| Author | Message | ||
     Glen Poolen Frequent User Username: wgipps Post Number: 269 Registered: 03-2018 |
Hi again. General question. What sort of costs are ballpark charges for using your RR for wedding hire? Ive got a question from a friend In Melb - Berwick to Olinda for 1.5hrs or Mt Eliza to Olinda 2hrs. Insurance and technical like issues aside, what sort of ballpark can i give her. thanks. | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 2309 Registered: 04-2016 |
Hi Glen, I charged a minimum of $350. That was for anywhere between 1 hour and 4. Then it was hourly after that of $150 per hour. | ||
| Trevor Hodgekinson Frequent User Username: wm20 Post Number: 242 Registered: 11-2006 |
We used to charge $ 450 for the first 2 hours as a minimum fee then $ 200 for the 3rd hour. $ 150 the fourth $ 100 for the the rest of the day So $ 900 for a complete day including the away after the reception. After the Carr government deregulated wedding car hire so any person with a full drivers license filled in a form paid $ 200 & was given a operators license and any car that was currently registered could be used for weddings the rate dropped to $ 100 flag fall + $ 100 per hour there after. At those rates I was actually running at a loss if I had to pay a driver. Which is why the remaining 5 of our 8 cars are sitting in the paddock slowly rusting away. | ||
| Trevor Hodgekinson Frequent User Username: wm20 Post Number: 243 Registered: 11-2006 |
What people tend to forget there is around 4 hours minimum in preparring a car. We used to get the local Girl scouts to come over & do the detail after I washed the cars. Those little fingers can get into some very tiny places & they always seemed to be having fun. At $ 50 a car worth every cent. In Sydney a taxi can standing rate is $ 64 / hr And before you ask, the girls turned up in track pants & windcheaters but the boys always turned up in full uniform including that massive scratching belt buckle with equally scratching belt hooks. |
