7th October 2010, 01:56 PM
Am guessing from the fact that you are even asking the question about accomodation that you are an inexperienced archaeologist as on the whole there are very very few circumstances when it ever works out to be worth taking a short term away job if there is no accomodation
Sit down and carefully do the maths - lets be sensible this is not time of year for camping to be a feasible option. You come home from work tired cold and wet - do you want to then spend a wet night in a tent -how are you going to dry your clothes and so on .....
So lets say you get a cheap B&B - even if its as low as 15 quid a day thats 5 nights for ?75 quid out of wages plus you weekend travel costs, or ?90 for seven days. Food on top of this - very expensive if no fridge for storage. Are you already paying rent elsewhere?
So basically you have lost half your wages before you start, now add in the cost of travel each day.....
And the idea of investing in a van or camper is just daft at this stage- how do you know when the next job is comin and its a massive outlay.
I dont want to be discouraging and im sorry that this post is very negative - but I just want you to think about this. Its a massive boost to be offered a job particularly if youve been waiting ages for it to come up and companies will often offer these conditions to inexperienced staff as they are the few people likely to accept
Sit down and carefully do the maths - lets be sensible this is not time of year for camping to be a feasible option. You come home from work tired cold and wet - do you want to then spend a wet night in a tent -how are you going to dry your clothes and so on .....
So lets say you get a cheap B&B - even if its as low as 15 quid a day thats 5 nights for ?75 quid out of wages plus you weekend travel costs, or ?90 for seven days. Food on top of this - very expensive if no fridge for storage. Are you already paying rent elsewhere?
So basically you have lost half your wages before you start, now add in the cost of travel each day.....
And the idea of investing in a van or camper is just daft at this stage- how do you know when the next job is comin and its a massive outlay.
I dont want to be discouraging and im sorry that this post is very negative - but I just want you to think about this. Its a massive boost to be offered a job particularly if youve been waiting ages for it to come up and companies will often offer these conditions to inexperienced staff as they are the few people likely to accept