Free mobile business service-area tool
Mobile Travel Fee and Service Area Calculator
A profitable-looking job can change once both journey legs, mileage and the time unavailable for other customers are included. Test one customer location against your own costs and earnings target.
Use values for
Changing market loads regional example values and travel-cost guidance.
Your planning estimate
- Total time this booking uses
- 1 hr 55 min
- Total journey time
- 40 min
- Total journey distance
- 16 miles
- Fuel or charging, parking and road costs
- £2.72
- All direct costs for this appointment
- £7.72
- Costs plus your hourly pay target
- £65.22
- Estimated earnings per hour
- £35.10/hr
- Money left after direct costs
- £67.28
- Price needed for your target
- £75.22
- Suggested travel fee
- £0.22
- Most travel time at the current price
- 40 min
- Furthest journey distance at the current price
- 14.7 miles
- Service-area classification
- Extended-area fit
- Several distant appointments
- 3 fit · £201.84
Direct costs plus your hourly pay target for all the time this booking uses.
The gap between the current price and your selected planning target.
Total journey time supported while holding the entered direct costs unchanged.
Distance-only limit at the current occupied time and entered cost per mile.
The current price covers direct costs but needs an adjustment to meet the target.
5 hr 45 min occupied in total; contribution is before general overheads and tax.
Planning estimate only. Results depend entirely on the illustrative defaults and values you enter; they are not tax, accounting or market-pricing advice.
How the estimate works
Transparent assumptions, not a magic price
Include both sides of the journey
Use travel from base and back, or allocate the journeys from the previous customer and towards the next one. Both time and mileage contribute to the result.
Define profitable using your target
The minimum planning price combines direct costs, the selected hourly value of all occupied time and the desired currency-value profit buffer. It is not a market-price recommendation.
Read classifications as planning signals
Core meets the selected target. Extended covers direct costs but needs a fee to reach the target. Currently unprofitable does not cover the direct costs entered at the current price.
Questions about this planning estimate
What should a mobile business charge for travel?
The suggested fee is the gap between your current appointment price and the planning price produced by your time, costs and target. It includes both journey legs. Use it to inform your CalMov travel-charge brackets, which price the one-way journey from base to customer; results are not imported automatically. Customer expectations and local pricing still need consideration.
What does vehicle cost per mile include?
Use your own estimate for fuel or charging, servicing, tyres, depreciation and other distance-related vehicle costs. Avoid adding a cost twice if it is already included elsewhere.
Does CalMov guarantee that a location is profitable?
No. The classification is a planning estimate based only on the values entered. It cannot predict traffic, cancellations, demand, tax or unexpected operating costs.
Can CalMov apply travel fees automatically?
Yes. Automatic travel pricing on Pro uses your distance or journey-time brackets for the one-way journey from business base to customer. An applicable surcharge appears separately in the booking summary and is included in the total before confirmation. CalMov's travel time checks separately decide whether the visit fits.
Should I charge for travel by distance or journey time?
Distance may suit costs driven mainly by longer road journeys. Journey time may suit areas where short trips can still take a long time. Compare your completed visits, then choose one basis and set bracket charges in CalMov. Keep return travel and other costs in your planning when deciding those amounts.
From estimate to bookings
Control where you serve, offer times you can reach and automatically price the journey with CalMov.
Automatic travel pricing on Pro applies your distance or journey-time brackets to the one-way journey from business base to customer. Set your travel charges alongside the availability rules that protect your schedule.
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