How Much To Charge for Travel?

[ten1437]

Been asked to travel 2 hours away to shoot a wedding. How much would you charge for something like this? How do you decide how much to charge someone for travel?

[tim]

I charge a standard rate of $1/km after the first 50km, which covers fuel, wear and tear on the vehicle, and my time. That would translate to US$1.50/mile (I think). I haven't had to fly anywhere yet, but that'd be priced at cost + rental car + expenses + compensation for the extra time it takes.

[ten1437]

Thanks! Any other suggestions?

[-MasterChief-]

i have something similar to Tim, $.75/mile after the first 25 miles. i had to fly to vancouver last year and the couple paid for the flight, meals, and accomodations.

[AB8ND]

You might just want to figure what your time is worth, or maybe figure a shop rate for that. Another approach is to figure how much are you charging for the wedding and how much time you will spend on it, than add 2 more hours plus maybe vehicle expense (I think the tax deduction is something like $60/mile). This way you figured you time and mileage.

jack

[lil_miss]

I'm also similar to Tim.. I price each wedding as it comes and agree usually on a flat rate with them.

We've had a couple of weddings outside of town where I've asked that they pay for airfares, accomm etc and its been no problem. I usually only ask for accommodation if I'm travelling more than 2 hours out of town.. anything less and I'm ok with driving out and back in a day.

[form]

I charge $0.50 per mile one-way if the travel exceeds about 25 miles.

[photagraph]

.50/mile with the first 30 free of charge. I don't charge for driving to a consultation if it is within reason driving distance wise.

[tim]

.50/mile with the first 30 free of charge. I don't charge for driving to a consultation if it is within reason driving distance wise.

I don't go to potential customers, they come to me. It's a mental thing - one way seems like begging for work, the other seems like offering a service. I occasionally go to meet customers before their wedding after they've booked, but still people usually come to me.

[photagraph]

I wish it was that way for me. I'm still trying to grow my client base.