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bowers Inner circle Oakboro N.C. 7024 Posts |
When you have shows that are a pretty good distance.
maybe 50 to 100 miles from home.how do you figure your travel time gas and wear and tear on your vehicle. to the cost of your show. todd |
Gerry Walkowski Inner circle 1450 Posts |
If you're looking for the technical point of view, I think the current business reimbursement rate is somewhere betweem $0.50 and $0.55 per mile.
I don't know how others handle this, but I WOULDN'T come out and say, "And there's an additional $75 charge for traveling fees." I would just tack your travel fee into your price and just quote one fee. Does that help? Gerry |
Leland Inner circle St Louis 1180 Posts |
Qualify the buyer before you quote the price.
Once you've found out all the details when, what, where, how many, what type of show, then quote the price. I don’t price a show that is a 10 min drive the same as a show that is a few hours drive away. If I'm driving that far to do a show I’m going to make sure that it’s worth my time to do it.
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Sam Sandler Inner circle 2487 Posts |
You charge a travel expense-- this is customary and nothing shocking to clients.
if they want you they will understand that there is a travel fee. more then 50% of my shows require a travel fee I do not hide it in my show cost I explain this is the cost of my show plus X travel fee which includes XYZ as sometimes I need hotel or other things. you can state I have a travel schedule of $25 for each hour of driving or flat fee of $50 for shows outside of my base area. figure what it will cost you to drive there and back and then add for your time and charge it. time is money! of course you can tweak it up or down based on what you want to get out of it. if its not really costing you much and the show price is good then maybe offer a discouted travel fee. regardless what you do be upfront with your client and explain the details. honesty is the best policy and clients understand with $4 a gallon gas that this affects our bottom line. hope that helps sam ps oh and the IRS states that it is 51cents per mile for biz travel that you can deduct.
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Beowulf Loyal user Thomas A. Lilly 284 Posts |
I live just north of Baltimore, and a lot of my work is around the DC beltway. My average last month was 80 miles round trip, but the jobs in Virginia and DC were anywhere from 110 to 190 miles RT.
If I can make it to the site in 45-60 minutes, I generally do not add a travel fee figuring this is part of doing business in my area. But given the horrible traffic on the Capital beltway and some of its tributaries, the last seven miles of a drive might take 60 minutes on roads posted at 55 mph. The need to leave extra early, leaving two plus hours for what would probably be a one hour drive on a Sunday morning, can mean an additional charge. Mileage for shows last year: 13.7K; passed 14K already this year. |
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