[dazmond]

so who else does this apart from gary999?

ive been thinking about this for a while.

im thinking a week off at xmas then the whole of january off (abroad somewhere warm)then come back fresh in february.

i know a gardener who does this also every year.

[dazmond]

january has got to be the worst month for window cleaning out of the 12 months of the year.

a nice chilled xmas with friends and family then a month off in the sun sounds very appealing!

[kempy]

It's appealing .
I remember that cold winter where it was -10 day n night . That was basically 2 full weeks off .

I tend to do the contractual commercial monthly jobs , not many .
But Yep it's a great idea , but what happens if it's February thats bad

[paulben]

Gardening is different as nothing is growing in January windows still get mucky . I will be off from 23 Dec till  Jan .

[keyser soze]

hi daz ,do you ever get customers change from monthly to bimonthly because of this . id like to do that this winter . maybe only  clean my commercial commitments

[deeege]

This is something I'd consider if I was mainly domestic and my children were not of school age. Impossible to even consider though being mainly commercial and taking the kids out of school for a month wouldn't go down too well with the teachers.

[Dave Willis]

Isn't that what old people do?

[8weekly]

Isn't that what old people do?

They get a sports car and younger, more glamorous girlfriend too.

[Tom-01]

Isn't that what old people do?

They get a sports car and younger, more glamorous girlfriend too.

I'm quite looking forward to getting old then

[dazmond]

Isn't that what old people do?

im nearly 44 dave.i dont want to work my a*** off till retirement and then relax.it might be too late then.

[Ian101]

if affordable then I would go for it ............ would just tell customers in December that due to holiday u wont see me in January .... they don't need to know u would be off for the entire month.

As I have a mortgage and very little savings in cash its not something I could do at the moment however fingers crossed house sale going thru exchange later today which will free up a nice chunk of change so maybe something for me in 2017 ?

Roadtrip on west coast of USA sounds appealing 

[dazmond]

hi daz ,do you ever get customers change from monthly to bimonthly because of this . id like to do that this winter . maybe only  clean my commercial commitments

ive never done it mate.i usually have a few holidays abroad every year but never more than 14 days away at a time.usually only a week.

my commercial jobs would be fine and my domestics i reckon as long as i told them.

most customers wouldnt be bothered if i missed them out in january im sure.

[mick hay]

Im off to Thailand for a month, leave about 16th Dec, back 15th Jan.

Will be my 4th trip to Thailand this year!!!!

[Ian101]

Im off to Thailand for a month, leave about 16th Dec, back 15th Jan.

Will be my 4th trip to Thailand this year!!!!

nice area for scuba ... have a try dive if ur not already a diver 

[gary999]

Yep will work all the way up to January,then myself and my customers are getting a well deserved
break.I have the advantage of my house is paid up and my sons are adults now 23 an18yrs.

I shall be enjoying a three day mini cruise to Dublin from liverpool in January with my two sons
my youngest has a thing about ships and its his birthday treat...we land back at Southampton and
my two lads are off partying with my eldest sons old Uni mates and I shall be enjoying some fishing
on the Hampshire Avon and the Dorset stour.

After all that hard work I shall take to the comfort of my sofa

[NWH]

Im off to Thailand for a month, leave about 16th Dec, back 15th Jan.

Will be my 4th trip to Thailand this year!!!!

mmmmm Ladyboy springs to mind lol

[Rich Wilts]

Daz why you don't take us all away. You could put us up in a hotel somewhere for the month of January. We could hole up in the costa del Squeegee leaving the UK window cleaner less. Then when we come back see whose lost the most Custards.

[richard groves]

I'd love to do this, makes a lot of sense if you can afford to.
When I was younger, I got the travel bug, unfortunately since being self employed the last 10 years its become less and less likely to happen again .
I'd gladly take January off and go visit mates in Oz or NZ , or sit on a 3rd world beach somewhere and live like a king.
Unfortunately my gf has 5 weeks annual leave unable or willing to take it all in one go and doubt she would agree to it.

[gary999]

I'd love to do this, makes a lot of sense if you can afford to.
When I was younger, I got the travel bug, unfortunately since being self employed the last 10 years its become less and less likely to happen again .
I'd gladly take January off and go visit mates in Oz or NZ , or sit on a 3rd world beach somewhere and live like a king.
Unfortunately my gf has 5 weeks annual leave unable or willing to take it all in one go and doubt she would agree to it.

Unless you have kids with this woman that's her problem not yours..one thing I have learned is not
letting others on a personal level determine how you live your life...unless like I said before you have commitments with them...if this is the case im afraid you are fecked

[p1w1]

We used to go to south Africa every year in Jan for the month and stay with the other half's parents, unfortunately kids starting school has put a stop to that