[BartG]

Hi,

This thought just come to my mind recently.
How do you happy people manage to take lets say 10 working days holiday if you work alone, and  have built your round to the size that you have work for every weekday in the month?

Do you allow your round to be delayed for 10 days or try to split and fit work into next days after holiday taken?

Thanks,

Bart

[dazmond]

hi bart i had 10 days off at easter.i just carry on where i left off.most customers dont notice.just gonna hammer it for the next few weeks.also i probably have 16-17 days work a month(340 customers).with being WFP i can get more work done in a day compared to trad.

[bobplum]

thats why i work my income out as 10 months a year,hols,sickness,weather

[craig jwc]

Same as Dazmond - just carry on where you left off.
Most of my customers are usually told if it's planned time off.

[Dave.]

I work my round mainly on a 4 / 8 week rota - a couple of the weeks are quite light (Wks 3 & 7)  these are the weeks that I reserve for one off jobs, gutter cleans & clears, pressure washing - and time off!!

It's week 7 this week - taking it easy

[dannymack]

dont know how yous do it MMMMMMMMMM I work solid everyday commercial I have 2 weekly jobs 4 weekly jobs monthly 2 monthly 3 monthly all comming in even some Saturdays so would never be able to take longer than a week without getting the jobs covered. I have office cleaning jobs due daily O well easy life for all you lot !!! Some have to keep the country running but I spose im lucky with what ive acheived a nice 4 bed house nice new van and a convertible bmw so shouldnt moan ay !!!!!!!!1

[BartG]

Thanks for all your posts,

Dazmond that sounds reasonable, I'll probably do the same.

Another thing I'm not sure how works is payment.  Do you text all of them the day before, so they can leave payment somewhere if they're not in, or just post a invoice with price and collecting time ?

Thanks !

Bart

[CLEANCARE WC]

dont know how yous do it MMMMMMMMMM I work solid everyday commercial I have 2 weekly jobs 4 weekly jobs monthly 2 monthly 3 monthly all comming in even some Saturdays so would never be able to take longer than a week without getting the jobs covered. I have office cleaning jobs due daily O well easy life for all you lot !!! Some have to keep the country running but I spose im lucky with what ive acheived a nice 4 bed house nice new van and a convertible bmw so shouldnt moan ay !!!!!!!!1

Welcome back RS 

[dannymack]

Thanks Cleancare had to have a break m8 was getting to addicted wife doing her nut !!! Couldnt get back on under other name apparently taken !!!

[dazmond]

bart i leave a ticket with the date i cleaned the windows if not in and collect on a friday or monday in the evening on compact estate work and leave SAE or bank details so they can send cheque/pay online on some  out in the sticks accounts.i text/ring the odd customer here and there for access but as a rule no i dont because it puts me under pressure to get round to them the next day and it could be peeing down and windy or i might want to finish early etc!

[Frankybadboy]

me what dont get done today get done tomorrow,

if i want 2weeks off which i do in the summer and xmas,then i just start off where i finshed,sometimes i do sub some work out to mates and trippy

[Dave Anderson]

Run 8 weekly cycle with weeks 7+8 left clear for catch-up, new cleans, holidays...seems to work.