You work for an international company. You want to attend special family celebration during working hours. You need to take time off work for this. Write a letter to your manager. In your letter - Give details of family celebration - Tell your manager how much time time off work you need - Suggest how work can be done while you attend the celebration

I am writing to make a formal request to you. I am wondering if I could take a of couple days off to go to travel to meet my family because we will celebrate my parents’ anniversary. It will be a very special date for us, once my mother and my father will hold a party
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a beautiful farm with all their friends and family.
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celebration will start on Friday evening and it will
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on Thursday, May 1st, because I will have to travel for several hours and I want to be in my hometown on Friday morning to assist my parents with the
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arrangements to make sure the party will be perfect the way we all have planned. In these two days that I will be away, I will be checking my emails and answering my phone to assist my colleagues in everything they need. I am
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the work that
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to be done, which is just a few because we will not be in the closing period. I really appreciate
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you could give me these days off because I really want to be with my family
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moment of their life. Yours faithfully Sabin
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Greeting and Closing
Begin the letter with a proper salutation, such as 'Dear [Manager's Name],' to make your letter more personal and professional.
Greeting and Closing
Be sure to include a polite closing statement, like 'Thank you for considering my request. I look forward to hearing from you.' before your signature to conclude the letter more effectively.
Single Idea Per Paragraph
Throughout the letter, ensure that each paragraph has a clear main idea and purpose. For example, one paragraph could be about the event details, another about your plan to manage work in your absence, and so on.
Complete Response
To improve task achievement, make sure to clearly state how long you will be absent and specify the dates clearly. Although you mentioned planning to leave on May 1st, clarify the exact dates of your absence.
Suitable Writing Tone
Maintain a polite and professional tone throughout the letter to suit the formal context of writing to a manager.

The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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