Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AuRavelling79 on April 22, 2011, 06:29:22 pm
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Do you have regular holidays? Including weekend breaks.
And why/why not?
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Not yet. Spent four years building the business up and now can't take time off due to too much work :-[
Also not keen on losing income and paying premium prices during school holidays.
Might try and sort something out in October or even the Christmas period next time.
Managed a couple of weekend breaks to London though but that's it.
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yes normally two weeks in the year but only a week at a time,then we are then of on some weekends.
plus 2weeks at xmas,and all bank hols
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Get away with the caravan as many weekends as we can and normally have a week in Woolacombe every Autumn.
Oh and 5 or 6 scooter rallies a year
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Was getting a free boating holiday in August on my mates cabin cruiser. Big 7 berth job. Bad news is, it's not going to be ready in time so had to cancel. :(
Weekends away in the caravan is great for us. Simple people have simple needs. :D
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I took 3 hols abroad last year and a few weekends away. So far this year I've had one weekend in Pwellheli in north Wales last week.
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You caravan guys - are they your own towable ones or fixed or just rented as and when?
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I had a towable one, wish I still had it, any to the post yes like to get away at weekends if I can and the odd holiday
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Get away with the caravan as many weekends as we can and normally have a week in Woolacombe every Autumn.
Oh and 5 or 6 scooter rallies a year
Woolacombe what a great place i also try to get there at least twice a year i have every weekend off unless it starts to rain during the week ;D ;D ;D
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barbados and new york this year.was planning on going to mauritius at the start of june as well but cancelled that holiday as ive had nearly a full 3 weeks off and lost out on a fair whack of income due to ankle injury.
i used to like going camping for the odd weekend but ive not done that for a few years now.
some of you have much better businesses than me and hardly ever take any time off for relaxing and holidays.what are you working all the time for?your a long time dead!!
when your lying on your deathbed you wont be thinking"i wish id of worked more hours" youll be saying"why didnt i spend more time with my family and friends!!" ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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barbados and new york this year.was planning on going to mauritius at the start of june as well but cancelled that holiday as ive had nearly a full 3 weeks off and lost out on a fair whack of income due to ankle injury.
i used to like going camping for the odd weekend but ive not done that for a few years now.
some of you have much better businesses than me and hardly ever take any time off for relaxing and holidays.what are you working all the time for?your a long time dead!!
when your lying on your deathbed you wont be thinking"i wish id of worked more hours" youll be saying"why didnt i spend more time with my family and friends!!" ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
maybe so but maybe by working all the hours we are providing for family which to me is important. When on my death bed i want to think that i have done my family proud and not gone without due to me being a lazy bar steward taking days off as and when plus i dont think there are many window cleaners that put in more than 30-40 hours in a week . Anyway daz dont most people work 40-50 hour weeks in there jobs i have a mate who is a sparky and he works a 60 hour week 12 hour days mon to fri but he still has hes life and weekends with the fam taking kids without a worry if can afford to or not. Mind you he also gets holiday pay etc so im kinda jealouse of him.
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fair enough dartford dude.i do work hard but i couldnt work 6 days a week every week although i do work 6 days a week some weeks.
i have no kids or wife so i would probably have to work harder if i did.i have a girlfriend whos got her own flat and ive got my own place.suits me fine.i love kids but dont want any of my own.
regards
dazmond
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Just booked up to take the family to New York in August for a week. This will probably be the last holiday we take as a family as the boys won't want to come away with us much longer.
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You caravan guys - are they your own towable ones or fixed or just rented as and when?
Got a towable one Gold. Yes I know Jeremy Clarkson hates me ;)
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Just booked up to take the family to New York in August for a week. This will probably be the last holiday we take as a family as the boys won't want to come away with us much longer.
sounds good vince im jelous mate ;)
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I work 5 full days Monday to Friday, and maybe 2 out of 3 Saturday afternoons. Fortunately I love my work, and I love my family too.
Having a loving wife and 4 children to support, I am not in the running to have regular holidays anyway the way things are.
As a family we prefer to go out for the day when the weather/circumstances allow. The spontaneity of doing this it makes us more appreciative of the days we spend together.
John.
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3 weeks in the Philippines in jan , just got back from long weekend thurs to mon in Norfolk.
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Just booked up to take the family to New York in August for a week. This will probably be the last holiday we take as a family as the boys won't want to come away with us much longer.
sounds good vince im jelous mate ;)
Actually I feel quite sad about it. Its sort of recognition that a phase in your life is passing, thats why we decided to make it a good one. The oldest is 19 now, the only reason he wants to come with us this year is because its New York
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We make sure we get abroad at least once or twice a year; Caribbean last year, Florida the year before; you have to.
I wouldn't work as hard as I do if I couldn't afford to take the family away as much as we could; it'll be more soon as we're working even harder this year.
I work for our holidays. We "collect" countries, and the wife has a fridge magnet for every country we've been to to prove it ;D
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They are doing some really cheap deals to Lybia at the moment.
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52 weeks of the year ???
this jobs like a holiday ;D