Let's say you are delivering "goods" to a wedding...

[HolidayTrees]

...and let's say those "goods" are a wedding cake. You charge 50 cents a mile. Is this one way or for both ways?

I understand that it may vary person to person, but what do you think most people assume? How do you think most businesses or cake makers calculate it?

[mj512]

I would assume it was 50 cents a mile each way.

[SkippyNXC]

to me it depends... if delivery were a part of a route w/multiple stops... i'd expect it to be a one-way charge...

if it were JUST for my wedding alone then both ways

but i didn't get charged for delivery so idk how bakers do it normally

[HolidayTrees]

Thanks for your responses guys. That answers my question but guess what?! It doesn't matter because when I drove all the way down to meet the lady she said "Oh my god, I didn't realize your wedding was on a Sunday?!! Oh my, I can't do that." Yes, I told her the date over and over again (Oct. 10th) and it was also in my ad that she responded to. She said she never checked the date and just assumed it was a Saturday.

This is my second bad experience with an at home baker. I might have to rant about this in the vent section :realmad:

[mj512]

I actually didn't pay for delivery for my cake, but I did pay miles for my photography since she had to drive 2 hours.

I used a home based baker and she ended up being fantastic, I'm sorry you aren't having the same luck.

[timbearden]

If it were me, I would charge by total miles. Which would be round trip. I don't charge to travel unless it is a long ways away. So I would presume per mile, because often there may be many stops.