[g.brookes]

What do you chaps do about going on holiday?  I work on my own with quite a spread out round.  I cant really work out how to get any time off.  Last year I used a window cleaning mate but my round was much smaller.

I'm thinkin that by next year I may have to employ someone but that still requires a lot of trust and for them to have their own car/van with roof rack etc (im trad) .

cheers

[Lee GLS]

Holidays = no pay, and work gets delayed .

[Ste M]

just try and condense as much as you can to give yourself a week off thats all i try to do

[BORBRYCE]

We are only cleaners, the world will go on when we take our time off. In 20 odd years no one has ever complained to me when I arrive a few weeks late in summer or xmas.

[bobplum]

SAVE A WEEKS PAY,in the secret sock,then when our off,no lose of pay,you can always catch up

[Gaby P.]

Holidays, what are they 

[dazmond]

go wfp then youll get round your round quicker.catch up earlier and you ll be able to afford to go on holiday at least twice a year!!

saying that ive cancelled my holiday to mauritus in a few weeks due to having 3 weeks off due to ankle injury.no one on my round has complained about me getting round late yet.

im having 3 weeks off in august as im going to barbados for 2 weeks then new york for a few days.i have 335 customers and work on my own.most are 4 weekly,with some on 6 weekly,8weekly respectively.i find a lot of custies away in august so they are not bothered if im away as well!

[deela1]

lifes too short...just go if you fancy a hol-you could always take a wagtail with you ... set up a round in paradise 
just give your customers some notice...im sure they would understand...you work hard...you need a break etc

if the last couple of years are to go by... january would be a great time to go... with the pooe weather we get

[dazmond]

deela i find jan and aug usually the worst time to be window cleaning for cashflow due to xmas and summer holidays so its always a good time for a holiday during these months!!

[bobby p]

backpacking in south china this coming winter

[dazmond]

are you really bobby?sounds very adventurous!!let us know how you go on!!i fancy doing something similar!!you ll come back with a fresh perspective on your life mate thats for sure!!

[bobby p]

are you really bobby?sounds very adventurous!!let us know how you go on!!i fancy doing something similar!!you ll come back with a fresh perspective on your life mate thats for sure!!

in 09  i did same but was in north china - great place ! (not what you think) but i fancy seeing the south in wintertime as it shouldnt be too hot then . ive read the 3 gorge dam is good where proper ships are lifted out of water and over the dam etc

ive not had a hol since then due to building up /slogging at this biz so im due a break !

[G Griffin]

backpacking in south china this coming winter

Busman`s holiday? I thought you were trad anyway  .

[edward1]

 i just tell the custys ill be missing out a visit due to hols and thats that .

never had a problem with it .

apart from the 3/5 k cost of the hol that is .but what can u do .
one of my collegues never goes anywher in the 10yrs+that ive known him .and he has no kids or any money concerns
 i love my hols ,

[bobby p]

backpacking in south china this coming winter

Busman`s holiday? I thought you were trad anyway  .

when i was there in the north,i actually suggested to clean a few windows but it was considered absolutely ridiculous by the folk with me (not sure why!)   so i never did do it !    :

[edward1]

barbados ,china
your so lucky u guys

ill have to wait until the kids r off hand
costs me 3/5 k for 2 wks in greece or even cornwall costs around 2k for a week

[G Griffin]

backpacking in south china this coming winter

Busman`s holiday? I thought you were trad anyway  .

when i was there in the north,i actually suggested to clean a few windows but it was considered absolutely ridiculous by the folk with me (not sure why!)   so i never did do it !    :

That`s it, Bobby; I like it- never switch off or miss an opportunity.

[bobby p]

backpacking in south china this coming winter

Busman`s holiday? I thought you were trad anyway  .

when i was there in the north,i actually suggested to clean a few windows but it was considered absolutely ridiculous by the folk with me (not sure why!)   so i never did do it !    :

That`s it, Bobby; I like it- never switch off or miss an opportunity.

i was only suggesting it for fun really. but i believe you could do velly well over there if you fancied living it for real/ plenty of dirty glass and the cities stretch for miles and miles too .     i met an American who had flown over there on a 1 way ticket with his son,spoke not a word of chinese but was giving it a go,as a tennis coach of all things

[g.brookes]

the reason i'm askin is cos i do mainly commercial stuff.  lots of weekly, twice weekly and every day.  has anyone got experience of using other window cleaners to do it for them?   
the lack of holiday pay and sick pay has gotta be the worst part of self employed

[Pope vader]

depends on how much u trust the other wc,  i have heard of stories of wc saying people have retired to take over the jobs,  i know a wc who said that he actually employed a certain wc to get a load of work as the company was looking for this cleaner to do it,