Freelance BHSAI (Reg'd)'s.....What do you charge?

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Hi,
I recently registered with the British Horse Society Register of Instructors and plan to start teaching freelance as soon as possible once i have conformation of the insurance. I am a BHSAI and have my UKCC2 and am a BSc (hons) Sports Science (Equitation Coaching) graduate.
Im just trying to find out how much to charge for teaching. So what do other BHSAI's charge? Or what do people pay? As im only just starting out with freelance teaching i would rather charge less and get more clients, than over charge and not get any interest.

Thanks!
 
I pay £25 for an hour with a BHSAI II who is also BE accredited. Or £20 each if there are two of us, for 1.5 hours. I think this is pretty cheap for my area, but is probably because we drive to her place.

Used to have a BHSAI who came to my yard and he charged £15 for a half hour provided there were 3 or more people booked for the day.
 
I pay £25 an hour for lessons with BHSAI with over 20 years of teaching experience but she is very reasonable. She comes to my yard.

People seem to value "celebrity" type instructors with lots of competition experience over qualifications and I know people who are paying £50-£75 an hour for this.
 
My instructor was charging £25 per hour a couple of years ago but she had built up a big client base and could be choosy. I would think she must be charging £30 now with the fuel prices. (not sure what she charges as horse is broked!) I think that would be a good price to start with as you need clients to recommend you to others. Also, I know when she started freelancing she joined a riding club and kept her horse in a fairly big livery yard and that really helped her to build up her client base.

Good luck!:)

ETA She came to me.
 
I've been an AI for 5 years now and have charged £16 for 3/4 hour.... I have taken my eye off the ball though cause fuel prices have gone up so much, so have told my clients that my prices will be going up in the spring.

I purposefully set my price orginally a bit low to attract clients. It did work. I've just been rubbish at realising I have a client base now and could put it up! I'll never be rich! lol! (but then this isn't the job for you if you actually want to make money. Not purely teaching anyway IME!)
 
Thanks for your replies!
I was thinking of charging £20 an hour, and £12 for half an hour, to encourage people to have longer lessons to make it more worth the travel! and then charge for fuel if i drive more than 10 miles. Sound ok?
 
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