by Glostergull » 19 Apr 2013, 09:34
Hi Andy. I assume you are a bit like Ken Dodd. Tax is at 2% and the cost of fuel is 26p per gallon. The working time directive doesn't exist and slavery is alive and bouncing oop norf. Actually it is darn souf too come to think of it.
You would need a minimum of 2 drivers for this trip. at least to cover the legal hours and make sure you get back alive and don't finish up in a ditch in that wonderful Town Of Walsall so beloved of Jeremy Clarckson
The distance is some 307 miles all in and that gives a return millage of 614. At a rate of around 8 to the gallon for a coach I think it was last time I asked.
That would mean using up nearly 77 gallons. at a rate currently up here, (it may be more expensive down in Torquay) of £6.429. that alone is £500 of fuel. 5% more would have to be added to account for towing Matts Car. Mind you. How heavy can a Trabbi weigh.
Add in the cost of drivers at the rate of say £9.00 per hour and they would have to have at least 12 hours paid even though they can't physically drive all that time. as They would have unsocial hours and being away from home for whatever reason. You would never get long distance coaches if you didn't pay them. That adds roughly £175 per driver as the company has costs which is taken at the rate usually of 60% on top of the pay rate. This takes into account tax. National insurance. Insurance and all sorts of things we have to factor in. I used to run coaches for football fans from Sharpness taking in all the little towns and villages to Eastville. I worked with Ladvales and took over the coach when there was only 4 people on board. By the time I had given up I had every coach going full with waiting list and we took coaches to away matches regularly, even took 2 to Cardiff one day.
So now you have £500 of fuel. £350 for drivers. Plus all the other associated costs like insurance for the coach, Maintenance which is considerable. and of course they have to pay for the coach in the first place. and finally administration. plus they really do need and expect to make some profit out of it or it wouldn't be worth running the damned things in the first place.
I hope this will be of use to you in working out what it takes to run a coach. coaches cost something in the region of £75,000 just for a basic coach now. Or up to £150,000 if it's posh with bogs. It don't half mount up. I reckon £1,300 for the journey is cheap
Hi Andy. I assume you are a bit like Ken Dodd. Tax is at 2% and the cost of fuel is 26p per gallon. The working time directive doesn't exist and slavery is alive and bouncing oop norf. Actually it is darn souf too come to think of it.
You would need a minimum of 2 drivers for this trip. at least to cover the legal hours and make sure you get back alive and don't finish up in a ditch in that wonderful Town Of Walsall so beloved of Jeremy Clarckson
The distance is some 307 miles all in and that gives a return millage of 614. At a rate of around 8 to the gallon for a coach I think it was last time I asked.
That would mean using up nearly 77 gallons. at a rate currently up here, (it may be more expensive down in Torquay) of £6.429. that alone is £500 of fuel. 5% more would have to be added to account for towing Matts Car. Mind you. How heavy can a Trabbi weigh.
Add in the cost of drivers at the rate of say £9.00 per hour and they would have to have at least 12 hours paid even though they can't physically drive all that time. as They would have unsocial hours and being away from home for whatever reason. You would never get long distance coaches if you didn't pay them. That adds roughly £175 per driver as the company has costs which is taken at the rate usually of 60% on top of the pay rate. This takes into account tax. National insurance. Insurance and all sorts of things we have to factor in. I used to run coaches for football fans from Sharpness taking in all the little towns and villages to Eastville. I worked with Ladvales and took over the coach when there was only 4 people on board. By the time I had given up I had every coach going full with waiting list and we took coaches to away matches regularly, even took 2 to Cardiff one day.
So now you have £500 of fuel. £350 for drivers. Plus all the other associated costs like insurance for the coach, Maintenance which is considerable. and of course they have to pay for the coach in the first place. and finally administration. plus they really do need and expect to make some profit out of it or it wouldn't be worth running the damned things in the first place.
I hope this will be of use to you in working out what it takes to run a coach. coaches cost something in the region of £75,000 just for a basic coach now. Or up to £150,000 if it's posh with bogs. It don't half mount up. I reckon £1,300 for the journey is cheap
