Do You Put Parking Charges Seperately On Invoice?

[Whitespirit66]

Ninety five percent of my customers are domestic, and parking isn't normally a problem. This week I did some work for a new customer in central Bristol. Parking meter and P&D came to nearly 8 quid for 3 hours.

Is it best to;

Itemise the charges seperately on invoice?

or

Up the hourly rate to cover the cost? This may be less likely to upset customer?

 

[HERTS P&D]

Ask the customer if they have a permit you could use, if not then tell them parking will be add to the invoice.

Andy

 

[expertgasman]

Subject to any discussion prior to your visit, charge seperately. Increasing hourly rate just makes you look (even mor) expensive.

 

[Alarm]

Work the time/charges into the estimate.
Try London parking charges and congestion charging and you would know you have to or you make less.

 

[londonboy]

Work the time/charges into the estimate.
Try London parking charges and congestion charging and you would know you have to or you make less.

40p for 5 minutes in Holborn

 

[mypetearthling]

Hehe

50p for 2 hours round here

K

 

[Mw Roofline]

Charge sepeartely if it's a one off. Just keep your receipts and give them the customer at the end of the job, they will much prefer it that way.

 

[Alarm]

Work the time/charges into the estimate.
Try London parking charges and congestion charging and you would know you have to or you make less.

40p for 5 minutes in Holborn

You know, you know!

 

[spareshunter]

Yes.

 

[spareshunter]

Yes, separate but on final invoice. I always tell customer this happens before starting job and use ringo for my accounts.

 

[pampers]

i add it on separately

 

[oasistechnical]

we include it in our costing for the job,

unless we are working in the city (london) then its separate!

even tho we travel from Enfield! or Southampton, depends were i or one of my staff are at that particular moment.

we are planning a new sub base in north london, this will hopefully come on stream within the next 5 to 6 months!
just found a good little shop/office unit in Enfield!

Oasis

aways working, always expanding (but slowly!)

 

[baller]

Don't do either.
Consider it as a cost for expanding your coverage area. If you up your hourly prices, your customer will feel overcharged (assuming they were aware of your existing prices) and if you charge for parking then your customer could go for someone more local if the opportunity came up (e.g. walked by, found in phonebook while you were busy, neighbour recommendation etc).