The phrase "an extended weekend" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a weekend that is longer than the usual two days, often due to a holiday or an additional day off.
Example: "We are planning a trip for an extended weekend in the mountains to relax and unwind."
Alternatives: "a long weekend" or "a holiday weekend".
In Santiago de Compostela there is an extended weekend of carnival leading up to Shrove Tuesday.
Is there anywhere I can go for an extended weekend for $500 including airfare and lodging, or am I dreaming?
Usually one book is not enough for any trip longer than an extended weekend, and their differing personalities emerge as we tour, say, Hanoi together.
Of course, the NBA usually uses that time to promote an extended weekend where they replace meaningful games with defense-less exhibitions and mostly silly contests, but hey at least it doesn't try to sell its audience on the Pro Bowl.
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"What does it matter?" Even for die-hard skiers and shoppers, the trip to Bromley requires an extended weekend, especially factoring in worthwhile stops en route like Bennington's Potters Yard and the Bennington Museum, which displays the largest public collection of works by Grandma Moses in an 1834 schoolhouse she once attended.
We've been assisted by a positive start to the week from US markets, which seem to be in a bullish mood ahead of their extended weekend with the July 4 celebrations on Friday".
As a kid it's throwing potato pancake batter at each other, hippy Saturday fairs and getting chased by handfuls of skunk cabbage on an "extended family" weekend retreat.
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And despite an extra day of shopping when many people extended weekend breaks right through Christmas Day, malls seemed particularly empty yesterday.
Every time Jaime started shouting at Joaquin, the manager rushed to Jaime's side all the while stoking Jamie's frustration with Joaquin and extracting favors such as hiring his relatives, taking extended weekend breaks and giving himself a company car.
