2014 has seven long weekends for all who can take extra days off work. They are La Altagracia day (17-21 January), Easter (17-20 April), Labor Day (2-5 May), Corpus Christi Day (19-22 June), Constitution Day (6-9 November), Christmas Day (24-28 December), and New Year’s Day (31 December-4 January)
For more details on long weekends, see http://dr1.com/travel/prepare/holidays.shtml