Freelance charge for bringing in

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Just wondering what you would expect to pay. Enquiry for bringing in 2 horses 5x a week, yard about 10 mins away. Owner literally just wants them brought in, no rug change etc as they'll come up later. It will be during my busiest time of the day. No idea what I should charge. Any suggestions please.
 
How long will the actual bringing in take?

If It's going to take half an hour including travel, then probably half your hourly rate as a minimum, which I imagine ought to be at least £7.50. However, if it's right at your busy time, and could prevent you earning more money for longer jobs elsewhere, you should increase the price accordingly.

If you're in demand and can easily fill your hours, there's an argument for having a minimum charge for a visit, and it is up to you where you set it, and the client to choose whether or not to pay it.
 
I paid £2.50/3 a couple of years ago, but there were usually min. 5 horses to make it more worth the trip to the yard.

It would make sense to charge it as half an hour + fuel assuming you don't have a massive lead in to the stables.
 
Had a lady who does this as business quote me for this the other day. It would have been £12 to get them in with everything ready and no rug change. But then she also only charged me £16 to feed them in the morning, turn out and muck out two stables. (I didn't need to use her in the evening in the end). It was a one off though and assume (?) it would be cheaper if a regular thing.
 
Get there open the gate shut the gate park the car walk back and forward to field and leave half an hour is the least time it can take .
On top of that I would expect to pay the time for the twenty minutes travel for a short job like that or it’s not worth it for a freelancer.
A lot depends on how far it is to the field from the yard and if you can lead in pairs and if they come to gate .
Don’t undercharge be realistic , I would also time yourself on your iPhone at first to check how long it takes.
 
I think it very much depends on set up, to get ours in is definitely a 5 minute job not half an hour as our stables open out onto the field.
 
ester said:
I think it very much depends on set up, to get ours in is definitely a 5 minute job not half an hour as our stables open out onto the field.
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10+10+5=25 so thirty minutes Is bare minimum OP can can charge and be earning any sort of living .
 
I pay £10 for a freelance groom to hang 2 nets and fill water, and I sometimes ask her to pick up droppings from the hard standing which is a 5 minute job, she lives about 8 minutes away from me.
 
If I’m doing anything small I’d expect to be paid an hour. I do the same if anyone occasionally gets mine in for me. I know it can be done in 10 minutes but anything under £10 is just not worth doing
 
Theocat said:
How long will the actual bringing in take?

If It's going to take half an hour including travel, then probably half your hourly rate as a minimum, which I imagine ought to be at least £7.50. However, if it's right at your busy time, and could prevent you earning more money for longer jobs elsewhere, you should increase the price accordingly.

If you're in demand and can easily fill your hours, there's an argument for having a minimum charge for a visit, and it is up to you where you set it, and the client to choose whether or not to pay it.[/QUOTE

OMG - I must be totally out of touch! I’ve just increased my charge for bringing in from £1.50 to £2! No wonder my husband gets annoyed with me and what I charge......
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I think services offered by YO are very different from a freelancer.
My YO also charges £2 to bring in, but she’s already there, bringing her own in plus others.
 
If someone is desperate v closeby to my yard, unless I'm returning a favour, its my min charge of £10. I no longer do further (off my route) but used to charge travel on top then.
Its a hard one, as although its 'only' a short visit, the time eats away at this time of the year as 'everyone' wants theirs brought in at similar times, which if covering different yards can be a logistics nightmare when you factor in traffic issues too.
 
Just going to add I use a lot of freelancers and I would not never expect one not doing a lot of hours with me to do anything for which they where paid for less than an hour .
Mine will pop in for short jobs when I am away .
On those trips I pay them from when they leave home .
 
My daughter would charge her hourly rate. So even if its a 10min job, she would charge for 1 hour, and probably do a few extra things, such a brushing up, cleaning a bucket or two or a quick tack clean, whatever was possible. If nothing else needs doing, then just leave it at that. As a freelance, you still have the costs of getting there, your insurance and your time.
 
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