How much petrol money to ask for when being the driver on a hen do weekend away

greenface

Petrol money only

£20 each of the 3 passengers keeps all happy IMHO m6 m55 about 150 miles and less than 3hours unless your a woman then who knows.

Sambucus_Nigra

greenface wrote: »

unless your a woman then who knows.

Eh? What you trying to say?

greenface

Petrol money only

s_b wrote: »

really:eek:

well i voted for petrol money only
any bad feelings will last a life time otherwise

just like a mate who always went to the toilet when we went to the pub and it was his round (thats 35 years ago and he still gets reminded he was and probably still is a skinflint

I have a friend who has a large brandy & coke except on his own round he either has a normal single or just a coke. He buys all our drinks as normal except his own . Now i cant work out if its right or wrong ,not even sly because he has no bones about it and just orders it. Off topic sorry but heyho.

nickyhutch

If I were your passenger, I'd give you £50 to drive somewhere other than Blackpool :j

Just kidding - it's great for a night out. I'd say £20 each from your passengers. It's not just what it costs in fuel, it's what they're saving (time, hassle, ££) by not going on public transport.

Techno

Petrol money + little extra for extra mileage on car, wear & tear, having to drive etc

I know friendship is important but not everyone can afford £60 in petrol plus all of the costs of a hen do - I don't think she should even need to ask - the others should be offering. OP how much will it cost the other driver - could you agree between you the costs and what you are going to ask for?

Sambucus_Nigra

Techno wrote: »

I know friendship is important but not everyone can afford £60 in petrol plus all of the costs of a hen do - I don't think she should even need to ask - the others should be offering. OP how much will it cost the other driver - could you agree between you the costs and what you are going to ask for?

They are offering - she just can't work out what to charge.

Threebabes

Petrol money only

I would ask £15 per person, if it was me I would just give you a £20.

kjmtidea

Petrol money + little extra for extra mileage on car, wear & tear, having to drive etc

Well it would cost £62.80 return on the train with at least one change so I would be more than happy to give you £30 to sit in a car whilst someone else drives and not have to worry about changing trains or finding a seat!

whosthatgirl1989

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

Send your lift share calcs to your friends and then everyone knows up front. Or round it up and then once you have calculated the actual miles you do, use lift share to calculate each's share and give them change.

Or just tell them it will probably take about £60 of fuel so either £15 or £20 each depending on how many are coming with you. And get it up front.

However I'd also not take any money if it were me; I've never taken money for fuel, as friendship is a symbiotic relationship and what I get back more than covers fuel.

I only really know two people who are going well, the hen and my friend who is organising it so it's likely two of the people (hen would go with her sister who is driving) I wouldn't have met before and probably won't see again after the hen do as I'm not invited to the wedding (yet anyway).

I definately can't afford to pay out petrol all on my own and I don't see why I should. If that was the case, I'd get the train to save the hassle of driving.

Before when I went with other friends to Blackpool someone else drove and we excluded them from paying any petrol money so split it just between the 4 passengers because the driver had the horrible job of driving back hungover and no-one else wanted to drive but not sure if everyone else would see this as fair?

Sambucus_Nigra

whosthatgirl1989 wrote: »

I only really know two people who are going well, the hen and my friend who is organising it so it's likely two of the people (hen would go with her sister who is driving) I wouldn't have met before and probably won't see again after the hen do as I'm not invited to the wedding (yet anyway).

I definately can't afford to pay out petrol all on my own and I don't see why I should. If that was the case, I'd get the train to save the hassle of driving.

Before when I went with other friends to Blackpool someone else drove and we excluded them from paying any petrol money so split it just between the 4 passengers because the driver had the horrible job of driving back hungover and no-one else wanted to drive but not sure if everyone else would see this as fair?

For goodness sakes - do what you want to do! If you don't even know the people involved how would we know if they are going to think it's fair?

We also don't know the state of your finances - or who you do or don't know in the party.

Why can't people make a decision any more?

Work out what it's gonna cost you and then work out what you think it's worth to drive. Then tell whoever you need to tell how much it's going to cost them to hitch a ride with you. If all the people don't agree then take the train.

Sheesh. It's really not rocket science.