getting paid

Brazilian here. We get, by law, 30 days every year. We get 1+1/3 normal pay on those days. You can choose to "sell" 10 of those 30 days and work (getting paid your normal wage plus the vacation money), but you HAVE to take the other 20 days off. If you choose to take the 30 days, you can split them in two periods. If you split them in 12 and 18 days, you can put your vacation days between weekends and effectively get 5 weeks off. Of course, that's for regularly employed (meaning "working for someone else") people. If you have your own business or work as a freelancer, there's no regulation.