Sags_Deer
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Curious do you really totally on teaching as your sole income, can you make enough money to live off it. I have a mate thinking of doing her ai. thanks.
freelance instructors
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galaxy
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Well I've been doing it 2 years straight after training and I wouldn't want to do it as my sole income. It's great when your busy, but it only takes a couple of regulars to be on holiday / horse lame /broke and you'd be really stuffed.
I earn enough to pay for my horse, my car and a bit of savings. My husband pays our bills, mortgage and my living expenses!!
I earn enough to pay for my horse, my car and a bit of savings. My husband pays our bills, mortgage and my living expenses!!
burtie
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I have just gone back to teaching as my only form of income after 18 years of working in an office and teaching in the evenings almost as a hobby. I am doing it as I now have a young baby and I only have to cover the cost of her nursey to justify it. I am limited as I can only teach in the day and a lot of people want evening/weekend lessons which I'm not doing yet. You can earn good money but it takes years to build up a client list and you need to be flexible. Also although the hourly rate seems good you have to factor in travel time/expenses and cancellations. I find about 1 in 4 lesssons get cancelled due to horse/rider or weather conditions!
At the monemt all my clients have come through word of mouth or are at the livery yard I keep my horse at I have not had a single enquiry from tack shop adds but didn't really expect to get anything before next spring so not overly worried.
Hope that helps. Also if she is BHS qualified it's worth going on the register as insurance is much cheaper. I will hopefully be on it by end of Feb, would be already but they cancelled my first aid course which you need to do first.
At the monemt all my clients have come through word of mouth or are at the livery yard I keep my horse at I have not had a single enquiry from tack shop adds but didn't really expect to get anything before next spring so not overly worried.
Hope that helps. Also if she is BHS qualified it's worth going on the register as insurance is much cheaper. I will hopefully be on it by end of Feb, would be already but they cancelled my first aid course which you need to do first.
Lvrees
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I'm freelance, but most of my work comes from riding schools, I work at 3 different schools but have external clients as well, therefore my regular income from the riding schools is my bread and butter and my external clients is my bonuses. During busy times I can earn about £350 a week, but thats my maximum, most weeks I earn about £200-£250. I also clip for people and ride/school peoples horses as well which brings in extra cash. I love my job though, just got offered a full time position at a riding school 5 1/2 days a week which I turned down as I like the variation.
JenHunt
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i have about half a dozen regular customers (as in have lessons with me 1nce per month or more) and a handful of other customers who just call if they need help.
it barely pays for my horse feed, but i guess a little is better than none. i love the relationship i have with these folk and their horses, but i can't say i'd want to do it full time, and i'd struggle as most of them either hunt all winter (and don't want lessons) or they don't work horses over winter so there's less teaching anyway.
i also do a bit for the pony club, which helps, but they pay worst of all my customers and barely cover my travel expenses.
it barely pays for my horse feed, but i guess a little is better than none. i love the relationship i have with these folk and their horses, but i can't say i'd want to do it full time, and i'd struggle as most of them either hunt all winter (and don't want lessons) or they don't work horses over winter so there's less teaching anyway.
i also do a bit for the pony club, which helps, but they pay worst of all my customers and barely cover my travel expenses.