I charge $1.25 per ROUND TRIP MILE. This has to cover your time in the van (so you're looking at about a 2 hour drive), gas, commercial insurance on the delivery van, interest on the loan that enabled you to purchase this piece of business equipment needed to be able to offer this delivery service, wear and tear on tires and on the van itself, decreased value on the van as you add more than normal miles to it, lost opportunity costs (because when you're in the van, you're NOT making/selling a cake). And so on and so on and so on.
So for a 50 mile one way trip, the delivery fee would be $125. Yes, they CAN avoid paying it .... by driving the 100 miles themselves to pick it up.
I charge $30 local, then it goes up if it's going to take me more than about 45 minutes round trip time.
I don't go by mileage, because some places might be 10 miles away but take longer to arrive at than one 30 miles away - depending upon the route and speed limits. Instead, I calculate the drive TIME on MapQuest and charge $50/hr. ROUND TRIP, which accounts for my time, the gas, the wear and tear on my vehicle, etc.
I don't go by mileage, because some places might be 10 miles away but take longer to arrive at than one 30 miles away - depending upon the route and speed limits. Instead, I calculate the drive TIME on MapQuest and charge $50/hr. ROUND TRIP, which accounts for my time, the gas, the wear and tear on my vehicle, etc.
That's true and I actually do a combination. A 15 mile trip that mapquest says will take 27 minutes gets charged based on 27 miles/minutes (I assume 60mph = a mile a minute for guestimating). straight highway gets charged less than back roads thru the boonies.
Mostly it depends on what mood I'm in at the time! 
I don't go by mileage, because some places might be 10 miles away but take longer to arrive at than one 30 miles away - depending upon the route and speed limits. Instead, I calculate the drive TIME on MapQuest and charge $50/hr. ROUND TRIP, which accounts for my time, the gas, the wear and tear on my vehicle, etc.
That's true and I actually do a combination. A 15 mile trip that mapquest says will take 27 minutes gets charged based on 27 miles/minutes (I assume 60mph = a mile a minute for guestimating). straight highway gets charged less than back roads thru the boonies.
Mostly it depends on what mood I'm in at the time!
Ha ha, my mood also figures into my calculations! 
I don't go by mileage, because some places might be 10 miles away but take longer to arrive at than one 30 miles away - depending upon the route and speed limits. Instead, I calculate the drive TIME on MapQuest and charge $50/hr. ROUND TRIP, which accounts for my time, the gas, the wear and tear on my vehicle, etc.
That's true and I actually do a combination. A 15 mile trip that mapquest says will take 27 minutes gets charged based on 27 miles/minutes (I assume 60mph = a mile a minute for guestimating). straight highway gets charged less than back roads thru the boonies.
Mostly it depends on what mood I'm in at the time!
Ha ha, my mood also figures into my calculations!
This is a break down of my delivery charges. I go by mileage just because it is easier. I do state there may be an additional charge for Friday afternoon deliveries. A 2 round trip to downtown on Friday can take over 6 hours in traffic. I am going to charge more.
0-10 $20.00
10-15 $40.00
15-20 $50.00
20-25 $65.00
25-30 $75.00
30-35 $100.00
35-40 $125.00
40-45 $150.00
45-50 $175.00
50-60 $200.00
60+ negotiable
I have only charged delivery once and I charged $1 each way (it was a 25 mile drive, so I charged $50). I guess looking at the other posts, I didn't charge enough 
My minimum is $50, except to the two venues that are literally within 1 block of my place. Then it's $40. I sometimes go closer to $80 if the cake is big and the distance is long. For me a long distance is 30 miles. I just don't deliver further than that. But I'm in a big city.
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