Where to get a Haircut

Jules · Aug 19th, 2007, 13:19

I always go to the salon at the Residency Towers or the Marriott. Price is around Rs 300 but it is clean, comfortable and I find it relaxing and far cheaper than the Park. As regards cost, I can't get a haircut for less than £7.00 in the UK so anywhere is a bargin.
I have had my driver take me to a local place which cost about Rs 50 and it was fine but no pandering!
Good luck

Nick-H · Aug 19th, 2007, 13:27

I think I can do without the pandering!

I guess even £7 is a good price for a UK haircut. You can get cheaper, but see my style-limitation remarks regarding my 3.99 cut!

Like it or not, I do live in the Indian economy, and Rs300 is just too much. That, for me, might be a special-treat meal, but haircuts don't count as treats for me.

I just spent around Rs7,500 on a two-night excursion to Pondicherry. There's more than a few IMers who would consider it absurd to have spent more than a few hundred.

All personal choice.

PeakXV · Aug 19th, 2007, 22:34

Exposable income/budget, personal preference, comfort, hygiene are all factors that influence choice of haircut-to-hotel. It surprises me how many people get their knickers in a twist when the choices of others are too frugal or too dear. If this website were named "Budget IndiaMike or "5-star deluxe IndiaMike" then self-knicker twisting might be in order ..... but I bleieve this forum attracts users from many different classes and for many different travel reasons.

Nick-H · Aug 19th, 2007, 23:16

you are quite right... this is, I find, one of the things that living in India does to me. Notwithstanding that my natural extravagance is not at all curbed, I find myself fussing over small economies in a way that I never would a few years ago.

My parents always said that I had to 'learn the value of money' --- maybe, fifty years later, I'm beginning to!

saajan_20 · Aug 20th, 2007, 01:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by capt_mahajan

Stayed at Park Sheraton once and so went to their place for a haircut. Snooty lady asked me if I have an appointment; I said no and started walking away.

She called me back and said they could 'fit me in'. Told her I had changed my mind, unless she had an appointment.

Went down the road and had a perfectly acceptable haircut on TTK Road.

that was great captain sahab and i wonder many a times more than half of these places make such issues about appointments just for thr heck of it !!!

Nick-H · Aug 20th, 2007, 01:34

...It could be because they need to tick off your name in the book

Drews60 · Aug 20th, 2007, 02:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by shashank.aggarwal

here in Delhi I pay Rs.20 for a haircut...Rs 10 for a shave..

RS 10 for a shave...I may never shave myself again.

Aug 19th, 2007, 13:19	#46
Jules Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 6	Haircuts I always go to the salon at the Residency Towers or the Marriott. Price is around Rs 300 but it is clean, comfortable and I find it relaxing and far cheaper than the Park. As regards cost, I can't get a haircut for less than £7.00 in the UK so anywhere is a bargin. I have had my driver take me to a local place which cost about Rs 50 and it was fine but no pandering! Good luck

Aug 19th, 2007, 13:27	#47
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 26,819	I think I can do without the pandering! I guess even £7 is a good price for a UK haircut. You can get cheaper, but see my style-limitation remarks regarding my 3.99 cut! Like it or not, I do live in the Indian economy, and Rs300 is just too much. That, for me, might be a special-treat meal, but haircuts don't count as treats for me. I just spent around Rs7,500 on a two-night excursion to Pondicherry. There's more than a few IMers who would consider it absurd to have spent more than a few hundred. All personal choice. __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

Aug 19th, 2007, 22:34	#48
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 4,194	Exposable income/budget, personal preference, comfort, hygiene are all factors that influence choice of haircut-to-hotel. It surprises me how many people get their knickers in a twist when the choices of others are too frugal or too dear. If this website were named "Budget IndiaMike or "5-star deluxe IndiaMike" then self-knicker twisting might be in order ..... but I bleieve this forum attracts users from many different classes and for many different travel reasons. __________________ We shall not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started ...and know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions?

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Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 26,819	you are quite right... this is, I find, one of the things that living in India does to me. Notwithstanding that my natural extravagance is not at all curbed, I find myself fussing over small economies in a way that I never would a few years ago. My parents always said that I had to 'learn the value of money' --- maybe, fifty years later, I'm beginning to!

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