Paid vacations/personal/sick days ect..

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I take four weeks unpaid, but I announce the dates at the beginning of the year. So all my parents already know the dates I'm closed in August and for Christmas.

This is exactly what I do. I choose my weeks of vacation for the entire year and advise my clients by letter the previous December so when they are booking their vacations for the next year they know when I will be closed.