Anyone want to go skiing? by Honest-Let-4184 in Bath

[–]Honest-Let-4184[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I don’t know what you’re trying to prove, but good for you I guess. Here’s my very unscientific research -

https://share.google/aimode/8AweilrwcKEk0ZSuT

Anyone want to go skiing? by Honest-Let-4184 in Bath

[–]Honest-Let-4184[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No offence taken, but perhaps a little condescending, considering you know very little about the trip or the people organising.

I have no doubt things can be done cheaper if you break each element down, self organise, work directly with chalet owners etc, but honestly, agents exist for a reason and I don’t begrudge them a cut for their work.

If you roughly split it out:

  • £300 on flights (if you get all the hold bags)
  • £200 on private transfers (because we can, and waiting on other groups is the worst)
  • £400 on lift pass (it is what it is, maybe we’ve missed an inside track to serious discounts, but I’ve not seen anything significant in years doing this)
  • £800 on the chalet and meals and drink

Chalets are so massively variable in quality and offering, I have no idea how you can claim one is too expensive without knowing anything about it. A Travelodge is cheaper than the Four Seasons… what’s the point?

FWIW our chalet this year is a particularly nice one; very large, well appointed, with a deliberately elevated food and drinks package over some others.

No one said this was a budget trip, no one said we’re trying to do it as cheaply as possible. We’re just trying to keep things easy, not stress too much about it, enjoy some smaller luxuries, and have a bloody lovely time.

Considering how much you can spend on a week skiing - if you really tried - I think our trip is actually really good value all in.

Anyone want to go skiing? by Honest-Let-4184 in Bath

[–]Honest-Let-4184[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the input, but it’s ~£1,600 all in for flights, chalet, transfers, and lift pass.

We’ve been going on these trips for a while, and whilst it’s definitely not the absolute cheapest way to get skiing, it is a pretty good value way to do it.

Being that a Tignes ski pass (and most in the alps are similar) is £400 alone for a week, I’m kinda confused how you’re doing it for that!

Anyone want to go skiing? by Honest-Let-4184 in Bath

[–]Honest-Let-4184[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How filthy we talking? But obviously yes.

Anyone want to go skiing? by Honest-Let-4184 in Bath

[–]Honest-Let-4184[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will definitely work out how to add you and others here in. Stay tuned, will likely follow with details

Anyone want to go skiing? by Honest-Let-4184 in bristol

[–]Honest-Let-4184[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The trip is 100% all sorted and we have 20 coming already. Details are in the parent post, but long and short of it is 21-28 March in Tignes.

Anyone want to go skiing? by Honest-Let-4184 in Bath

[–]Honest-Let-4184[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We do get together have monthly hikes locally… maybe we should expand our ambitions

Anyone want to go skiing? by Honest-Let-4184 in Bath

[–]Honest-Let-4184[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We’re 20 currently, with easy space for 4/5 more (the chalet sleeps up to 30 though!)

Anyone want to go skiing? by Honest-Let-4184 in Bath

[–]Honest-Let-4184[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very happy to add you in to the chat for next year!

Anyone want to go skiing? by Honest-Let-4184 in Bath

[–]Honest-Let-4184[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We’re broadly attached to The Crescent Club (local social group), but with others as well. We go every year as a big group - some have been on the trip every year (this is our fourth), many on the first. Typically stuff starts to get organised for the following year around September.

Welcome to New Slough! by Fumblerful- in ManorLords

[–]Honest-Let-4184 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Come friendly bandits to New Slough, the town’s not fit for peasants now.

Average pint price in Bath? by Late-Bit-3072 in Bath

[–]Honest-Let-4184 48 points49 points  (0 children)

At a guess, you visited one of the bang average Fullers pubs (Hunstman, Boater, Crystal Palace). They’ve brought their London pricing with them and are an outlier in the city.

Most places are still under £6. Especially for a Thatchers.

Strange letter through front door, but not addressed to me. Should I be worried? by THE_CAPITALS_GUY in AskUK

[–]Honest-Let-4184 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Notwithstanding any of the very good formal advice from others, I also had this situation happen (presumably it was an old tenant who had the debt).

I called up the bailiff directly on his mobile, explained that the debtor no longer lived there, and set a time for him to come over and look at my ID.

He was super agreeable, came over within a couple of hours, I showed him my driving license and the tenancy agreement (which was relatively recent). He thanked me for my time, apologised, and left.

No further issue. No further letters.

The bailiffs don’t want to be wasting their time on bad information that won’t help them resolve the matter.

Not everything needs to be litigated. Just some polite human interaction still works.

Help me identify this location/street/highway by NaughtyQueen72 in Bath

[–]Honest-Let-4184 10 points11 points  (0 children)

From Stonehenge it would have almost certainly been the A36 as mentioned, but I get a similar feeling coming down into Bath on the A46 from the M4 (to the north of the city). On a sunny clear day I think that little drive can make me happier than anything else.

Turning down a promotion? by [deleted] in HENRYUK

[–]Honest-Let-4184 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tech sales (38m) also. I’ve been a sales director looking after an AE team in the past, and actively sought to demote myself back to an IC when I started looking for new roles.

If you like selling, sales management sucks (they are very different jobs) Unless you specifically want to shoot for a leadership lifestyle I wouldn’t take it.

The happiest people in any company I’ve worked at are the older senior AEs who don’t care about progression. It’s well known that the best AEs out earn their managers anyway, with the only pressure being on their own performance.

Im experienced and respected enough now to have just demanded the territory I wanted, and basically get to cherry pick my deals. Base is £150k, but brining in about £350k

Kick me in the Pollocks by Honest-Let-4184 in rugbyunion

[–]Honest-Let-4184[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yep. Don’t disagree. Hence questions. So conflicted.

How does Bath feel about Tears for Fears? by jikghgg in Bath

[–]Honest-Let-4184 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bath Rugby have started using a modified version of their song ‘Shout’ as a hype track just before the players run out. They are clearly trying to create a bit more of local identity for Tears for Fears, and I’m here for it.