Employees request leave properly
Staff submit annual leave from their own account and can see their allowance and request history without chasing a manager.
Product by Michael Wood
Awayly
Time off, sorted.
Awayly gives UK teams one simple place to manage annual leave, sickness, approvals, allowances, working patterns and team availability — without relying on spreadsheets, messages or shared calendars.
✓ £20/month
✓ Unlimited employees
✓ No card for trial
✓ Mobile friendly
app.awayly.co.uk
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Leave request
Approved
18
Allowance
days remaining
Annual leave
Sickness
Approvals
Allowances
Team calendar
Working patterns
Closures
Timesheets soon
Less admin. More clarity.
Replace the holiday spreadsheet with one source of truth.
Requests, balances and team availability should not be split between spreadsheets, emails and messages. Awayly gives the whole team one clear process from request to approval.
Managers get useful context
Review dates, allowance impact, notes and potential clashes before approving or declining a request.
Everyone sees availability
Approved time off, bank holidays and company closures feed into one clear team calendar.
See the product
Simple for employees. Clear for managers.
Awayly is designed to stay straightforward even as the team grows. The same responsive interface works across desktop, tablet and mobile.
Team calendar
What Awayly handles
The everyday leave tools in one place.
Awayly focuses on the parts of holiday and absence management small and growing teams actually need.
Annual leave
Employees request holiday and managers approve or decline it.
Holiday allowances
Track available, booked, taken and pending leave in one place.
Sickness & absence
Record sickness, appointments, training and other time away.
Custom time-off types
Choose which absence types exist and how each one behaves.
Team calendar
See approved leave, closures and availability across the company.
Working patterns
Support different normal working days for different employees.
Manager approvals
Route requests to the right manager, owner or admin.
Potential clashes
Give managers more context when other people are already away.
Bank holidays & closures
Sync bank holidays and record shutdown periods or company closures.
Email notifications
Keep employees and approvers updated when requests change.
Activity history
Keep an audit trail of important account and request actions.
Installable app
Use Awayly from desktop or add it to a phone home screen.
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Approvals
Make a decision with the right information.
Managers can see who is requesting time off, the dates, the type of leave, the allowance impact and possible clashes before making a decision.
- Approve or decline requests
- Add decision notes
- Handle cancellation requests
- See recent approval history
Approvals
Flexible company rules
Configure Awayly around the way your company works.
Owners and admins can choose the holiday year, allowances, time-off types, working patterns, bank holiday handling, closures and approval behaviour.
- Custom absence types
- Choose what uses holiday allowance
- Control what employees can request
- Support half days where appropriate
Company settings
Coming soon
Optional add-on · +£7/month
Timesheets are coming to Awayly.
The upcoming Timesheets add-on will let employees record working hours, breaks and notes while managers review weekly submissions in the same system already holding leave and company closure information.
- Weekly employee timesheets
- Manager approvals & changes requested
- Break and overtime tracking
- Approved absence & closure integration
My Timesheet
Who it is for
Built for teams that want less leave admin.
Awayly is aimed at small and growing UK businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets, shared calendars or informal holiday requests but do not want heavy enterprise HR software.
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Small businesses
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Growing teams
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Office teams
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Trade & service businesses
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Agencies & studios
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Clinics & practices
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Retail & hospitality teams
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Any UK employer managing leave
Built by Michael Wood
A focused product built around a common business headache.
Awayly was built to give smaller businesses a cleaner way to handle employee holiday and absence without needing spreadsheets or an oversized HR platform.
It is developed and operated by Michael Wood | Web & Automation, with the same focus on practical workflows, clear interfaces and useful automation as my bespoke systems.
Awayly dashboard
Product
Awayly
Built with
PHP · MySQL · JS
Simple pricing
Not priced per employee. £20 for the company.
Awayly uses one flat company price, with unlimited employees and managers. Start with a 14-day free trial and no card is required.
14 DAYS FREE
AWAYLY
£
20
/month
One monthly price for the whole company.
- Unlimited employees
- Unlimited managers
- Holiday & absence management
- Team calendar & approvals
- Bank holidays & closures
- Email notifications
- All current core features
COMING SOON
TIMESHEETS ADD-ON
+
7
/month
Optional add-on for companies that also want to record working time.
- Weekly timesheets
- Manager approvals
- Break tracking
- Overtime tracking
- Leave & closure integration
- Unlimited employees
FAQ
A few common Awayly questions.
For full product details and the latest pricing, visit the dedicated Awayly website.
Visit Awayly ↗What is Awayly?+
Awayly is holiday and absence management software for UK teams, covering requests, approvals, allowances, team availability and company leave rules.
How much does Awayly cost?+
The core Awayly product is £20 per month for the company, with unlimited employees and managers.
Is there a free trial?+
Yes. Awayly includes a 14-day free trial and no card is required to create the workspace.
Can it manage sickness as well as holiday?+
Yes. Companies can configure sickness, appointments, training and other custom time-off types alongside annual leave.
Does it work on mobile?+
Yes. Awayly is responsive and can also be installed to a supported device home screen for easier access.
What about Timesheets?+
Timesheets are being prepared as an optional +£7/month add-on, including weekly entries, approvals, overtime and absence integration.
Awayly
Give your team a better way to manage time off.
Start Awayly free for 14 days with no card required, or visit the dedicated product site to see more.