Re: Business travel

[Wanda Phillips <wanda -at- writelivelihood -dot- com>]

In my previous incarnation, I lived in a small town within reach of 
three large, busy cities. Most of my work (as in 99 percent) was in one 
of the three cities. I had three options for dealing with travel time:
1) Build into the agreement that I would be paid time & cost. I used 
this successfully for exactly one contract.
2) Including travel time in my invoices, at a reduced rate. I used this 
for the majority of my contracts.
3) Nothing. I had one long-term, on-site contract for which I was paid 
absolutely nothing for the cost of travel, nor for the cost of staying 
in another city to complete the work. I did this because I *wanted* the 
contract. It represented a huge opportunity for me and I was unwilling 
to risk it for something as petty as money. It turned out that it cost 
me fifty cents on the dollar to do the contract.
Wanda

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