Hi Julie,
You got some valid points there. I will give it some thought on how to do that better in the future.
In our case, the leaving day, where there is only the wine tasting, I assume we could take out of the announced dates.
As for our "entertainment day" I would think a lot of employees actually like to see it included in the show dates - which makes it easier to get the day signed of. And some people have actually confirmed to me in the past, that they actually did great business during our golf, karting and lunch events - so it is not all fun and play - also work to some people. Every person does their business differently in the end.
As Bruce mentioned, from our side, I try to kill any confusion by immediately putting up a show schedule when announcing a new show, that states our usual 4 days: "Entertainment Day", "Show Day 1", "Show Day 2" and "Leaving Day" - again, there are good arguments to kill the "Leaving Day" from the show schedule the next time... We will give it some though.
And now - in order to erase any confusion:
TES 2014 PRG:
22. September 2014 - Entertainment Day
23. September 2014 - Show Day 1
24. September 2014 - Show Day 2
And I will not mention the Leaving Day on September 25th here in any way
Kindest regards,
Andreas
P.S.: And if ever in doubt about our dates again - just hit me up directly via email or Skype. I am usually quite responsive ;)