Mileage Rates

[PhillipM]

Locally we charge our standard hourly rate from the time we leave till the time we return. What do you do when a trip is say 90 miles one way and only an hour on site? Do you charge hourly or do you do a mileage rate and if you do charge a mileage rate, how is it determined?

[imanut]

I doubt that the hourly labor rates lower, or truck expenses lower because its out of town? We charge hourly -

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[Signworksinc]

we charge hourly

[geraldi]

We don't do service anymore but when we did, we charged hourly. It costs you the same whether the truck and labor are driving or working on site.

[PhillipM]

Thanks gentlemen. I think I'll practice the KISS principle and just use hourly too.

[HansonSigns]

Hourly here also. We try to combine trips to some of the areas we service regularly, so everyone pays only a portion of the "trip fee". Usually no one has issues with it.

[shooter]

Hourly here also. We try to combine trips to some of the areas we service regularly, so everyone pays only a portion of the "trip fee". Usually no one has issues with it.

the only downside to that is if you have to service the sign at a different time and can't combine the trips. We typically have a three hour minimum.

[HansonSigns]

Yeah, we always tell our customers they'll have to foot the bill if they want us there right away - usually they say it's not an emergency and they can wait.