It’s so weird seeing almost 500 upvotes on a post like this on lemmy where, based on comments, like 90% of it’s users can barely afford rent, let alone going on vacation and staying at a place that offers breakfast.
Source: I think last time I paid for a hotel myself was 2009. I have no idea how many nights I’ve spent on company expense since then, but it must be in the hundreds.
I do, I just don’t pay for them myself. I usually show up at my destination early, or I leave late. I’ve racked up enough hotel bonus points to cover most of it for free.
Young-leaning and tech heavy. In my case I’m trades rather than tech, but the result is the same: company has work they need done out of town, so I end up in a hotel
There are also people outside of america. In my country i could afford to go on a week-long vacation every year in europe with basically a minimum-wage salary if that is what i want to prioritize in life.
I mean, I travel for work a lot and have to stay weeks in hotels. And weeks means weekends, so yeah I can relate.
There’s a lot of people I meet around the world that travel like me and wouldn’t be able to afford those same hotels for a vacation… like me lol
Well I mean, the majority of hotels don’t even serve free breakfast anymore once they realized they could get away with not having it or making it a paid thing. This used to be common a while ago, when I’m sure Lemmy users used to be taken on vacations by their parents.
It’s so weird seeing almost 500 upvotes on a post like this on lemmy where, based on comments, like 90% of it’s users can barely afford rent, let alone going on vacation and staying at a place that offers breakfast.
I would expect most lemmings, like myself, to have spent more time in company-paid hotel rooms than vacation hotel rooms
I think that’s a very strange assumption.
Can confirm.
Source: I think last time I paid for a hotel myself was 2009. I have no idea how many nights I’ve spent on company expense since then, but it must be in the hundreds.
That sounds horrible
Nah. Job is pretty chill, pays well, I usually get to choose the hotel, and I get to see new places.
But you never take a vacation.
I do, I just don’t pay for them myself. I usually show up at my destination early, or I leave late. I’ve racked up enough hotel bonus points to cover most of it for free.
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Bold assumption but it checks out for me. It is based on lemmy being so tech heavy?
Young-leaning and tech heavy. In my case I’m trades rather than tech, but the result is the same: company has work they need done out of town, so I end up in a hotel
“You can’t be struggling if you’ve stayed in a hotel before.”
We remember those placer from when we were kids though.
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I haven’t been on a holiday since I was a kid, but I remember these hotel breakfasts.
There are also people outside of america. In my country i could afford to go on a week-long vacation every year in europe with basically a minimum-wage salary if that is what i want to prioritize in life.
Could it be possible that these are different groups of people? Lemmy has like 70,000 monthly users now.
45k according to fedidb, but I don’t know how accurate that one is.
I don’t believe that. There is no way Lemmy is that poor on average
I mean, I travel for work a lot and have to stay weeks in hotels. And weeks means weekends, so yeah I can relate. There’s a lot of people I meet around the world that travel like me and wouldn’t be able to afford those same hotels for a vacation… like me lol
Well I mean, the majority of hotels don’t even serve free breakfast anymore once they realized they could get away with not having it or making it a paid thing. This used to be common a while ago, when I’m sure Lemmy users used to be taken on vacations by their parents.
Pretty sure there are more than 10% of Europeans on this site.
Not everything is as dystopian as the US.
Lemmings only like to pretend to be poor.