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If one child quits, no matter which one, you will still charge first child cost + travel and set-up.
The discount for child two is the omission of the additional travel and set-up.
They keep saying this bullshit about budget but they send their son to other tutors on other instruments so it’s hardly a valid reason to say they’re watching budget.
What I need to consider is there’s more prep now for 2 separate lessons within an hour which surely warrants money? I would think my hourly rate plus travel would cover that even though I feel it’s too cheap.
I also feel 30 mins isn’t enough for the older son so want to push so the parent does 1 hour with son only or 1 hour with him and 30mins with the younger one.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
"This deal's getting worse all the time" as someone famous once said.
I'm not a teacher so have kept quiet, but it sounds like you're either getting the runaround, OR you will be very shortly...
By the way, re-reading you original post very carefully...
Your time Is £40 an hour. Your travel & setup charge if needed is £10.
£10 covers a 15 minute early arrival. But clearly not enough to cover fuel, actual travel time, etc. Too cheap really.
(I wonder what other instruments the lads are learning... well not my business really.)
My actual rate is £132 a month which works out £33 per lesson.
So to travel it’d be £172 with the £40 added on.
A half hour lesson I’d charge £72 for 4 lessons without the travel (£18 per lesson)
It might be useful to make yourself a little table of your rates, so you can give people a "shopping list" and make it absolutely clear what your rates are for each option.
e.g.
So in this case they want 2B+C, which is 46 per trip for you (184 for a month)
Also as one kid is acoustic and one electric I'd have to travel with 2 guitars for each child. Then have time to setup the amp and speakers for audio playback which again is more time to eat into the 30 minute lesson.
I am thinking 3 options:
Option A - 4 x monthly lessons Child 1+2 (30 minutes each) = £184 (2 x £72 monthly blocks plus £40 travel).
Option B - 4 x monthly lessons both children (1 hour fee) £172 (1 x £132 monthly blocks plus £40 travel) - this is the normal rate I charge for teaching 1 hour for 1 person at their house.
Option C - get older child to do 1 hour, younger 30 minutes and charge together but only 1 travel charge = £132 + £72 +£40 travel = £244
For the time I have to spend prepping for 2 different people I should charge option A?
I'd say "A". Giving them "B" is more hassle organising teaching for two short lessons, at the price of one full lesson. You're already saving them a bit by travelling only once.
Sounds reasonable to me anyway.
Good luck.
Try not to let any customers give you the run around.
... and remember... sometimes it's best to walk away from some customers.
Actually gonna whack the 30 minute lesson up to £92 for 4 monthly lessons for 2 people. If you add travel there's only £20 difference between that and having the older son take 1 hour lessons. Also need to charge more than £18 per 30 minutes cos its more work for 2 people.
Still awaiting their reply.
Anyway I have another predicament, another learner who usually pays in monthly blocks of 4 wants to do 1 lesson next month with a few of their mates as a band jam thing, so each person will be given parts to play in an ensemble type environment. The parents seems to assume they only need to pay for the extra hour (alongside the initial one-to-one lesson their child usually has) but they should pay for each extra person instead shouldn't they? So instead of adding on my hourly rate for the second hour it should be split between however many there are in the group, e.g £15 per person, if there's 4 of them its £60.
After all if we're out at a restaurant and someone else wants to join us they will need to pay their share for the meal too!
you have to decide on what you are happy with but as an example, my tutor will teach 2 students at a time (presumably because he teaches kids and it covers the 'siblings' scenario).
He would charge £28 for an hours lesson for one person and would charge £18.50 each for an hour teaching two people at the same time. So as you can see two people pay a total of £37 which is more than a one person lesson but not as much as doubling the one hour lesson fee.