So How Much Is Your Commute?

[Greshamst]

£3288 a year, so £274 a month.

When Thameslink aren't being a shower of st, I can get from door to desk in an hour, which isn't too bad.

They're mostly a shower of st though.

[Stedman]

£0. BOOM

[43034]

Stedman said:

£0. BOOM

Wind your neck in Stedman you

[Fastdruid]

I mostly work from home but if I was to commute into the office it would cost me roughly 2% of my gross (in fuel as all the rest of my car related expenditure comes out of the car allowance). As I tend only to go in once a week my car costs me <1% for all my personal use (and again the rest comes out of the car allowance).

[HappyMidget]

paolow said:

I used to live a realtively easy commute by train into London. Hated it - and the looks on the faces of my fellow commuters broadcast that they hated it too. That was my catalyst - and I wouldnt go back.

It will be a long time before I work back in London again. It is so soul destroying.

[okgo]

I went to a business park in Maidenhead the other day which is the site of many large businesses, everyone drives to work, there is nothing there, nowhere good to get food, no bars or anything. There are many of these in that sort of area, depressing beyond belief. Meanwhile I have 10 pubs within a 5 minute walk, more food places than you could feasibly try, a choice of about 4 independent coffee shops that I can see from my desk and whatever else is on offer.

Different strokes.

[pembo]

I cycle so it should be free but in the 3.5 years I've been working here I've had 7 bikes (now down to 4) and all the kit needed to keep me warm/dry/comfortable throughout the year probably makes it up to about £2k a year but hopefully that should slow down now.

[brickwall]

When I was in a regular 9-5, it was £100 per month for a train season ticket.

New job - If I'm working in London it's £3 in on the tube, then normally £20 home in a taxi (which, given it's normally very late, the employer pays for).

If I'm working outside of London, then it's work travel...so not really a commute as such. Right now the bill is £2,000 per week.