Billing for your travel time

[Clyde Hollinger]

Anne,

I'm not sure I understand, so let me use an example.  Suppose you have
two clients who live only one mile from each other but fifteen miles
from you.  You intend to tune both pianos on the same trip, one right
after the other.  Are you saying you would charge the first one for the
time it takes to get there from your home (15 miles) while you would
charge the second for only one mile, because you're coming from only one
mile away?

Don't your customers get confused if their charges keep jumping around,
depending on where you happen to be coming from, and whether or not you
are delayed by rush hour traffic?

Clyde Hollinger

Anne Beetem wrote:

> I charge by the time for each direction no matter where I am going, in town
> or out of town,  no less than half my standard working rate  unless I have
> worked out a special package for a strapped non profit outfit.....that
> helps me when I am forced to encounter rush hour traffic for a concert
> tuning and makes them realize the advantage of letting me choose when to
> come.