Travel Time or Mileage Charge? What Will It Be? [RE-wrenches]

[William Korthof]

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Ouch, $0.22/mile (!!). Our vans run on CNG, which comes to $0.10/mile.
Several of the other vehicles are electric, which runs <$0.06/mile
(or free...our building now has a nice PV array and is a net producer).

(sorry, had to slip that in)

Charging the normal hourly rate for one-way travel, plus $0.35-$1.00/mi
for distance, is totally appropriate.

/wk

>or $40. If asked, the travel time covers the crew's wages and overhead, and
>the mileage charge covers fuel (now $.22/mile by itself with a big V8 in a
>well-equipped 1-ton service truck) plus maintenance and wear. on the
>vehicle. You must charge for travel of the in-town jobs are subsidizing the
>boonie clients.
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>Many mainstream services charge a straight $2.00 or so a mile and don't
>charge for time. It works out about the same. The only advantage to the
>first method is when somebody lives 20 miles down a slow dirt road.
>
>Hope this helps.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeremy Rodriguez" <allsolar at ris.net>
>
>Wrenches,
>Being fairly new to this industry I need some advise.
>We are a small, very small RE business and have been charging travel time at
>the same rate as the hourly rate. Recently I have been questioned on that
>and am looking for success or failure stories related. I thought maybe
>charge a flat fee for travel, gas, etc.  Its not uncommon for me to travel
>60-90 miles one way, covering some 5 counties.
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