📊 Pet Transport Prices: How Much Should I Charge for My Services?

You have a long distance pet transport gig on the table, but you need to know if the client's offer is actually worth your time. As a professional pet transporter, Doug Keeling offers private, one-family-at-a-time transport and charges clients for his time plus all travel expenses from the moment he leaves his house until he returns. This calculator helps you figure out exactly what your minimum acceptable quote should be and whether a client's budget can cover your missed income and direct costs.

Your time is valuable. As Doug Keeling explains, he calculates his daily rate by figuring out the average he makes from pet sitting when he is at home, and then he charges a little bit more than that.

He adds this premium because these are days that he cannot see his friends, family, or his own dogs. His time is worth a little bit more than just the missed income. As Doug Keeling puts it, his advice is to charge at least what you would be making at home ideally a little bit more.

For private transport, clients should cover 100% of your door-to-door expenses. Tracking every penny ensures you do not lose money on the road.

As Doug Keeling breaks it down, their final expenses came to $357.92 for the flight from Jacksonville to Minneapolis then that rental car was $525.03. He notes they then spent $278.23 on gas and spent $324.23 on hotels, bringing their grand total for the expenses to $1,485.41.

Compare your total required quote against what the client is offering to pay. Your required quote combines your daily labor rate and your direct travel expenses.

If a client's budget cannot cover your missed income and your travel expenses, the gig simply is not worth your time. Enter the client's offer below to see if the job is profitable enough to accept or if you need to negotiate.

Based on content by Doug Keeling on Doug the Dog Guy (YouTube).

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