How much to charge someone to drive 100 miles?

[Leptons]

If your mate is going to drop you at your door but dropping the van off at base will leave you stuck then you might just want the taxi fare home. It does beg the question why not just take the van home And drive to work in it the next day.

Needs more clarification.

[Vee]

You are probably being asked BECAUSE it is close to your home.
You can either say yes and get them to pay for a cab from the drop off point to yours, or just make up some excuse, such as you and your mate are going somewhere straight from the job.

I fear asking payment to drive a vehicle to within 15 mins of where you need to get to anyway is going to make you look stupid.

[bearman68]

Vee said:

You are probably being asked BECAUSE it is close to your home.
You can either say yes and get them to pay for a cab from the drop off point to yours, or just make up some excuse, such as you and your mate are going somewhere straight from the job.

I fear asking payment to drive a vehicle to within 15 mins of where you need to get to anyway is going to make you look stupid.

Tend to agree with this, though van to home, and free trip to work sounds good to me.

[Birdster]

Depends on the context when you were asked. If this is your usual employer and you have a good relationship then maybe do it as a favour. If this is a contract job through an agency, then payment isn't such a bad thing. If your employer has asked you to tell them how much you want, then some beer tokens will do. If they've asked and there is no mention of money, then just do it.

[Schermerhorn]

Threads like this are why I find English people wierd.

Your boss is asking a favour. Do it for him.

Down the line ask him for a favour. That is how it works.

Or do we need Kofi Anan to sort out how much you want to charge by the mile?

[ging84]

you're probably effectively already being paid for it
this sort of thing you often get paid for the job as a whole, not by the hour
eg someone offers you £500 to go set something up on saturday, then take it back down on sunday, the £500 or what ever going rate for that sort of thing happens to be covers the fact you've had to travel to and from some sthole and spend the night there.

where i've been involved any of that sort of work in the past no one ever asked for extra pay to be the designated driver there was more likely to be arguments over who got the keys, unless it was a morning departure, then it would be the least hungover person. But no one normally had their boy friend come along in a convertible bmw to drive them home.

[thelawnet1]

OP gives no context here. If he works by the hour on minimum wage, then he should get minimum wage for this, plus any fuel if necessary.

If he is on £100k and normally works overtime as part of his job, then he doesn't get anything.

[rambo19]

If you don't normally drive for your boss, make sure your insured.

[Jonsv8]

VolvoT5 said:

Working self-employed if I have to travel for a client I charge £0.45 per mile plus £10 per hour on top for my time.

So depending on the time of the journey I would want about £65 I guess.

Completely different scenario I imagine as you're paying for the vehicle and fuel as well as setting this as a condition of taking the work.

He's already accept the job and therefore location so travel time Is already factored in.

The OP may incur a slightly longer journey time and the loss of being sat in a z4 for the journey and looking like a hairdresser.

I'd probably just do it. And I might say can I borrow the van sometime if I need to move something as what comes around, goes around.

If I was the boss and he was asking £65 for that I'd suddenly need one fewer employees.

Edited by JonV8V on Tuesday 30th June 07:46

[anonymous-user]

HerrNipps said:

You take your free ride, you seem most suited to that way of thinking. I am glad I am not your employer, I would have to reassess whether your work ethic is the best fit for my company. Van drivers are two a penny after all.

If you're an employer, then you're a bit short-sighted (not to mention a bit of a condescending fellow).

Look at the OP's profile and previous car history. That would suggest a little more than a "van driver".

Of course, you could always embellish your profile with your car history and then we could all see what a successful Teutonic chap you are.

(FWIW OP, I'd do it for nowt but a few beers and take the brownie points, but I can see how a ride back in a rag top would be appealing.)

[ktm301p]

Thanks for all your responses and opinions.

Can I just clarify that I totally understand what everyone is saying in that doing a favour for your boss is reasonable, fair and beneficial to you for relationship building, gaining future work etc... I became defensive because of a personal jibe and because of that it looked like I was totally opposed to doing favours over pay.

I should of added the context in my initial post on this thread that my boss for the weekend had offered to pay me for driving back the van, but just didn't specify how much. Which was what prompted my initial thread of how much I should propose to ask for. I didn't mean to come across as oblivious or opposed to doing favours, but was defending the point that in some contexts it's also fair to ask for pay. Saying that, I should of clarified that this is a one off job for a one off employer to help out a mate, working minimum wage - not a full time prospect. But yes, I also agree that doing it for a favour still stands as a reasonable thing in case i wanted to do more.

The situation has been resolved now anyway, outcome is that my boss will buy me a beer at the race, which is absolutely fine!

Thanks again.

Edited by ktm301p on Tuesday 30th June 09:15

[HerrNipps]

OpulentBob said:

HerrNipps said:

You take your free ride, you seem most suited to that way of thinking. I am glad I am not your employer, I would have to reassess whether your work ethic is the best fit for my company. Van drivers are two a penny after all.

If you're an employer, then you're a bit short-sighted (not to mention a bit of a condescending fellow).

Look at the OP's profile and previous car history. That would suggest a little more than a "van driver".

Of course, you could always embellish your profile with your car history and then we could all see what a successful Teutonic chap you are.

(FWIW OP, I'd do it for nowt but a few beers and take the brownie points, but I can see how a ride back in a rag top would be appealing.)

Please, any fool can stretch himself to breaking point in the pursuit of a lifestyle he cannot afford. A history is just that. Plus, the thread creator has admitted it is a minimum wage position. It would seem my assessment of the situation was exact.

[JonV8V]

ktm301p said:

Thanks for all your responses and opinions.

Can I just clarify that I totally understand what everyone is saying in that doing a favour for your boss is reasonable, fair and beneficial to you for relationship building, gaining future work etc... I became defensive because of a personal jibe and because of that it looked like I was totally opposed to doing favours over pay.

I should of added the context in my initial post on this thread that my boss for the weekend had offered to pay me for driving back the van, but just didn't specify how much. Which was what prompted my initial thread of how much I should propose to ask for. I didn't mean to come across as oblivious or opposed to doing favours, but was defending the point that in some contexts it's also fair to ask for pay. Saying that, I should of clarified that this is a one off job for a one off employer to help out a mate, working minimum wage - not a full time prospect. But yes, I also agree that doing it for a favour still stands as a reasonable thing in case i wanted to do more.

The situation has been resolved now anyway, outcome is that my boss will buy me a beer at the race, which is absolutely fine!

Thanks again.

Edited by ktm301p on Tuesday 30th June 09:15

Best not let him buy you too many before you drive his van back