I look up to him- I know my place!

[3offTheTee]

Sure some of you will remember the great sketch of Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett and John Clease- priceless.

My friend has a big birthday coming up and I treat him and his partner to a couple of flights; he is an extremely good friend and we go back a long way.

He asked where we were staying in San Sebastián, Spain, and it was a good 4* hotel about 1 mile from the centre with breakfast @€100 per night including breakfast and we get it at such a good price because we have stayed there before.

Spoke with him tonight and his hotel is €473 per night room only and obviously he is way above my class and now whilst only away for 4 days it could be an expensive break.

My question is:Where do you see yourself on the socio economic scale as he is upper upper compared to me- I look up to him!

 

[Tashyboy]

Working class who likes nice sorry very nice things. But never pay full price for owt.
would sooner wait for the sales/ reductions.
flights budget, hotels, shop around.
Golf clubs, hang on a year.
clothes, sales.
always always price check anything from insurance to hols to food.
re where do I stand around others. Years ago a good friend or mine was talking re his wife. he said " she can speak to the royal family and beggars, and not talk up or down to them". I would like to think that is me. I am happy being myself.
it helps that I have friends and golf PP how would bring me down to earth I I tried to get above myself.

 

[brendy]

Money doesnt buy common sense it seems though. For somewhere to sleep, I dont place a big emphasis on having a pair of free slippers high up there.
A clean room with decent food in the morning wins me over every time. Ive done many of the so called best hotels in London while over spending time in Reuters ( Royal Horseguards, Ritz etc ) and to be honest, I wouldnt go back to most. I preferred the Tower (thistle as it was back then). Room was only £150-180 iirc but evening bar and next mirning breakfast was very good and views over the bridge were stunning.

 

[Rooter]

For a hotel room like Brendy, as long as its clean and warm etc, i really dont care. I have stayed in some posh places (waldorf, royal garden, Met) and has it been better than a travleodge? well yes, the decor is nice and has some nice touches etc, food is better but is it worth 10 x the price? And the only times i have stayed in the above list was when i got a cheap deal via visitlondon. Infact, at the royal garden, we got upgraded to a suite that should have been 700 quid a night!! Would i have paid that?? NEVER!!!

Where do i stand in the social economic ladder? Sensibly in the middle watching my pennies, I don't pay full price for much! I don't care where are others are either below or above, money does not make a man (or woman) In fact, the types that spend more and then tell you they have spent more are knobs IMHO. I am more proud of paying less and getting a bargain!

 

[Crazyface]

"€473 per night " ......and YOU bought HIM flights ?!!!!!!!!!!

something more personal would have been more appropriate I'd have thought.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I am in the Travelodge class.
When I fully retired we had an 16 day journey visiting old friends and places around the UK where we lived.
We booked it up 3 months in advance and our accommodation bill came to just over £300.
I have stayed in some classy hotels and always seem to feel like they are stealing my money.

I find many folk who seem to enjoy the 'luxury' lifestyle put it all on the credit card and spend the next 12 months paying it off.
When we go on holiday it is always paid up before we leave.
The total on my credit cards at the end of each month has been zero for over 40 years.

Social class?.....I do not think it exists nowadays.
I have a friend who is a member of three Open venue clubs.
He was invited to a newish expensive course east of Edinburgh.
I asked him how he enjoyed it.
His reply.....nice course but not my sort of place, the clubhouse seemed full of overweight night club owners and gangsters.:lol:

 

[Fyldewhite]

Pretty average I'd say. Like nice things but don't expect or look for them. Don't do bling and I'm not that brand conscious. If the hotel on a break is a few quid more to be in the right place then I pay it. If it's across the road from a "Less swanky" one a few quid less then I won't. I don't spend for the sake of it but to get value.....and that's obviously very subjective and individual.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Such matters are a mere bagatelle to me and frankly I'm not bothered if my neighbour has more money than me (plenty do - many more have much less). The rich man can lose all he has tomorrow - as (less likely) I can win the lottery. I speak with people almost on a daily basis who have absolutely nothing and have never had much at all to lose; people who have had much but have lost everything; and people who have a great deal.

Irrespective of wealth or possessions, what is important to all of these people is achieving peace of mind - money cannot buy that and I suspect that socio-economics cannot measure it.

BTW - Every person on these boards will actually be fairly high or towards top-end on any socio-economic spectrum.

 

[MegaSteve]

Travelodge has its place but I'd sooner spend my hard earned with good old fashioned B+B establishments... Even if it does set me back a few extra pences...

 

[freddielong]

You may look up to his bank balance but money doesn't buy class nor does more money equal higher class.

 

[Three]

Hmmm, interesting question.

In my work, in China I mixed with some extremely wealthy people, mainly of very dubious integrity that had helped them get where they were.

In South East Asia I taught several royal family, mega rich, corrupt, not overly clever, and many government officials and wealthy businessesmen, ditto the previous.

Where I am now in Europe, most people are much poorer but most of the wealthy ones still follow the same traits, eg cunning, ruthless, corrupt etc etc. There is one stand-out woman who I've had to deal with this year, basically she's got the least amount of class of anyone I can remember in golfing circles in a long time. She's married into one of the region's richest and historically important families.

I've seen enough of both ends of the scale worldwide to know that it's much more fun hanging around with rich people, but class is something that comes from within and is irrelevant to what you have or don't have.

 

[Tashyboy]

For a hotel room like Brendy, as long as its clean and warm etc, i really dont care. I have stayed in some posh places (waldorf, royal garden, Met) and has it been better than a travleodge? well yes, the decor is nice and has some nice touches etc, food is better but is it worth 10 x the price? And the only times i have stayed in the above list was when i got a cheap deal via visitlondon. Infact, at the royal garden, we got upgraded to a suite that should have been 700 quid a night!! Would i have paid that?? NEVER!!! Where do i stand in the social economic ladder? Sensibly in the middle watching my pennies, I don't pay full price for much! I don't care where are others are either below or above, money does not make a man (or woman) In fact, the types that spend more and then tell you they have spent more are knobs IMHO. I am more proud of paying less and getting a bargain!

Waldorf Astoria New York, a typical example of paying over the odds for rubbish.oh how it plays on its Heritage, shame it cannot educate its employees to stop robbing guests. Once got a £450 refund from Kuoni because of the abysmal service we received from the Waldorf . Eg air con not working, robbed by them, couldn't use lavvy or shower/ bath for two days, (emptying in room below). First night they offered us bottled water to flush toilet. I asked reception how many bottles would I need to flush a no2, ( I hadn't done one just interested if they knew answer).Had the last laugh by writing a review on trip advisor entitled " paint it, polish it, varnish it, it's still a turd".My point is you do not have to pay top dollar for class. Someone once said to me," don't forget where you have come from, coz one day you may end up back there".

 

[MegaSteve]

Herself advises, that if being 'upper class' means being able to fly 'club class' every time she'll have a portion of that...

 

[Hacker Khan]

Sure some of you will remember the great sketch of Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett and John Clease- priceless.

My friend has a big birthday coming up and I treat him and his partner to a couple of flights; he is an extremely good friend and we go back a long way.

He asked where we were staying in San Sebastián, Spain, and it was a good 4* hotel about 1 mile from the centre with breakfast @€100 per night including breakfast and we get it at such a good price because we have stayed there before.

Spoke with him tonight and his hotel is €473 per night room only and obviously he is way above my class and now whilst only away for 4 days it could be an expensive break.

My question is:Where do you see yourself on the socio economic scale as he is upper upper compared to me- I look up to him!

He can probably afford to spend so much on the hotel as he got free flights....

I've play golf and badminton every week with mates who go back over 40 years to when we were in Junior school together, but they can swivel if they think I'm going on the Easyjet website for them.

 

[patricks148]

by the sounds of it you would have been better of just getting him a book token!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Working class and proud of my family heritage and my roots. Learned some salient lessons early on and have no eye on anything other than what I am now. The only rider being I own my house outright. Nothing wrong trying to better yourself and I admire those that do

 

[Tashyboy]

Working class and proud of my family heritage and my roots. Learned some salient lessons early on and have no eye on anything other than what I am now. The only rider being I own my house outright. Nothing wrong trying to better yourself and I admire those that do

Ditto.

I am sure though that we have all met/know "a pal" who has got above his station though.

 

[brendy]

For a hotel room like Brendy, as long as its clean and warm etc, i really dont care. I have stayed in some posh places (waldorf, royal garden, Met)n!

I did the Waldorf once, ten to twelve years ago, I was given a £250 room with a great view of the green mossy kitchen (or whatever it was) corrugated plastic coverings in the inner side of the building. Classy.

 

[Tashyboy]

There is not a lot that raises my blood pressure but the Waldorf does that without trying. Ruined my stay in the big apple, so much so I will probably never go back. Fortunately we caught the train from NY to Boston and it was just what the doc ordered. So much so I will deffo go back.

 

[Rooter]

I did the Waldorf once, ten to twelve years ago, I was given a £250 room with a great view of the green mossy kitchen (or whatever it was) corrugated plastic coverings in the inner side of the building. Classy.

im on about the london one. anyway, I had to duck to wash my hair in the shower it was that pokey! I am not tall either at 5'10"!!! made me feel like a giant!